I. PHILOSOPHY
A. Individual Program
The Language Arts are concerned with improving the student's ability to communicate more effectively in both oral and written situations, increase enjoyment in reading, and become aware of his individual role in modern society. We believe the ability to read is the cornerstone on which we build manual and mental skills and that there should be opportunity to intensively study major works of literature at all levels. We are aware of the need for learning languages to be knowledgeable in cultures of various ethnic groups other than our own. Realizing students have varying abilities, we believe these communication skills can be developed through a comprehensive language arts program for the remedial, average, and superior student.
B. Course Purpose and Objectives
1. Develop ease, accuracy and fluency
in speaking.
2. Participate actively in free and effective
interchange of ideas through formal and informal discussion.
3. Provide opportunity for listening and
recording ideas.
4. Provide opportunity for growth in ability
to listen attentively and critically.
5. Develop an understanding of standard
forms of English and a sense of responsibility toward correct
usage.
6. Improve mechanical skills of writing
legibly and spelling correctly.
7. Improve organizational skills of writing
and speaking.
8. Provide opportunity for growth in self-expression
through creative writing.
9. Provide opportunity for individual
study through an all available audio-visual media.
10. Extend understanding and emotional
awareness through contact with literature written, recorded, and
filmed in the past and present.
11. Improve skill of reading for enjoyment
and information.
12. Promote appreciation and enjoyment
of good literature.
13. Develop basic skills, such as ways
of attacking new words, increasing vocabulary, understanding basic
parts and functions of words, increasing rate of
reading, and improving comprehension.
14. Provide a variety of materials and
equipment designed to improve reading ability.
15. Create in the classroom an atmosphere
similar to that found in the country whose language is being studies.
16. Promote critical and reflective thinking.
17. Provide opportunity for establishing
values relative to current problems through inductive and deductive
instruction.
C. Course Content
1. English Requirements
a. Reading, writing,
speaking, and listening activities appropriate to grade and ability
level; basic, average, advanced, and honors in the 9th, 10th,
11th,and 12th grades.
b. Special reading shall
provide corrective programs enabling the identified remedial reader
t exhibit progress in academic pursuits, no longer impeded by
disability.
2. English Electives
a. Speech
b. Public Speaking
c. Drama
d. Television
e. Radio
f. Newspaper Journalism
g. Creative Writing
h. Advanced Composition
i. Yearbook Production
3. Language Electives
a. French I, II, III,
IV. Language skills and cultural background. Audio-lingual method
of teaching will be stressed. (Each full year course.)
b. Spanish I, II, III,
IV. Language skills and cultural background. Audio-lingual method
of teaching will stressed. (Each full year course.)
c. Latin I, II, III,
IV. Language skills and cultural background. Audio-lingual method
of teaching will stressed. (Each full year course.)
d. Others upon demand.
II. INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS
A. Course Title and/or Room Use
1. English Requirements
a. Reading, writing,
speaking, and listening activities appropriate to grade and ability
(1)
9th Grade English (basic, average, advanced, or honors)
(2)
10th Grade English (basic, average, advanced, or honors)
(3)
11th Grade English (basic, average, advanced, or honors)
(4)
12th Grade English (basic, average, advanced, or honors)
2. English Electives
a. Speech
b. Public Speaking
c. Drama
d. Television
e. Radio
f. Newspaper Journalism
g. Creative Writing
h. Advanced Composition
i. Yearbook Production
3. Language Electives
a. French I, II, III,
IV
b. Spanish I, II, III,
IV
c. Latin I, II, III,
IV
B. Activities
1. Teacher
a. Diagnose level of
ability of student (oral, aural, and written).
b. Provide adequate
sequence of course content.
c. Provide environment
to stimulate curiosity of student.
d. Provide oral, written,
listening, and other experiences of nature to stimulate student.
e. Provide materials
to aid acquisition of aural-oral and visual skills.
f. Provide individualized
instruction.
g. Lecture, small and
large groups.
h. Confer with individuals
and groups.
i. Sponsor club activities.
j. Demonstrate use of
audio-lingual equipment.
