Radio Curriculum

FIRST COURSE, SECOND GRADING PERIOD  —  9 weeks



Table of Contents

Week 1 Interview and Ethics
1.14.0 “The Professional Interview”
1.14.1 Handout: “Preparing for an Interview”
1.15.0 “Codes of Ethics”
Week 2Focus on Sound: On Tape
1.16.0 “Hot or Boring Tape? A Sound Difference”
1.17.0 “Sound of MOS”
Week 3Focus on Sound: The Human Voice & Marking Copy
1.18.0 “Mark It, Say It”
1.18.1 Handout: “Perfecting Your On-Air Voice Vocabulary”
1.18.2 Handout: “Say What?”
1.18.3 Handout: “Practice Marking and Reading For the Ear”
1.18.4 Handout: “Better Sleep”
1.18.5 Handout: “Better Sleep” (marked copy)
1.18.6 Handout: “Beer Bathing”
1.18.7 Handout: “Beer Bathing” (marked copy)
1.18.8 Handout: “Mark It, Say It Critique”
1.18.9 Handout: The Declaration of Independence
Week 4Weather and Traffic Reports
1.19.0 “What Route Do We Take Today?”
1.20.0 “Will There Be Rain?”
1.20.1 Handout: “Check On Weather Coverage”
1.20.2 Handout: “Weather — Current, Breezy or Windy?”
1.20.3 Handout: “Online Weather Resources”
Week 5 News: All News Stations and Keeping a Log
1.21.0 “Logging Tape”
1.22.0 “The All News Format”
Week 6News: Newscast, Written and Spoken
1.23.0 “The Newscast”
1.23.1 Handout: “Listen to a Newscast”
1.23.2 Handout: “News Vocabulary 2”
Week 7Group Dynamics, the Rubric and Critiquing Student Work
1.24.0 “Team Talk”
1.24.1 Teacher Tip: “Tips for Giving Feedback”
1.24.2 Handout: “Goal-setting After Peer Feedback”
1.25.0 “What Makes It Great?”
1.25.1 Handout: “Sample Rubric for Judging a Team’s Performance”
Weeks 8-9

End-of-Term Project: “Produce a 3-Minute Newscast”
1.26.0 “Radio Broadcast I, Second Term Project: 3-Minute Newscast”
                       
Presentation and Critique of Term Project

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