November 4, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Please Do Now:
- www.newsroom101.com
- Set 4, newsroom 31: http://newsroom101.com/NR_exercises/newsroom031.htm
- Report your score as a comment to this post
Today, students will:
- Receive final poll data from Alessia
- Get presentation tips from debate students
- Finalize presentations
- Rehearse presentations
Tonight’s homework is (due Wednesday):
- Actually do your presentation, with a rate card and ad contract.
- Brainstorm 5 new story ideas on your blog.
- Graphical layout, including center spread (Helen, Madison, Josh)
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October 22, 2009 · 1 Comment
Please Do Now:
- Write three poll questions that are directly related to the business you are targeting.
- Submit them to Alessia
Today, students will:
- Editorial Staff: Final edits w/ Weiss
- Business Staff: Distribute polls and collect results
Tonight’s homework is:
- Some experiences allow you to write in the first person, even in news. Read this amazing series of articles by a NYT journalist who was kidnapped by the Taliban: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/world/asia/18hostage.html
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Please Do Now:
- We’re going to do mini-lessons in Newsroom101.com: http://www.newsroom101.com/NR_exercises/grammar/nouns1.htm
- Post your score.
Today, students will:
- Editors will edit – Google Docs edition.
- Layout will lay out
- Business will be busy (polling and finalizing presentations, that is)
Tonight’s homework is:
- Final edits need to be on my desk by Friday
- All graphics need to be uploaded by Friday
- All presentations need to be presentation-ready by Thursday at the end of class
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Please Do Now:
- www.newsroom101.com
- Set 3, Newsroom 26
- Post your score
Today, students will:
- Editors must finish editing (Josh and Amanda are in charge of this)
- Business staff (AKA everyone who is not an editor) will distribute polls and finalize presentations – Alessia is in charge of this.
- Graphics and layout should fill out a HEAT request for InDesign and then be populating the pages (Helen and Madison)
Tonight’s homework is:
- Business staff: final drafts of presentations due Tuesday
- Editors, Graphics and Layout: editorial meeting after school
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Please Do Now:
- View and answer the following SAT Writing problems: writing 6
- Select the correct answer and correct the error with each sentence.
- Submit your answers and corrections as a comment to this post.
Today, students will:
- Editors will be editing all period.
- Staff writers will review and discuss student reflections : Something I will do better next time is not to generalize so much by getting more quotes from more people. Also I learned I need to get quotes from a variety of people and not just one specific group. It takes a lot of work in scheduling appointments with people and you can’t always interview the people you like because they may be busy.
- Everyone will view presentations from the business team.
- Staff writers will select one local business to present to.
- Madison and Helen will be working on layout.
- Begin to learn the differences between news writing and features writing.
Tonight’s homework is:
- Final edits due Friday.
- All graphics due Friday
- Staff writers: Design poll questions for the company you are targeting and create a first draft of your presentation, with placeholders for information you don’t have yet. (Feel free to use this as a model: STARBUCKS III)
- There will be a brief editorial meeting after school Friday.
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Please Do Now:
- Newsroom101.com; Set 3, Newsroom 24
- http://www.newsroom101.com/NR_exercises/newsroom024.htm
- Post your score as a comment
Today, students will:
- Be reminded of Student Journalism Day at FIU, 8 AM this Saturday. My phone number is 305-710-4925. Please let me know if you intend to attend.
- Discuss peer reviews
- Work on final drafts
- Review presentations with business staff
- Find out where my receipt book is?
Tonight’s homework is:
- Newbie final drafts due Monday
- Photo shoot sheet and dummy due Monday
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Please Do Now:
- Do the following SAT writing problems: writing 10 1-4
- As a comment to this post, categorize the error with each sentence (say what’s wrong with the sentence, using one of the no-no’s we’ve learned so far), and write which replacement best corrects the error.
Today, students will:
- Josh, Amanda, Nadine and Rachel will present their GAMCOI’s (Greatest and Most Common Opportunities for Improvement).
- Review peer evaluation forms
- Veterans will write peer evaluation forms for newbies
- Business meeting: We need to know who you are contacting by the end of the period
- Editorial meeting: We need to know what articles are going in the paper by the end of the period
Tonight’s homework is:
- Veteran peer evaluation forms must be posted AS A COMMENT TO NEWBIE SECOND DRAFTS by the beginning of class Thursday.
- Editor peer evaluation forms must be posted AS A COMMENT TO NEWBIE SECOND DRAFTS by the beginning of class Thursday.
- Newbie final Drafts are due Monday.
- Business staff: 3 presentations each are due Thursday; Ad money to justify HOF issue is due Friday; When am I getting my receipt book?
- Graphic assignment sheet is due Thursday.
- Dummy is due Monday.
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