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Instructor: Elaine Parrett

Course Description:

Students will study the history of journalism in our culture and discuss the impact of the newspaper as a mass medium.
Students will learn to write news, features and sports stories, as well as editorials.
Students will study journalistic style for grammar and punctuation.
Students will interview various people for articles.
Students will learn to layout and design a newspaper for publication.
Students will discuss ethics in relation to the field of journalism.

Evaluation:
Students will be graded using a point system for determining grades. Each assignment, project, test, or homework assignment has a certain number of points possible. For example, a test or project may be worth 100 points, while a quiz or homework assignment may be worth 10 or 20 points. To determine the cumulative grade, the total points earned will be divided by the total points possible.

90-100	A
80-89	B
70-79	C
60-69	D
0-59	F

Make-Up Work:

It is the responsibility of the student to ask for make-up work after an absence. The student will have the same number of days to ask for and complete the make-up work as the length of the absence. If a student is absent for one day, he must ask for make-up work the next day, and it must be turned it by the next day. Students must look in the yellow make-up folder for any missed work when they return to class.

Late Work:

Late work will be accepted only ONE day late and points will be deducted for late work.

Behavior Expectations:

Students should get to class on time. We will have deadlines to meet, so being on time is very important.
Students must come with appropriate supplies (pencil, paper, flash drive).
Students must respect others at all times. We will share differing opinions in this class, so we must be respectful of one another.
Students are expected to behave in a mature manner when they are conducting interviews or when we have guest speakers.
Students are responsible for saving all material to a flash drive which will remain in the classroom.