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apply this knowledge in focused creative writing exercises. Students will experiment with the elements of complex character, plot development, style, and theme within their writing.
Students will generate a writing portfolio of various works: memoirs, poems, creative essays, a short story and/or a drama, etc. Creative Writing is a course suitable for aspiring writers and for any students who would like to deepen their understanding of writing techniques and the creative writing process.
MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM (252)
Semester 1⁄2 Credit Grades 10, 11, 12
This course will be offered during the 2nd semester of the 2022-2023 school year. This course introduces students to all the facets of broadcast and multimedia journalism, combining traditional and digital elements of writing, filming, and compiling news stories. As a student of multimedia journalism, students will learn the skills of information gathering, compositional storytelling, conducting interviews, filming, editing, and producing news content and video end-
products. Multimedia journalists may work for television, radio, or online media ventures, and this course will expose students to all elements of those production processes.
MORNING NEWSCASTING AND VIDEO PRODUCTION (253)
Year 1⁄4 Credit Grades 10, 11, 12
YEARBOOK (355)
Full Year 1/4 Credit Grades 10, 11, 12 Req: Instructor Permission based on application; not open to grade 12 without prior experience
HORIZON LITERARY MAGAZINE (356)
Full Year 1/4 Credit Grades 10, 11, 12 Req: Instructor Permission based on application
This course teaches students basic principles of magazine production. Students act as editors and assistants for the literary magazine, Horizon, learning the fundamentals of editorial selection, copyediting, proofreading, design, illustration, production and distribution. Weekly meetings are required with a majority of the work being completed during study halls and before and after school.
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The goal of this practicum is to offer opportunities for students to have a prominent role in the dissemination of news in Padua’s community. Primarily, students in this course will meet after school to pitch news stories, write scripts, record and edit segments, and compile those segments into a Padua Newscast to be played for the student body as morning announcements. Mandatory workshops early on in the year will introduce students to traditional and digital elements of Multimedia Journalism. Students in Morning Newscasting are expected to maintain both in-person and email correspondence with advisor(s), and submit completed video content by assigned deadlines. Students can take this course all four years. Multimedia Journalism English elective is recommended as a prerequisite (but not required).
The goal of this course is to expose students to elements of journalism, page layout, and graphic design, as well as the
technological process involved in the publishing world. This is an independent study course utilizing a web-based
platform. A mandatory one-day workshop during the first quarter frames expectations and provides technical
guidance. Students are expected to maintain coordination via emails and to allocate the appropriate amount of time to
accomplish adviser expectations. Students in Yearbook will be responsible for story and caption writing, photography,
proofreading and overall production of a quality yearbook.