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printjournalism _________________________________________________________________ MOST RECENT ASSIGNMENTS: Click
here for NEWS LINKS and DAILY JOURNAL instructions. May 28 – 30 (EXAMS) ·
Final story due
on exam day Friday, May 24 ·
Reminder: Stories
must be in your hand when you get to the exam; you may not work on it or
print it during the exam period ·
Exam review Wednesday, May 22/Thursday, May 23 ·
Lab: Writing,
revising in class Tuesday, May 21 ·
Seniors take exam ·
Return textbooks ·
AP Style practice/Top
News ·
Interviewing
sources for stories
Monday, May 20 ·
AP Style List 8 ·
Lab: Writing
stories for final exam Friday, May 17 ·
Staffs:
brainstorm stories, assign, report, draft/revise Thursday, May 16 Begin working on stories – due on final
exam day Wednesday, May 15 ·
Features stories
due (today or tomorrow) ·
Brainstorm ideas
– what are problems, great things going on in our school, our community,
young people’s lives, our country, our world? ·
Choose sports
(news or features), op-ed, news, features, or entertainment for your last
piece – meet in staffs to generate and assign stories Tuesday, May 14 ·
Discuss opinion
piece topics and writing ·
Tips to write
opinion pieces ·
HW: Features stories due Wednesday Monday, May 13 ·
Revise/work on
features stories in lab ·
HW: Print and read at
least one opinion piece that interests you from the NY Times ; features
due Weds Friday, May 10 ·
Features Stories
Due ·
AP Style Week
5/Top News Quiz Thursday, May 9 ·
AP Style Week 5 ·
Top News ·
Lab/Writing ·
HW: Turn in a draft of your story by Friday Wednesday, May 8 ·
AP Style Week 5 ·
Top News ·
Lab/Writing Tuesday, May 7 ·
Staff Meeting:
How’s Your Feature Going? ·
Reporting Monday, May 6 ·
Top News ·
Lab: Working on
Features Stories (transcribe notes, begin writing, continue interviewing,
etc…) Friday, May 3 ·
News reading – The Plain Dealer ·
Interviewing for
stories/Staff meeting on progress Wednesday, May 1 ·
Top News ·
Finish assigning
story ideas ·
Feature story
planning – handout (on clipboard) ·
Lab: Research and
scheduling interviews/planning/writing questions Tuesday, April 30 ·
Assign story
topics ·
Move from topics
to story assignments; refine in small staffs and with Mrs. Miller; your goal
is to make your big topic manageable and focused (ie:
Cyberbullying is a topic. Focused story ideas: 1)
Tell one student’s story of her experience with cyberbullying.
2) Make a list of tips for dealing with cyberbullying,
according to counselors. 3) Write a story about the anonymous boxes that are
used in schools to report bullying. ·
Begin work on
stories Monday, April 29 ·
Brainstorm
features story ideas for the HS (big paper) ·
Profiles:
Interesting people ·
Human interest:
What interests you right now in school, Westlake, life? What are you curious
about? What are some of the biggest problems young people face right now? ·
Informational:
What do you want to know how to do?
·
Trend: Check out
current news stories Friday, April 26 ·
What are
FEATURES? ·
Find stories in The Plain Dealer that are examples of
features; read leads together; examine ·
HW: Read a whole features story from today’s paper; be
able to talk about the story and how it’s written (compared to a news story)
on Monday. Wednesday, April 24 (BLOCK) ·
News ·
Entertainment
stories due today ·
Revise with
groups using rubric ·
Lab? Revise your
entertainment story; post your news story to our class news blog if you have
permission ·
Turn in your
entertainment story by the end of the period (100 points) ·
HW: Blog No. 7 due Friday at midnight (250 words
minimum) Monday, April 22 – Tuesday, April 23 ·
Writing in lab Friday, April 19 ·
Quiz over AP
Style Week 4/Top News ·
Ethics – Discuss
our responses to our ethical questions ·
HW: Complete whatever it is you’re reviewing (dine,
read, view, examine, experience, try). Wednesday, April 17 ·
Top
News 1; Top
News 2/AP Style ·
Assign articles;
do some research and take notes on your assignment; you have until Monday to
view/eat/read/watch ·
Ethics ·
HW: Listen, read, watch, eat… (check out and take notes
on what you’re writing by Monday) Tuesday, April 16 ·
** Collect yesterday’s homework ·
Top
News 1 and Top
News 2/AP Style Editing ·
Make list of our
ideas – things to review including list pieces (ie:
best songs for driving with the windows down) ·
Interview to
generate more ideas (music, art) ·
Assign stories ·
HW: Read p. 288-290/what do you observe about the
writing? How is it organized? How do you think the writer found information?
