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Shakespeare in Performance and on Film - 217610 Journalism – 211110
English first and then elective credit 10 Credits Grade(s) 9-12
10 Credits Grade(s) 12 1 Year Course
1 Year Course UC Requirement g
UC Requirement CSU Requirement Elective
CSU Requirement English School Site(s) BCHS, MHS, THS
School Site(s) BCHS, THS Description: This writing course gives students practice
Description: This college preparatory course offers a in all types of newspaper writing. Students learn
study of Shakespeare for the student who enjoys editing, style, headline and lead writing, interviewing,
reading and watching a variety of the Bard’s comedies and editorial writing, as well as advertising,
and tragedies, such as As You Like it, The Tempest, photography, finance, and the production of an actual
Macbeth, and Othello Students will study various newspaper. This English curriculum is based on the
directors’ interpretations of the same play such as the California Content Standards for English-Language
Globe Theatre’s stage productions and Kenneth Arts.
Branagh’s interpretations of Hamlet. Students will also
examine how production of stage differs from Journalism Advanced Yearbook – 282115
production of film. We will learn how actors and 10 Credits Grade(s) 10-12
directors engage in rehearsal and discover subtexts, 1 Year Course
especially as it is given through the complexity of UC Requirement g
Shakespeare’s language, prose, and verse. Students CSU Requirement Elective
will read critical essays on plays and play production, School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, MHS, THS
will perform group scenes from their favorite plays, and Description: This course is designed to produce the
select and perform a great Shakespearean monologue. school yearbook and students will be responsible for the
This course is especially recommended for students who conception, design, and production of the yearbook.
are interested in the areas of performance, film, Students learn to function effectively in deadline
theatre, or literature. situations where everyone plays a key role. Graphic
design, copy and caption writing, basic photography, as
The Dynamic Literacy of Patient Care (Health Career well as sales and advertising techniques are taught.
Academy Students only) – 218542 This course may be repeated for credit. This English
10 Credits Grade(s) 11 curriculum is based on the California Content
1 Year Course Standards for English-Language Arts.
UC Requirement b
CSU Requirement English Journalism Advanced Newspaper – 215515
School Site MHS 10 Credits Grade(s) 10-12
Description This is an integrated course integrating 1 Year Course
English content with a focus on Health Science and UC Requirement g
Medical Technology – Patient Care specifically., The CSU Requirement Elective
course is designed to help students develop a thorough School Site(s) BCHS
understanding of 11 grade English through a course Description: This course is designed to produce the
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rich in connections to Health Science that will generate student newspaper. Students will be responsible for
interest in English and increase student success. The developing and publishing of the paper. Duties will
course allow students to make connections between include all functions of the newspaper; interviewing and
English learning and content structures as they apply reporting; writing of news, features, sports, and
to a career in patient care. editorials; editing; advertising responsibilities; and
business procedures. Applications for editor positions
Creative Writing CP – 215010 are open to those who have worked on the school
10 Credits Grade(s) 9-12 newspaper previously or who have successfully
completed Introduction to Journalism. This course may
1 Year Course be repeated for credit. This English curriculum is based
UC Requirement b on the California Content Standards for English-
CSU Requirement English Language Arts.
School Site(s) BCHS, THS
Description: This is a writing course with an emphasis
on the exploration of writing techniques used by great
writers, past and present. Poetry and fiction writing as
well as creative non-fiction writing form the basis of
instruction. This English curriculum is based on the
California Content Standards for English-Language
Arts.

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