2. Students
a. Discuss orally in
small and large groups, panels, committees, etc., and speak individually.
b. Listen to lectures,
discussions, tapes, records, films, filmstrips.
c. Write compositions,
tests, notes.
d. View films, filmstrips,
and pictures.
e. Participate in field
trips.
f. Use specialized audio-lingual
equipment.
C. Grouping
1. Size of Class
a. English classes (required
and elective) shall be planned for 25 students. (Level 3, Proposed
Accreditation Standards)
b. Remedial reading
classes shall be limited to 20 students.
c. Foreign language
classes shall be limited to 25 students.
2. Arrangement or Grouping of Students
a. English Basic
division into homogeneous groups of 25 students, but large group
instruction may cut across these sections as no plans are made
to teach groups of 150 in lecture or film viewing. Smaller groups
may be as few as 15 for individualized instruction.
b. Remedial Reading
Heterogeneous grouping and emphasis on individualized instruction.
c. Foreign Language
According to level and language being studied.
III. SPACE NEEDS.
A. Estimate of Space Needs
1. Projected Enrollment of Subjects
a. English
(1) Required 2500
(2) Elective
(a) Speech and Drama
100
(b) Creative Writing
25
(c) Yearbook 25
(d) Radio, TV &
Newspaper 100
b. Special Reading 500
c. Foreign Languages
(1) French 200
(2) Spanish 250
(3) Latin 125
TOTAL 3825
2. Policy of Group Sizes
a. English groups
will be basically 25 each, with regrouping for different purposes
up to 150 at times.
b. Special Reading
group size should not exceed 20.
c. Foreign Languages
no classes of more than 25.
3. Number of Sections of Each Group Size
a. English 110
b. Special Reading 4
c. Foreign Languages
(1) French 8
(2) Spanish 10
(3) Latin 5
TOTAL 137
4. Number of Periods in Schedule
a. English 6
b. Special Reading 6
c. Foreign Languages 6
5. Number of Teacher Station Required
a. English (Each 5 teachers
will occupy 4 regular classrooms and 1 teacher workroom
19 classroom stations)
b. Special Reading,
4 teacher stations, 1 office
c. Foreign Languages,
5 teacher stations
6. Estimated Amount of Square Footage
Needed as a "Guide Only"
a. English 14,250 sq. ft.
19 classrooms 400 sq. ft.
4 teacher work areas
1 departmental center (containing 2 conference, 2 preview, 2 textbook
storage, A-V storage, professional center, restrooms and office)
875 sq. ft.
1 small auditorium (Proposed Accreditation Standards, Level 2,
10sq. ft. per student and added storage facilities0 1,700 sq.
ft.
b. Special Reading 3,300 sq. ft.
c. Foreign Languages Classrooms 4,500 sq. ft.
Teacher Work Area 100 sq. ft.
TOTAL 25,125 sq. ft.
