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Students are required to attend a minimum of three JOURNALISM 3 NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION
cultural events per quarter. These cultural events
consist of experiences outside of Hudson such as (Full year, 1 credit, Grade 12)
attending plays and lectures or touring museums. The Prerequisite: Newspaper Production
culminating cultural event is a weeklong educational These seniors learn advanced editing and page design
class trip to New York City. skills, serve as editors, and brainstorm ideas to write
Students who wish to apply for New Dimensions are and publish six issues of The Explorers newspaper, in
evaluated first by the Hudson High School staff conjunction with the journalism II class. Students are
members. Students are then evaluated by the New required to solicit advertising to support the paper.
Dimensions team and are selected following an Some after-school time also will be required to help
interview. The faculty feedback and interview help meet deadlines during production periods.
determine the student’s maturity, integrity and
academic curiosity to participate in a challenging SCIENCE FICTION
discussion and research-based course.
(1 semester, ½ credit, Grades 10-12)
Fee: Paperback books, not to exceed $30
The student is responsible for the cost of the NYC trip What if the government manufactured people on
(travel, hotel & meals). assembly lines like automobiles? What if the humans of
the future split into two different races? What if the
JOURNALISM 1 NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION military genetically engineered genius children to fight
an alien race? Science fiction is the speculative genre
(1 semester, ½ credit, Grade 10-12) that explores limitless possibilities and is often based on
current events. Major works include The Time Machine
Students learn journalism history, law and ethics, as and Brave New World, and a choice novel unit. Writing
well as how to write for the media. Select articles will consists of literary analysis, a short story, and various
be considered for publication in The Explorer writing responses. So if you really want to understand
newspaper. the ending of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey,
science fiction is the class for you.
Sophomores and juniors successfully completing
Journalism I Newspaper Production would be eligible to Fee: Students purchase paperbacks not to exceed
take Newspaper Journalism II Newspaper Production $35.00
and/or Broadcast Journalism the following year.
JOURNALISM 2 NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION SENIOR LITERATURE
(Semester, ½ credit, Grades 10-12)
(Full year, 1 credit, Grades 11-12) Are you someone who loves to read? Do you have a
Prerequisite: Journalism 1 Newspaper Production book (or several) you’ve been wanting to read but just
haven’t had the time? Then Senior Literature is the
Junior and seniors learn editing and page design skills, perfect course for you. This semester course is
serve as editors, and brainstorm ideas to write and designed to promote a love of reading, student voice,
publish six issues of The Explorer newspaper. Students and student choice through reading and discussion of all
will learn how to use the publishing program, Adobe types of literature chosen specifically by the individual
InDesign, and how to design paper layouts during their student or class. Genres could include, but are not
first quarter. Students are required to solicit advertising limited to, contemporary literature, graphic novels,
to support the paper. Some after-school time will be science fiction, memoir, fantasy, NY Times bestseller,
required to help meet deadlines during productions and young adult literature. The course will teach
periods. students how to choose books they will enjoy and be
challenged by, how to collaborate with their peers, how
to discuss literature, and how to connect and share the
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