Hillwood High School
Instructor: Steve Campbell
Phone: 615-353-2025
E-mail:
stephen.campbell@mnps.org
Website:
hillwoodyearbook.blogspot.com
Course Description:
This
course is designed to teach the skills necessary to produce the school
yearbook, which offers a complete record of an entire school year. The
year begins by planning the coverage for the school year and generating theme
for the book. Students will become familiar with layout and design
techniques, writing and editing copy, picture captions, photojournalism and
journalistic writing.
Teaching Methods:
Lectures/Demonstrations/Discussion: Each class begins with a staff meeting, guided
by the teacher and editors. This includes a discussion of the work assigned. You
should plan to take careful notes.
Assignments: Individually and in
teams, staff members are assigned yearbook pages to produce and proof for
errors.
Exams: Two exams will be given.
Grading:
All grades are connected to Journalism Standards
(see below)
Weekly grades are given in the following categories:
Time
sheets: You will complete and turn in a time sheet
documenting what you have done in terms of work for the yearbook. Your
individual and group grade will be determined based on your documentation.
25%
Individual
work 25%
Group
work 25%
ACT
words 20%
Literacy
5%
Grading rubric
Grades
are connected to the standards below. You will receive at least three grades
each week, one individual and one group, based on the following rubric:
4
(100-93) Completes assigned work correctly, on time, and undertakes
additional work. Work is documented. Advanced performance of standards.
3
(92-85) Completes assigned work adequately and on time. Proficient performance of
standards.
2
(84-75) Assigned work is completed, and on time, but requires minor
corrections. Basic performance of standards.
1
(74 and below) Assigned work is completed after deadlines and/or requires major
corrections. Below basic performance of standards.
50 No work completed
Journalism Standards(3008):
Grades 9-12
Content Standard:
The student will understand and
utilize oral, written, and visual communication.
Goal Statement:
The primary goal of any journalism
program should be for students to improve oral and written communication
skills. Many high school students seek opportunities to explore career
possibilities in the media. Journalism programs should offer students many
opportunities to excel in a variety of areas.
Learning Expectations:
Oral
•Demonstrate speaking, listening,
and research skills which will facilitate interviewing and other oral
communication activities.
•Demonstrate appropriate language
skills, demeanor, and attire to cultivate success and good public relations.
•Demonstrate appropriate
interviewing techniques.
•Apply terms and expressions common
to the industry to speaking, listening, and writing
activities.
•Apply legal and ethical journalistic
standards to all journalism activities.
Written
•Demonstrate appropriate language
usage skills and research techniques.
•Demonstrate appropriate
journalistic writing style for various media.
•Recognize the difference between
fact and opinion and its appropriate use in media production.
•Use computers (if available) to
compose, edit, and revise work for publication.
•Write for an intended (prescribed)
audience, recognizing the importance of ethics in information
gathering and reporting.
•Demonstrate editing and revision
techniques to produce work suitable for publication/
production.
Visual
•Exhibit a working knowledge for
roles and procedures of management and production of various media.
•Demonstrate knowledge of business
management including advertising, circulation, and/or bookkeeping procedures.
•Understand and utilize standard
principles of related areas to enhance visual appeal.
•Create visual effects by utilizing graphic
designs, either technologically generated (if available)
or original work.
•Demonstrate knowledge of layout
and design procedures by incorporating consistency of style
using a desktop publishing system
(if available), traditional methods, or a combination of both techniques.
Course Outline
First semester:
Yearbook basics
Page layout and design
Yearbook production, proofing and editing
Second semester:
Page layout and design
Yearbook production, proofing and editing
Journalism style and variety
