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Course Title: Journalism I Credit Value: 1.0

Course Number: 101530 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 8th grade English with an 80% Open To Grades: 9 ,10, 11,12
or higher
Career Cluster(s): Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Hospitality and Tourism
Business Management and Administration Human Services
Education and Training Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Government and Public Administration Marketing
Description: This course considers the principles of journalistic writing through readings and writings from a wide
variety of newspapers including local papers, exchange school papers and monthly publications. Units of study include
the history of American journalism, rights and responsibilities of journalists, the nature of news, techniques of newspaper
writing, mechanics of newspaper production, kinds of school publications and journalism in mass
communication. Students define, identify, analyze and write news articles, sports stories, editorials, feature stories, and
interviews. Some of their writings are selected for the RAMPAGE, and all others are entered in student’s portfolio. The
contributions of headlines, makeup and photography to a newspaper are studied. Editorial skills are developed through
editing activities, copy reading and proofreading.

Course Title: Journalism II Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 101540 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Journalism 1 Open To Grades: 10, 11, 12
Career Cluster(s): Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Hospitality and Tourism
Business Management and Administration Human Services
Education and Training Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Government and Public Administration Marketing
Description: This course is designed for students who are considering a journalism career and wish to work on the
high school newspaper. Emphasis is given to the nature of newsworthy events, newspaper structure, interviewing
techniques and feature writing for newspapers. Students design the layout for the high school newspaper, the
RAMPAGE.

Course Title: Critical Reading Strategies Credit Value: 0.5
Course Number: 101631 Term(s) Offered: Semester
Prerequisite(s): None Open to Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Hospitality and Tourism
Architecture and Construction Human Services
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Information Technology
Business Management and Administration Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Education and Training Manufacturing
Finance Marketing
Government and Public Administration Science, Technology, Engineering and
Health Science Mathematics
Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Description: This course is designed for students of all grades and academic levels who would like to improve their
comprehension and analysis skills with nonfiction and fiction texts. There is an emphasis on nonfiction reading skills,
and study strategies that students will implement into their content areas. They will also learn time management and
efficiency strategies, organization strategies, note-taking strategies, and test-taking skills. Students will also learn a
variety of comprehension and analysis strategies for nonfiction and fiction text, including context clues, main idea and
details, text organizational patterns, inference, author’s purpose, tone, and point of view. This course is perfect for
students who wish to improve upon their critical reading skills and study strategies.

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