(Discuss credible sites for sources) Monday, April 15 ·
AP
Style Week 3/Top
News 1; Top
News 2; Interesting
News ·
Discuss
Entertainment Writing; check notes ·
Read p. 288 –
290; write down what you observe about how they write/discuss (What does the
writer do? How is it organized? What is included? How do you think they find
the facts and information they need?); make a list together/take notes on this ·
HW: Entertainment news journal find five ideas for
possible stories (new restaurants, CDs, films, books, etc…) Friday, April 12 ·
Due: Revised News
Stories ·
What is
entertainment writing? ·
News reading and
discussion of current entertainment news ·
HW: Read and take notes on writing reviews using the
topics provided as guidelines Wednesday, April 10 ·
10 minutes to
review alone or with peers ·
Law test (60
points) ·
Lab: Revise Story
1 for credit ·
Check out these
first drafts by two of your classmates. These are stories that earned high
scores. Story
1; Story
2 Tuesday, April 9 ·
Top News ·
Finish scenarios
if needed/share results with the class ·
Review sheet for
law test ·
What we’ll learn
how to write next ·
Return news
stories/revising in class tomorrow Monday, April 8 ·
Top News 1; Top
News 2; Top
News 3 ·
We have studied:
First Amendment, Tinker, Hazelwood, Libel Law/Defenses to Libel ·
Privacy Law ·
Finish scenarios
in groups if needed; make sure your support is based on law and court case
precedent ·
** There will be
a test over journalism law on Wednesday’s block April 1 – 5 SPRING BREAK! Thursday, March 28 ·
Applying
journalism law to scenarios ·
** Your law test will
be the Wednesday after break! Wednesday, March 27 ·
Top News ·
Libel Law ·
Libel Law
Scenarios/Share responses Tuesday, March 26 Top News Libel Law Libel Law Scenarios Monday, March 25 ·
Review your
examples of free speech cases/incidents from last week and discuss ·
Review First
Amendment and Tinker ·
Hazelwood case
notes Friday, March 22 ·
News Journals due ·
AP Style/Top News
Quiz ·
Read The Plain Dealer Wednesday, March 20 ·
AP Style Editing ·
Top
News 1; Top
News 2; Top
News 3 ·
Free
speech? Discuss. ·
Journalism Law:
First Amendment and the Tinker Case ·
Pairs:
Find an article and summarize it (type or write) about free speech or free
press that’s been in the news lately. It may involve students, but it doesn’t
have to. Write down whether you think the person was acting within his or her
rights and why. Begin by searching a site like The New York Times or CNN for free speech
stories or using The
Student Press Law Center. ·
HW: Quiz Friday over AP Style and Top News Tuesday, March 19 ·
Lab: Revise
stories or week on blog entry _____/comment on others’ blogs ·
HW: Post stories online by Friday if you have approval/revise
stories (optional)/memorize First Amendment (extra credit) Monday, March 18 ·
Create class Web
site/email address/newspaper name ·
HW: Post stories online by Friday if you have
approval/revise stories (optional)/memorize First Amendment (extra credit) Friday, March 15 ·
Stories due today ·
Daily News
Journal due today (10 stories min)/news discussion ·
AP Style Quiz ·
Return Stories 1
and 2/revise by next Tuesday for credit ·
Read The Plain
Dealer! ·
Extra Credit (3rd or 4th
quarter): Memorize the First Amendment – 10 points Thursday, March 14 AP Style Review Stories due tomorrow/lab day for revisions HW: Daily News Journal due Friday Wednesday, March 13 AP Style Review Lab day/reporting and writing HW: Daily News Journal due Friday; final draft of story
due Friday Tuesday, March 12 Revising stories in class Reporting if needed AP Style Week 2 HW: Daily News Journal due Friday Monday, March 11 Lab – reporting/writing HW: Daily News Journal due Friday Thursday, March 7, Friday, March 8 ·
Top News ·
Reporting/writing ·
HW: Reporting during study hall, lunch, before/after
school (3 live sources min) Wednesday, March 6 ·
Top News (Amanda,
Julia B.) ·
Top
News 1; Top
News 2; ·
Report back with
story ideas/add them to our list ·
Choosing
assignments ·
Generate a list
of possible sources and questions with your staff (who, what, when, where,
