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SPEAKING
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
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 materials
English Learners [EL]
Qualifying English Learners will be placed in an English Language Development (ELD) course. This place-
ment is based on state and district test scores and teacher recommendation. Your child will earn graduation
credit for this course. English Learners may also qualify for an EL Content course. For more information
about the EL program, please see the Assistance for Students section in this guide or contact your child’s
school.
High School Registration Guide
Yearbook Lab I
Prerequisite/Selection Process: Introduction
to Journalism or instructor approval
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
Television Journalism
Prerequisite/Selection Process: Introduction
to Journalism or instructor approval
Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11, and 12
Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit; students
may enroll for one, two, or three trimesters
Major Outcomes:
• Improve speaking skills
• Improve journalism and interviewing skills
• Write human interest stories, opinion
pieces, and general announcements to
be broadcast
• Work as reporters, news writers, news
anchors, editors, camera operators, and
technicians
Instructional Focus: Using journalism and
broadcast skills to create informational news
for school-wide announcements
LEARNERS
Instructional Focus: Using social media, digi-
tal literacy, and journalism skills to analyze,
create, and publish in a variety of multi-
modal formats.
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