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| Elijah blowing out the candles on his 18th birthday! |
This year was Elijah's "12th grade" and final year of home education. It has been a more relaxed year of tying up loose ends despite still living through a global pandemic! E only had one more credit for English and some yearly Health, Safety, & P.E. to check off in order to graduate. Below are the descriptions of subjects that Elijah focused on this year, the credits given, and the materials and resources accessed (not an exhaustive listing).
Elijah Uriel Parham July 1st, 2021 - June 2nd, 2022 (12th Grade)
1.0 English: Thematic Film Study and Analysis
.25 Health: Health, Safety, and Physical Education
1.25 Total Credits
English: Thematic Film Study and Analysis – 1 credit
This thematic course introduces the basics of film analysis, cinematic formal elements, techniques, genre, and narrative structure and will help develop the skills to recognise, analyse, discuss, describe, and enjoy film as an art and entertainment form. This course focuses on film as an intellectual and visual puzzle to be discovered like a piece of literature by studying and analysing how films create meaning and tell important stories as they shape cultural values and reflect political and social contexts. Additional topics include developments in the use of cinematic technique, structural and ideological attributes of cinema, the idea of film as literature, changing notions of cinematic realism and its alternatives, and synthesis (making connections between self and society, and between texts and society).
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| One of a few puzzles Elijah worked on this year. |
Thematic List of Films Included:
Questions of Fate & Control:
1. 12 Monkeys & La Jetée
2. Bladerunner
3. The Game (Fincher)
Deities & Demigods:
4. Akira
5. Last Temptation of Christ
6. Defending Your Life
Relentless Pursuits:
7. Tombstone
8. Night of the Living Dead
9. Night of the Hunter
Lost New York:
10. Do the Right Thing
11. Paris is Burning
12. Beat Street
On Seeing & Perception:
13. The Thin Blue Line (Morris)
14. Rear Window
15. Clue
Office Satires:
16. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
17. The Hudsucker Proxy
18. Office Space
Wars, Both Cultural & Personal:
19. I Am Not Your Negro
20. Sneakers
21. Toys
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| Screenshot of part of Elijah's film analysis worksheet for Hudsucker Proxy |
All film analysis sheets can be found here
Some of the resources and materials relating to this topic include:
Books/Magazines
Random House Webster's Pocket Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation (Random House)
Reading various books to Hazel (toddler sibling)
National Geographic Magazine
Babel: The Language Magazine
Flagmaster (Vexillology Journal)
Web Series/YouTube Channels/Podcasts
Jan Misali (Conlang Critic series)
NativLang (language history)
EmperorTigerstar (history critique)
Biblaridion (linguistics/conlangs/xenobiology/worldbuilding)
Stuff Made Here (engineering/inventions)
Trash Taste After Dark (anime/Japanese culture)
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| Elijah and Hazel building with Mario LEGO |
Netflix/Movies/TV
Stargate SG1 (series)
Battlestar Galactica (series)
House MD (series)
Thor Ragnarok
Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings
Eternals
Sonic
Sonic 2
Websites/General Research
IMDb pages for each movie in the Thematic Film Study
Wikipedia pages for each movie in the Thematic Film Study
Other Resources
Reddit Communities: /linguistics; /translator; /conlangs; /magictcg
wikipedia.com
twitter.com
youtube.com
Definitions/Etymology List
plasma, carraig, carreg, inspector, spectre, jacuzzi, specter, deposit, depot, dye, die, palladium, Pallas, caraway, owl, bug, locomotive, favor, orange/naranja, grisly, grizzly, gris, gruesome, solo/solo-, calculate, touché, acorn, squirrel, hyperbola, hyperbole, piranha, carabiner, cockamamie, lollipop, loli phaba, repertoire, Xenarthra, lupus, wolf, marzipan, coconut, cacao, cocoa, coca, ductile, calamity
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| Elijah playing the game Ouisi with their grandma Joan, sibling Hazel, & parent William |
Health, Safety, & Physical Education – .25 credit
Theory and practice in developing healthy life-long habits regarding nutrition, exercise, sexuality, sexual health, drug and alcohol use, digital and internet safety, fire safety, and basic first aid. Some of the resources and materials relating to this topic include:
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| Elijah decorating gingerbread cookies. |
Books/Magazines
Reading to Hazel (younger sibling)
Eating Well Magazine
Websites/General Research
CrashCourse: The Importance of Safety
Other Experiences
Childcare/Domestic Skills
Cooking for family
Altering recipes
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| Elijah swordfighting with Hazel |
In accordance with the Pennsylvania Home Education Law, I attest that "a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days of instruction OR nine hundred (990) hours of instruction per year at the secondary level" have occurred this year for Elijah.
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| Super buddies & siblings Elijah and Hazel on Elijah's 18th birthday |