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               Required Communication Courses

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               (One course required in 10 , 11 , or 12  grade)

               Communications                                     News Writing for Digital
               Grades 10-12
               Course Number 181                                  Media
               Semester Course - 0.5 credit                       Grades 10-12
               Prerequisite:  None                                Course Number 183
               Estimated Fee:  None                               Semester Course - 0.5 credit
               Recommended For:  College Bound/Technical          Prerequisite:  None
                 Education                                        Estimated Fee:  None
               Career:  CORE                                      Recommended For:  College Bound/Technical
                                                                    Education
               Communications is a course that introduces         Career:  CORE
               students to various facets of communication          This  course  simulates  a  professional  news
               skills.    This  course  will  include  public
               speaking, media literacy.  Public address and      writing experience.  Students will learn about
                                                                  writing for a specific purpose and be involved
               research  skills  will  be  used  along  with      in real-world production situations, requiring
               technology  and  software-based  applications      them to display leadership, time management,
               for  presentation  purposes.    Students  in  this   mooand  collaboration.    The  course  will
               course  will  be  expected  to  use  the  writing
               process to produce speech outlines and drafts,     explore the writing process and the impact of
                                                                  text  features  on  written  communication.
               and  to  develop  technical  writing.    Students   Students  will  learn  how  to  produce  an
               gain  confidence  and  poise  through  class       electronic publication that includes pictures,
               presentations.  Students will also focus on the    links, articles, and event coverage related to
               interview  process.  Computer-based  research      current  national  and  local  news,  school
               skills  are  honed  and  the  writing  process  is   activities, media reviews, and current topics.
               included.
                                                                  Enrollment in this course will require students
                                                                  to  work  on  teams  and  to  meet  production
                                                                  deadlines.    Students  must  commit  time
                                                                  outside of the school day to complete projects
                                                                  and  assignments.    This  course  satisfies  the
                                                                  communication  graduation  requirement  and
                                                                  is open to students in grades 10 through 12.
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