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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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