why); write them both in your notebook Tuesday, March 5 ·
Top News (Amelia) ·
Top
News 1; ·
Generating story
ideas in staffs ·
Split into pairs
or solo: go around the school looking for ideas to add to our list ·
Interviewing
students for story ideas; report back to class (Q: What do you think the school newspaper should cover?) Monday, March 4 ·
Top
News 1 (Danielle); Top News 2 (Julia F.) ·
See me today for
makeups of last week’s quiz Friday, Feb 29 ·
Top News/AP Style
Quiz ·
The Plain Dealer
– Reading and discussion ·
Blogs 5 and 6 are
due by midnight tonight! Wednesday, Feb 27 ·
Finishing Story
2; revising ·
Returning Story
1; revising (optional); click
here for notes from the press conference ·
Blogging (Blog 6) ·
AP
Style Practice and Top
News 1 (Lindsey); Top
News 2 (Emma) ·
Brainstorming
ideas for first real story/interviewing for ideas ·
HW: Daily News Journals – 8 stories due by Friday Tuesday, Feb 26 ·
Top
News 1 (Riley); Top News 2 (Erini) ·
Working on story
2 in lab ·
HW: Daily News Journals (M-Th) Monday, Feb 25 ·
Due: Final draft
of story 1 (if you haven’t already turned it in) ·
Quoting/Paraphrasing
Practice ·
HW: Daily News Journals (M-Th) Thursday, Feb 21/Friday, Feb 22 (Meet in room 218) ·
No news quiz! ·
Due/Collect: News
journal week 1 (10 points) ·
A few tips based
on your stories ·
A second chance
to ask questions: What didn’t you ask in the press conference? (Basic rule: Never assume). ·
Lab: Revising
Story 1/Practice Story and turn in draft to be graded ·
HW: Daily news journal due Friday (10 points) ·
Top News people for next week: Emily, Rachel, Erini, Riley, Lindsey, Emma Wednesday, Feb 20 ·
Blog 4 due tonight
at midnight (10 points) ·
Daily News Journal ·
Top News – Sierra,
Charlie, and Kayla ·
Generate questions
for press conference. Here is your info: Dr. Richard Faustus, WHS science
teacher has been officially suspended without pay after an incident that
occurred during an assigned lab. Prepare a list of possible sources and
questions for your sources. ·
Press conference –
Interview and take notes; write down everything whether it be quoted
or paraphrased. The most common mistake students make in this assignment is
only writing down basic details. They usually don’t have enough material to
write a story. Monday, Feb 18 and Tuesday, Feb 19 – NO
SCHOOL! Celebrate. Clap your hands. Friday, Feb 15 ·
Top News Quiz ·
Review story
writing from notes/example ·
The Plain Dealer –
Read and discuss news ·
HW: Top News people for next week: Sierra, Kayla,
Charlie Wednesday, Feb 13 ·
Top News: Story
1 (Jenny), Story
2 (Kollin), Story
3 (Olivia)/Quiz Friday ·
Groups of 4 for critiquing leads: State of the Union (write one thing they did well;
one thing you’d change) ·
News Leads – practice lead using info (Lead 1, write on a sheet
of paper) ·
Lead practice by
trading basic facts (Lead 2) ·
Review anecdotal
leads in book (p. 46) ·
Listen to NPR story:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/02/10/171410033/high-school-marching-bands-lay-down-the-beat-of-mardi-gras ·
Take notes; write
the summary news lead; write the anecdotal news lead (Leads 3 and 4) – turn
in all four leads ·
Books: Read pages
48 – 50 and take ½ to 1 page of notes about story writing after the lead. ·
HW: Prepare for Top News Quiz Tuesday, Feb 12 ·
Top news
assignments ·
Library – check
out books ·
Discuss leads based on your reading – what did you
learn? ·
HW:
Listen to the state of the union speech at 9 p.m. tonight, and write a news
lead that would appeal to your audience of high school students. (15 points) Monday, Feb 11 ·
Look at The Plain Dealer. Read the first
sentence of any story, and copy it into your notebook. What down as many
observations as you can about the first sentence. What do you think the
author is trying to do? Read/share. ·
News Leads – notes ·
Distribute textbooks/check out in library ·
HW: Read about news leads in your textbook; read about
story structure; take about one page of notes on anything you think is
helpful (examples, ideas, etc…) Friday, Feb 8 ·
Top News quiz ·
Read The Plain
Dealer/discussion Wednesday, Feb. 6 ·
