Writing Exercises

Please Do Now:

1. Read the following article in the Miami Herald: http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/263977.html
2. Identify the 5 W’s and an H. 
3. Summarize the article using exactly five sentences. 
4. Summarize the article using exactly one sentence.
5. Submit your two summaries as a comment to this post.

 Today, students will:

1. Use the News and Features Prewrite to identify the 5 W’s and an H to your article.
2. Write a five sentence summary of your article.
3. Write a one sentence summary of your article.
4. Identify the five most important quotes for your article.
5. Begin the first draft to your article – due Thursday, 10/11.

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Finish the first draft of your article – due Thursday, 10/11.
2. Read the posts of your editors beneath this post.  Respond to them as regular assignments. 

FRIENDLY REMINDER FROM YOUR EDITOR

Just a friendly reminder to those sutdents who  so graciously took on the task of writing an article that was on the “sign up” sheet:

Your first drafts are due Oct. 10th. They must be posted on your blogs by this time.

Please and thank you,

Alex

Small Assignment

Hey guys.

Just incase you don’t know, my name is Corina Grazutis, and I’m the business manager for The Beachcomber.

I have a small assignment for you guys.  I want each of you to choose 5 different places that you guys think may be interested in placing an ad in our school paper.

Please comment to this post with the name of the place which you think might be interested, along with the phone number, fax (if you can find it), and address for the place.

Thank guys,

Corina Grazutis

Business Manager

Football game on 10/5

Daniela G- remember that you have been assigned to cover the game this friday, October 5th. Go to the Sports Planner under forms and complete it. Get all of the interviews you need. THe form will telll you everything you need to get.

Data Chats

Please Do Now:

1. Pass you data chat forms onto my desk.

Today, students will:

1. Compile a journal of good and bad journalistic techniques displayed by Woodward and Berstein in the film All the President’s Men.
2. Engage in one-on-one FCAT data chats.

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Submit your journaling as a comment to this post.
2. Complete a “News and Features Prewrite” form and post it to your blog.
3. Keep in mind – Round Two article first drafts are due Thursday, October 11.

ALEX’S EMAIL!

Okay writers, my email is here, as promised my 8pm.

arodriguez0207@yahoo.com

A Few Good Men…

Many of you did not complete the homework assignment due today.  Your grade will not be happy!   For those of you who got the job done under difficult circumstances, today’s lesson is for you…

 Please Do Now:

What, if anything, do you know about Richard Nixon?  What do you know about Watergate, and do the names Woodward and Bernstein mean anything to you?  Submit your thoughts as a comment to this post.

Today, students will:

1. View excerpts from the film All the President’s Men
2. Keep a journal of good reporting techniques you can learn by following the craft of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.  What do they do in the film that any good journalist can try to emulate?  Post your thoughts to your blog tonight.
3. Compare and contrast (LA.A.2.2.7) the newsroom of The Washington Post to our newsroom at The Beachcomber.  How is news gathered, covered, written up, reviewed, edited and finally published at these two publications?  Post your thoughts to your blog tonight.

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Complete a “News Planner” form on your article assignment and post it to your blog. 
2. If you don’t have an assignment, it if because you failed to complete your homework over the weekend.  Get an assignment from me at the newspaper meeting after school before you fall further behind.