Reports, guides, handbooks High school registration guide 2018-19

Yearbook Lab II Prerequisite/Selection Process: Yearbook Lab I Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Copy writing • Interviewing techniques • Layout design • Photo composition and development • Advertising • Time management Instructional Focus: Hands-on activities Yearbook Lab III Prerequisites/Selection Process: Yearbook Lab II or teacher permission Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Further development of skills learned in Yearbook Lab I and II Instructional Focus: Hands-on activities SPEAKING Debate I Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Basic research skills • Public speaking • Understanding basic debate formats Projects, Activities, etc.: Research and deliver major debates Instructional Focus: Active participation, research and group work Public Speaking Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Confidence in public speaking situations • Speaking skills • Presentation skills Projects, Activities, etc.: Interpretive speeches, informative presentation, persuasive speeches Instructional Focus: Non-threatening course designed to help overcome fears Coll Honors Public Speaking College credit [Anoka-Ramsey Community College] Prerequisite/Selection Process: Grade 12 students - GPA in top half of class, grade 11 students - GPA in top third of class; English 10 Intended Audience: Grades 11 and 12; for students who want to expand presentation skills and earn honors and college credit Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Practice and improve public speaking skills • Critically analyze own and others’ speeches • Explore advanced research techniques, and organizational strategies • Analyze audience and evaluate theses Instructional Focus: create and deliver presentations Honors Debate II Prerequisite/Selection Process: Debate I or teacher permission Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Advanced research skills • Argumentation theory Project, Activities, etc.: Research and deliver major debates and utilize argumentation theories Instructional Focus: More rigorous challenges, for example, types of research mate

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