Share question
ideas and finalize your list ·
Find and
interview someone with your partner; both record responses ·
Type responses
individually following this format; print/trade and revise/turn in ·
If you have extra
time, work on your blog; ·
HW: Blog 4 due Friday at midnight Tuesday, Feb 5 ·
Top
News (keep brief today) ·
Share story ideas ·
Pick and story
and complete the sources/questions handout ·
Brainstorm
questions for spotlight interview Monday, Feb 4 ·
Top News Quiz
(last week)/Today’s Top News: Story
1; Story
2; Story
3 ·
This Week: Taking
Accurate Notes , Quoting/Paraphrasing, Writing News Leads (Ledes) ·
Today’s Activity:
Finding stories using interviews (review interview etiquette)/repot back to
class Friday, Feb 1 SNOW DAY! HW: Blog No. 3 due by midnight tonight Wednesday, Jan 30 (BLOCK) ·
Today: Developing
Questions, Interviewing, Taking Notes ·
Interviewing and
Sources – Notes ·
Mock
interviews/notes on interviewing ·
Tips to develop
questions ·
Practice
developing questions (handout) ·
Lab: Blog (third entry
due by Friday; I’ll update your grades today in class and check with you if
your links aren’t working) Tuesday, Jan. 29 ·
Top
News 1; Top
News 2; Opinion ·
Finish discussion
of story angles (scheduling, Prom, etc…) ·
Sources at WHS
(handout) – fill out as a class
·
This Week’s
Focus: Story Ideas, Sources, Developing Questions, & Interviewing ·
Today: Story
angles: write down with your group and share them Friday, Jan 25 ·
Top
News ·
Due: Blog updates
(have at least two entries by today) – 10 points each ·
Due: Labeled article
(see Wednesday’s assignment) – tell us what you read and why you think it’s
news; discuss any articles we find interesting ·
Read The Plain Dealer BLOCK (Wednesday, Block 8) ·
Top News ·
Today we’ll focus
on identifying possible stories in our school community. ·
Scavenger Hunt: What
news can you find by wandering around the building without speaking to
anyone? Defend your choices with our list of What Is News? ·
Work on blogs –
entry two due by Friday ·
Start your
homework if you have time ·
HW: Find one news story that interests you in a
newspaper – print or online. (The New
York Times, The Plain Dealer, etc… ) And explain why it’s news using the
qualities we discussed in class such as proximity, novelty, etc… You can
write right on the page, but identify at least two qualities that make it
news. Bring this to class Friday. Tuesday, Jan 22 ·
Top
News ·
Circle
discussion: Share your stories with the class; discuss ·
Using those
stories: make a list of what you think news is Monday, Jan 21 – NO SCHOOL Friday, Jan 18 ·
Finish class
interview introductions ·
Share your blog idea
with the class ·
Spend about 10
minutes scanning and reading leads of stories ·
Partners: Discuss
and review The Plain Dealer with
your partners; find what you think is the most interesting and important
thing in the news. Read your article, and be able to discuss it with the
class. ·
HW: Finish
your first blog entry by midnight tonight; email your link to me at MillerLa@wlake.org (10 points!) Thursday, Jan 17 ·
Finish Syllabus
(basic rules and guidelines) – First
Day Info ·
Brainstorm 10
questions and interview someone from class; record their responses ·
Introduce the
person you interviewed Wednesday, Jan 16 ·
Welcome to print journalism! Always return to this site if you have missed class or
need information we covered in class today. ·
Assign seats ·
Activity: What are you curious about at WHS? (sports, academics, student/social life, extra-curriculars) ·
Syllabus (basic rules and guidelines) – First
Day Info ·
On a sheet of
paper: Tell me what your expectations are for this class. What do you really
hope we’ll do or learn? Tuesday, Jan 15 – Welcome to print journalism! We’ll begin class today by setting up blogs that we’ll
develop throughout the semester. Click
here for a copy of the blogging assignment introduction. HW: Finish your first blog entry by Thursday, and email
me the link before class BEGINNING OF THE THIRD QUARTER Return to Mrs. Miller’s Classroom Page |
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