Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education

Region III-Central Luzon

Division of Tarlac Province

TARLAC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Brgy. San Roque, Tarlac City

 

Course Syllabus in Basic Journalism

for Grade 7 Special Program in Journalism (SPJ)

S.Y. 2015-2016

by BLESSEDY M. CERVANTES, MA.Ed

I. Course Title:     Basic Journalism (Journalism 1)
II. Course Description This program is based on the “Rules and Regulations for the Implementation of Republic Act No. 7079 (Campus Journalism Act of 1991)” which serves as an act providing for the development of campus journalism and for other purposes. Its main focus is primarily to engage the learners in the different activities, and to hone their journalistic and broadcasting skills.
III. Course Goal The SPJ aims to promote the development of campus journalism at Tarlac National High School, to equip SPJ students with appropriate knowledge and skills in campus journalism, and to produce good writers who can compete and win in the division, national, and international press conferences. It is designed to develop the learner’s skills required in mass communication (journalism and broadcast media).
IV. Course Objectives 1.        Identify areas of development in various aspects of journalism/broadcast media; 2.        Nurture talents in journalism/broadcast media  through activities requiring  critical & creative thinking; 3.        Strengthen ethical values on responsible journalism/broadcast media and freedom of the press; and   4.      Enhance skills and competencies in journalism/broadcast media.
V. Course Contents:
First Quarter ( June 1- August 7, 2015)
Topics	Time Frame (50 Days)
I.     Introduction to Journalism
1.   Meaning and scope of Journalism	Day 1-2
2. Provisions mandated on the law regarding campus journalism	Day 3-5
3. Functions of the campus paper	Day 6-10
4. Sections/parts of a campus paper	Day 11-15
5. History of the high school publication	Day 16-20
II.  News Writing
1. Different types of news as to scope/origin, chronology/sequence, treatment, content, structure, advanced, and minor forms	Day 21-25
2. Elements that make news	Day 26-30
3. Classifications of news leads according to purpose (conventional and unconventional) and construction	Day 31-40
4. Basic patterns of news stories	Day 41-45
5. News structures	Day 46-50
Second Quarter ( Aug. 10-Oct. 9, 2015)
Topics	Time Frame (45 Days)
III.   Editorial Writing
1. Nature, purpose, sources, and qualities of editorial	Day 1-5
2. Types of editorial as to information, evaluation and interpretation, argumentation, criticism and attack, defense, persuasion and endorsement, entertainment, special occasions, appreciation, and pooled	Day 6-15
3. Patterns of reasoning using inductive, deductive, cause and effect, analogies, and compare and contrast	Day 16-20
4. Arresting lead sentence, body, and good conclusion	Day 21-23
5. Measures of the effectiveness of the editorial	Day 24-25
IV.  Editorial Cartooning
1. Qualities of an effective cartoon	Day 26-27
2. Different cartooning tools	Day 28-29
3.Presentation of abstract ideas and issues into understandable pictures and symbols	Day 30-34
4. Ways to provoke the readers and challenging them to think and take action through the cartoon	Day 35-40
5. The process of incorporating symbols, caricatures, stereotypes, labels or words, analogies or comparisons, and irony and sarcasm on the cartoon	Day 41-45
Third Quarter ( Oct. 12- Jan. 8, 2016)
Topics	Time Frame (55 Days)
V.  Feature Writing
1. Differences feature stories from other forms of journalistic writings	Day 1-2
2. Different types of features	Day 3-7
3. Purposes in writing feature stories	Day 8-9
4. Ways to sustaining the effectiveness of the lead paragraph in the body of a feature story	Day 10-20
5. Common ways to end a feature story	Day 21-25
VI.   Sports Writing
1. Nature and kinds of sports news	Day 26-30
2. Guidelines in gathering information before the game, during the game, and after the game.	Day 31-35
3. Process of organizing the information gathered into a structured sports story	Day 36-45
4. Striking leads for the sports story	Day 46-50
5. Sports lingos in the sports news	Day 51-55
Fourth Quarter (Jan. 11-March 18, 2016)
Topics	Time Frame (50 Days)
VII.   Copyreading
1. Qualities and duties of a copyreader	Day 1-2
2. Procedure in copyreading properly	Day 3-4
3. Process of maintaining the clarity, correctness in grammar, accuracy, substance, and concision	Day 5-9
4. Rules in spelling, capitalization, titles, punctuation marks, and numbers	Day 10-19
5. Revising articles using the copyreading  and proofreading marks	Day 20-21
VIII. Headline Writing
1. Types of headlines according to purpose, style, and structure	Day 22-23
2. Rules in writing effective headlines	Day 24
3. Splitting levels and decks of the headline	Day 25
4. Equivalent unit count of the headlines	Day 26
5. Specialized vocabulary used in headlines	Day 27-28
IX.   Photojournalism
1. Meaning and qualities of photojournalism	Day 29
2. Interpreting the functions of photo in a newspaper	Day 30
3. Guidelines for aspiring photojournalists	Day 31
4. Ways in improving photographs by cropping, retouching, bleeding, and scaling or proportioning	Day 32-34
5. Guidelines in writing appropriate and well-structured caption for the picture taken	Day 35-37
X.  Lay-outing
1. Elements of the newspaper lay-out	Day 39
2. Basic visual concept of lay-outing such as focus, sequence, unity, and contrast	Day 40
3. Balance, brace, or modular pattern in newspaper lay-outing	Day 41
4. Guidelines in strategizing the newspaper lay-out and design	Day 42
5. Process of designing the front page, photo pages and other pages of the newspaper	Day 43-50
VI. Course Assessment (Based on DepEd Order No. 8, s. 2015 commonly known as the Policy Guidelines on Classroom Assessment for the K to 12 Basic Education Program) ·         Individual and collaborative formative assessment ·         Summative assessment       Components: a.    Written Work                  - 30 % b.    Performance Tasks       - 50 % c.    Quarterly Assessment   - 20 %                                         100 %
VI. Course Requirements A.   Materials Needed 1.    Activity Book in Journalism 2.    Journalism Write-Ups (Formal Theme & Sulating Pangwakas) 3.    Journalism Notebook 4.    Data Sheets 5.    National and Campus Newspapers 6.    Dictionary/Thesaurus B.   Suggested Time-Table of Outputs SCHEDULE OUTPUT Aug. 5, 2015 Submission of News Articles Compilation (Individual) Sept.9, 2015 Submission of Editorial Articles Compilation (Individual) Oct.7, 2015 Submission of Cartooning Tools Popped-up Booklet (Group) Nov. 11, 2015 Submission of Feature Articles Compilation (Individual) Jan. 6, 2016 Submission of Sports Articles Compilation (Individual), & CD Burn of Sports Events (Group) Feb. 24, 2016 Submission of Newsletter Lay-out (Individual) Jan.-Feb. 2016 SPJ Chronicle Newsletter Publishing VII. Course  References Cruz, C. B. (1997). Basic Campus Journalism. Iloilo City Rex Printing Company, Inc. DepEd (2015). Policy Guidelines on Classroom Assessment for the K to 12 Basic Education Program. Pangilinan, E. (1975). Journalism Handbook. Makati City. National Bookstore, Inc.