SpeechJunior high students who meet
entry criteria are strongly encouraged to begin preparation for high
school by taking Advanced Academic Strategies. These include
Communication Applications (1/2) and Health (1/2) courses. These
courses will count for credit toward graduation, but in most cases will
not count in determining class rank. These courses are high
school courses and require extensive study and are academically
demanding. Because of the nature of these courses, it is
important that students meet the entry criteria for advanced standing
courses and maintain eligibility to remain in the course for the
duration of the school year. Students taking high school credit courses
in junior high must adhere to the high school passing standards.
To receive credit for a high school course, the student must make at
least a 70 average or better. Students not meeting this
standard must retake the entire course in high school.
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| Six
Weeks Grade: 50 % Daily Assignments 25 % Tests 25 % Six Weeks Test |
| Each week students will search
for an article on Digital
Knowledge Central about a current event in the world that happened
in the last 6 months. If you need user name and password click here.
You will have to enter your Yoakum I.S.D. name and password. The student will write a summary of that article on the paper I give you in class or you can download it from the attached link. Remember, a summary is who/what, did what, when, where, why/how? This need not exceed two or three sentences and must be in your own words. Do not plagiarize! If you plagiarize, it will be an automatic zero. This summary is due at the beginning of class on Friday and/or the last day of the school week. Download OR form here. Requires Adobe Reader. |
Late work:
This will be the highest
grade earned depending on the quality of work produced. |
| 1st
six weeks - After the
plagiarism unit and quiz,, students will be assigned a business to
visit for 3 hours during the school day. Students will go to
their assigned
business in groups of two and learn the importance of basic
communication skills in the business world. After this visit, students
will develop a power point presentation to share information learned
and appropriate communication skills. |
| 2nd six weeks - Extemporaneous speech will be 6-7 minutes in length. It must be given extemporaneously (i.e., not read and memorized or made up on the spot). Use note cards for your outline. |
| 3rd six weeks - Students will make a power point presentation on the persuasive topic. This will be completed in class under the supervision of the technology teacher and myself. |