DEVELOPING LITERACIES
Course#: 118060
Grades: 9
Credit: one
Developing Literacies provides direct remediation of content area reading skills necessary to understand the content of mathematics, science, social studies, and English. The course focuses on the reading skills necessary for successful completion of the SOL tests given in the four core areas. Counts as a sequential elective if taken with Expanding Literacies.
EXPANDING LITERACIES 1
Course#: 151500
Grades: 10, 11
Credit: one
Expanding Literacies provides direct remediation of reading skills and English content necessary to pass the EOC English: Reading/Literature and Research and/or the EOC English: Writing SOL tests, which are given in eleventh grade. Verified credit on both tests is required in order to earn a Standard Diploma. Counts as a sequential elective when taken after Developing Literacies.
EXPANDING LITERACIES 2
Course#: 151600
Grades: 11, 12
Credit: one
Prerequisite: Expanding Literacies (course number 151500)
Expanding Literacies provides direct remediation of reading skills and English content necessary to pass the EOC English: Reading/Literature and Research and/or the EOC English: Writing SOL tests, which are given in the eleventh grade. Verified credit on both tests is required in order to earn a Standard Diploma. This course is for students who are continuing focused remediation in Expanding Literacies for a second year. Counts as a sequential elective when taken after Developing Literacies and/or Expanding Literacies (1515).
JOURNALISM 1
Course#: 120000
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Credit: one
Journalism 1 provides students with opportunities for learning the language of journalism and photojournalism, developing communication skills in writing different kinds of articles, understanding news and the process of publication, and becoming more critical readers and viewers of mass media.
JOURNALISM 2
Course#: 121000
Grades: 10, 11, 12
Credit: one
Prerequisite: Journalism 1
Journalism 2 provides students opportunities for learning and participating in layout, design, desktop publishing, and printing processes. Students develop a more sophisticated level of journalistic writing and participate in the operation and production of the high school newspaper.
JOURNALISM 3
Course#: 121100
Grades: 11, 12
Credit: one
Prerequisite: Journalism 2
In addition to enhancing their skills as reporters, Journalism 3 provides students advanced opportunities for learning editorial leadership, developing a personal sense of professionalism, understanding the role of the newspaper in society, and becoming productive members of the newspaper staff. Students learn business and circulation management.
JOURNALISM 4
Course#: 121200
Grades: 12
Credit: one
Prerequisite: Journalism 3
Journalism 4 provides students opportunities for learning marketable publication skills; developing individual writing, layout, and design styles; and assuming the role of editorial leadership and responsibility for producing a high school newspaper that serves a pluralistic society. Students also take responsibility for business and circulation management.
CREATIVE WRITING and FILM STUDY
Course #: 117132 and 144632
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Credit: one-half for each course
CREATIVE WRITING
This course provides students an opportunity for additional writing instruction beyond the English program. Experimentation with many forms of writing is encouraged, with an emphasis on poetry, short stories, plays, and all forms of descriptive writing. Students continue to expand and refine their ability to write through analyzing and evaluating their own writing and that of other students. Students may also participate in the layout, design, and overall production of a high school literary magazine.
FILM STUDY
This course involves the study of classic and award-winning films. Students critique both the artistic and technical merits of the films. They study the development of theme, plot, characterization, and setting in each production. They learn the vocabulary associated with film and use this vocabulary when discussing or writing about films. Students may create their own short films.
