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Course Title: Critical Reading Strategies Credit Value: 0.5
Course Number: 101631 Term(s) Semester
Offered:
Prerequisite(s): None Open to 9, 10, 11, 12
Grades:
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.
Course Title: Yearbook Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: Level 1 107231 Term(s) Full Year
Level 2 107241 Offered:
Level 3 107251
Level 4 107261
Prerequisite(s): Level 1 by Application Open to 9, 10, 11
Level 2 Completion of Yearbook 1 Grades: 10, 11, 12
Level 3 Completion of Yearbook 2 11, 12
Level 4 Completion of Yearbook 3 12
Level 1 Description: Students in Yearbook I create the Pine-Richland High School Rambler Yearbook. The book operates
on a strict publishing deadline schedule to ensure the Yearbook is distributed each May. Areas of focus include interview
and reporting skills, developing desktop publishing skills, layout and design techniques, digital photography, and
journalistic writing. Yearbook is also an activity, which requires students to dedicate after school time to meet our six
publisher set deadlines. Students completing this course may include their work in a high school portfolio and college
applications.
Level 2 Description: Yearbook 2 continues the Yearbook I experience by developing advanced layout and design concepts`.
Students further develop caption and copy writing skills, and digitally edit photos in Photoshop. Students create and design
more advanced layouts for yearbook pages and mentor incoming Yearbook I students. Editorial positions are available for
students in this course.
Level 3 Description: Yearbook 3 further extends all concepts developed in Yearbook 1 and 2.
Students in this course serve as leaders to develop the book’s theme and key design elements.
They also edit pages, design templates, and assist fellow staff in all production matters. In
addition, Yearbook 3 students have greater command over the entire book creation process
including marketing, ad sales, public relations, financial management, and proof corrections.
Editorial positions are available for students in this course.
Level 4 Description: Yearbook 4 further extends all concepts developed in Yearbook 1, 2 and 3.
Students in this course serve as leaders to develop the book’s theme and key design elements.
They also edit pages, design templates, and assist fellow staff in all production matters. In
addition, Yearbook 4 students have greater command over the entire book creation process
including marketing, sales, public relations, financial management, and proof corrections. Editorial positions are
available for students in this course.
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