B. Furniture and Equipment
1. Furniture
a. English
(1)
22 desks, teacher
(2)
1 desk, office
(3)
23 chairs, teacher desk type
(4)
22 tables, conference type, seating 6
(5)
2 tables, conference type, seating 4
(6)
4 tables, conference type, seating 2
(7)
148 chairs, stackable, for conference tables
(8)
500 desk-chairs, pupil station type, laminated plastic top, storage
underneath, trapezoidal
(9)
5 chairs, lounge type
(10)
42 cabinets, file, 4-drawer legal-size, metal with locks
(11)
19 lecterns
b. Special Reading
(1)
4 desks, teacher
(2)
4 chairs, teacher desk type
(3)
40 desk-chairs, pupil station type, laminated plastic top, storage
underneath, trapezoidal
(4)
61 chairs, multi-purpose, stackable
(5)
1 lectern
(6)
1 table, round
(7)
3 tables, trapezoidal
(8)
8 chairs, lounge type
(9)
4 cabinets, file, 4-drawer legal-size, metal with locks
c. Foreign Languages
(1) 5 desks,
teacher
(2) 5 chairs,
teacher desk type
(3) 5 lecterns
(4) 125
desk-chairs, pupil station type, laminated plastic top, storage
underneath, trapezoidal
(5) 10 cabinets,
file, 4-drawer legal-size, metal with locks
2. Equipment
a. English
(1) 1 duplicator
machine, electric
(2) 14 typewriters,
4 being electric with changeable heads
(3) 1 photocopier
(4) 8 carrels,
wet, with headphones
(5) 19 projection
screens, wall mounted
(6) 8 recorders,
tape
(7) 8 players,
record
(8) 2 projectors,
16mm
(9) 6 projectors,
filmstrip
(10) 1 projector,
opaque
(11) 1 monitor,
television
(12) 2 boxes,
projection, rearview
(13) 19 projectors,
overhead
(14) 38 carts,
A-V equipment, portable
b. Special Reading
(1) 10 carrels,
wet
(2) 20 headphones
(3) 1 typewriter
(4) 1 duplicating
machine
(5) 1 projection
screen, wall mounted
(6) 1 projector,
overhead
(7) 4 projectors,
filmstrip
(8) 6 previewers,
filmstrip
(9) 5 recorders,
tape
(10) 4 players,
record
(11) 1 tachistoscope
(12) 6 readers,
controlled
(13) 3 masters,
language, with programs
(14) 6 pacers,
reading
(15) 10
timers
(16) 2 watches,
stop type
(17) 2 carts,
A-V equipment, portable
c. Foreign Languages
(1) 3 typewriters,
1 French, 1 Spanish, 1 elite
(2) 3 tables,
typewriter
(3) 5 projection
screens, wall mounted
(4) 100
headsets, student
(5) 5 consoles,
complete with tape recorder, projector, and record player
(6) 4 sets
wireless language laboratory equipment
(7) 5 projectors,
overhead
(8) 3 carts,
A-V equipment , portable
IV. STORAGE
A. Number, Types, and Sizes of Items to be Stored
1. English
a. Each Classroom
(1)
Instructional materials
(2)
Magazines
(3)
Classroom library
(4)
Set of dictionaries
(5)
1 unabridged dictionary
b. Storage space in
each teacher work area
(1)
Textbooks
(2) Duplicator
machines, photocopier, mimeograph machine
(3) 2 projectors,
16 mm on carts
(4) 6 filmstrip
machines on carts
(5) 1 opaque
projector on cart
(6) 6 tape
recorders, 6 record players
(7) Duplicating
paper and supplies
(8) Filmstrips,
records, tapes, transparencies
2. Special Reading
a. Each classroom
(1) Instructional
materials
(2) Magazines
(3) Classroom
library
b. Teacher Work area
(1) Typewriter
(2) Duplicating
machine
3. Foreign Language
a. Storage space
in each classroom for:
(1) Instructional
materials
(2) Tape
recorder, filmstrip projector
b. Storage space in
teacher work area for;
(1) Textbooks
(2) Papers
(3) 3 typewriters
B. Size of Cabinets or Shelving
1. English
a. Classroom general
purpose:
(1) Storage
cabinet 5' x 3' x 2' with counter top and sliding-door cabinet
above
(2) Two
sets of open adjustable bookshelves, 7' x 18" x 6'
(3) Magazine
rack and unabridged dictionary stand, each with sloping top
b. Radio-TV Journalism
room:
(1) Counter-top
cabinets in each of the two 12 x 8 studio booths to store tape
recorder, record player, phonograph records and tapes
(2) Along
one wall above the typewriter stations will be a cabinet with
sliding doors to store books, papers, etc.
(3) Dictionary
stand
(4) Magazine
rack
(5) 4 cabinets,
movable , counter-topped
c. Speech room:
(1) Floor
to ceiling adjustable shelves on one side of door
(2) Cabinet
with sliding doors on opposite side of door
(3) Dictionary
stand
(4) Magazine
rack
d. Teacher Work area:
5 cabinets,
3' x 18" x 6'
e. Departmental Center
(1) Two
7' x 8' rooms for textbooks
(2) 12'
x 20" x 36" base cabinet; overhead cabinets with sliding
doors
(3) Area
for projectors on carts, tape recorders, and record player
(4) All
available wall space shall be filled with enclosed adjustable
shelves for professional books and materials.
2. Special Reading
a. Classrooms, general
purpose:
(1) Cabinets
7' high, 20" deep, length of wall
(2) Bookshelves,
7' high, 10' deep, length of wall
(3) Magazine
rack
3. Foreign Languages
a. Classrooms,
general purpose:
Counter-topped cabinet length of room behind teacher's desk, 36"
x 18" enclosed
b. Teacher Work area:
5 cabinets, each 38" x 18" x 6'
C. Size of Storage Area
1. English
a. Each classroom, approximately
22 sq. ft.
b. Each teacher work
area, approximately 20 sq. ft.
c. Each departmental
center, approximately 200 sq. ft.
2. Foreign Languages
a. Regular classroom,
50 sq. ft.
b. Teacher work area,
20 sq. ft.
V. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
A. Environmental
1. Visual
a. English
(1) Rheostat=controlled
lighting for stage in speech classroom and small auditorium
(2) Transom
windows with provision for darkening
b. Special Reading
(1) Good
visibility in all areas of classrooms
(2) Provision
for darkening
c. Foreign Language
Transom windows with provision for darkening
2. Hearing
a. English
(1) Acoustically
treated floors, ceilings, and walls
(2) Soundproof,
movable wall between each two classrooms
(3) Soundproof
studio booths in TV Journalism room
(4) Soundproof
dressing and practice rooms at sides of stage in Speech room
b. Special Reading
Acoustically treated floors, ceilings, walls
c. Foreign Languages
Acoustically treated floors, ceilings, walls
3. Climate Control Heating, Ventilating,
Temperature
a. English
Climate-controlled classrooms with thermostat in each room and
windows that can be opened
b. Special Reading
Climate-controlled classrooms with thermostat in each room and
windows that can be opened
c. Climate-controlled
classrooms with thermostat in each room and windows that can be
opened
B. Utilities
1. English
a. Clock in each room
with second hand
b. 110V double convenience
outlet on each wall of each classroom
c. 110V double convenience
outlet in floor of each classroom, one in front, one in rear,
one in middle
d. 110V double convenience
outlets on each wall of conference room in Department Center and
Department Head office
e. 110V double convenience
outlets located for each typewriter in each studio
f. 110V outlets for
wet carrels in TV Journalism room and Department Center
g. Closed Circuit Television
capability
h. Antenna connection
for television on wall beside typewriters in TV-Radio Journalism
room
i. 5 110V double convenience
outlets in floor across stage area of Speech room.
j. Two restrooms in
speech area
k. Rheostat-controlled
lighting in Speech room
2. Special Reading
a. 110V double convenience
outlets on each wall of classrooms
b. 110V double convenience
outlets in floor of each classroom, one in front, one in rear,
one in middle
c. Sink in teacher's
office
3. Foreign Language
a. 110V double convenience
outlets on each wall of classrooms
b. 110V double convenience
outlet in floor of each classroom, one in front, one in rear,
one in middle
c. Loop cable to accommodate
wireless language laboratory
C. Service School and Community
1. Access Drives
Does not apply.
2. Parking
Does not apply.
3. Doorways for Delivery, Access
Double, swinging, glass doors in Speech
room
D. Storage
All storage areas housing A-V equipment shall have sliding doors
with locks.
E. Floor Materials, Room Finishes (Performance Qualities
Only)
1. English
a. Glass wall in Speech
room
b. Chalkboard area in
each classroom 16' long, 4' wide
c. Tackboard area in
each classroom 16' long, 4' wide
2. Special Reading
a. Chalkboard area in
each classroom 16' long, 4' wide
b. Tackboard area in
each classroom 16' long, 4' wide
c. Movable walls, soundproof,
to vary accommodations for construction
3. Foreign Languages
a. Chalkboard area in
each classroom 16'long, 4'wide, sliding
b. Tackboard area in
each classroom 16' long, 4' wide
VI. RELATIONSHIPS (BUBBLE DIAGRAM)
A. Within the Program
The Departmental Center should be
so situated that it will be easily accessible from all English
classrooms. The teacher work areas should be so situated that
the 4 classrooms used by each 5 teachers will be close to the
work area.
1. English
a. 15 coat hooks along
one wall by each door in each classroom
b. TV-Radio Journalism
room should be 30' x 30'. At the front of the room should be two
studies approximately 12' x 8' with doors and the front wall half
glass for supervision. In each studio there will be a clock with
a second hand, countertop cabinets to store tape recorders, record
players, records, tapes, etc. To the right of the studios will
be 4 wet carrels. On one wall will be places for 5 typewriters
and chairs. Above these typewriters will be cabinet with sliding
doors to store paper, books, etc. There will be 110V double convenience
outlets for the typewriters, electrical outlets in each carrel,
beside the teacher's station, in the center of the room (floor),
on each of the other two walls, and outlet and antenna connection
for a television set on the wall beside the typewriters.
c. Speech Room should
be large enough to accommodate a 16' wide stage at the front.
This stage should extend the full width of the room except for
a 3' x 16' dressing room at each side of the stage. These dressing
rooms should be soundproof so as to double as practice rooms.
The room walls to the right and left of the stage shall be movable
and soundproof. The wall to the back of the room shall have floor
to ceiling adjustable shelves on either side of the door. There
shall be four or five 110V double convenience outlets across the
front of the stage, one by teacher's station (floor), and one
in middle of floor at back of room.
d. The Department Center
should be 35' x 25'. It shall have double, glass, swinging doors
in the middle of one 35' wall. The side of the room opposite the
entrance shall be broken up into five small rooms; two 5' x 7'
preview rooms, two 4' x 7' conference rooms, and one 10' x 7'
A-V storage room. One end of the room shall be broken up into
three smaller rooms: two 7' x 8' storage rooms for textbooks,
and an office for the departmental head. This shall have a half-glass
wall facing the room. The other end of the room shall have two
restrooms with a 12' x 20" x 36" storage cabinet with
overhead cabinets in front of them. Shelves shall be placed at
every available wall space around the room. Wet carrels (4) will
be on the wall to the left of the entrance door. 110V double convenience
outlets shall be placed at the back of the counter on the 12'
storage cabinet, one in each carrel, three in the floor of the
room, one in each preview room, two in the department head's office,
and several in the walls around the room.
e. Three rooms shall
be provided with movable walls so that they may be opened to provide
space for groups of 75. To meet Level 2 standards of accreditation,
a small auditorium to seat 150 students shall be provided. The
auditorium shall be equipped with stage, dressing rooms and rheostat-controlled
lighting to meet accreditation standards for Level 2.
2. Foreign Language
French, Spanish, and Latin classrooms shall be grouped around
a teacher work area provided for five teachers
B. To Closely Related Programs
1. English
Foreign language and reading suites should be adjacent.
2. Foreign language
Suite should be close to reading and other language arts classes
and adjacent to library.
C. To Entire Campus
Entire language arts complex should be near social studies and
library. No particular preference otherwise.
VII. BIBLIOGRAPHY
A. Branswick School Equipment Catalogues
B. Educational specifications from:
1. Alachua County Schools
2. Citrus County high
3. Charlotte County High, Punta Gorda
C. Evaluative Criteria for Florida Secondary Schools
D. General Educational Specifications, Schoolhouse
Systems Project: State Department of Education, Tallahassee, Florida,
January 1968
E. Harris, Albert J. How to Increase Reading Ability,
longmans, 1947
F. Karlin, Robert, Teaching Reading in High School,
Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1964
G. NCTE Recommendations for High School English Classrooms
