Deadlines approaching

Please Do Now:

1. We’re going to do mini-lessons in Newsroom101.com: http://www.newsroom101.com/NR_exercises/grammar/nouns1.htm
2. Post your score.

Today, students will:

1. Editors will edit – Google Docs edition.
2. Layout will lay out
3. Business will be busy (polling and finalizing presentations, that is)

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Final edits need to be on my desk by Friday
2. All graphics need to be uploaded by Friday
3. All presentations need to be presentation-ready by Thursday at the end of class

Happy Friday!

Please Do Now:

1. www.newsroom101.com
2. Set 3, Newsroom 26
3. Post your score

Today, students will:

1. Editors must finish editing (Josh and Amanda are in charge of this)
2. Business staff (AKA everyone who is not an editor) will distribute polls  and finalize presentations – Alessia is in charge of this.
3. Graphics and layout should fill out a HEAT request for InDesign and then be populating the pages (Helen and Madison)

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Business staff: final drafts of presentations due Tuesday
2. Editors, Graphics and Layout: editorial meeting after school

Spotlight on Business

Please Do Now:

1. View and answer the following SAT Writing problems: writing 6
2. Select the correct answer and correct the error with each sentence.
3. Submit your answers and corrections as a comment to this post.

Today, students will:

1. Editors will be editing all period.
2. 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.
3. Everyone will view presentations from the business team.
4. Staff writers will select one local business to present to.
5. Madison and Helen will be working on layout.
6. Begin to learn the differences between news writing and features writing.

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Final edits due Friday.
2. All graphics due Friday
3. 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)
4. There will be a brief editorial meeting after school Friday.

With a Little Help from my Friends

Please Do Now:

1. Go to www.newsroom101.com
2. Do Set 3, Newsroom 25: http://www.newsroom101.com/NR_exercises/newsroom025.htm
3. Post your score on as a comment to this post.

Today, students will:

1. Read Nadine and Rachel’s final draft: http://nadineg2012.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/final-draft1.doc
2. Divide into groups and fill out peer review forms: http://weissjournalism1.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/peer-editing-form-08091.doc
3. Print off the final draft and make line by line edits.
4. Reconvene and create a final final draft as a group.

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Write a one page reflection of how your articlewriting process went, including what you learned and what you think you still need to work on with respect to newsgathering and newswriting.
2. Helen and Madison: Collect and arrange photos: carlosphotography6019493@live.com
3. Editors: Brainstorm HOF issue articles and sources
4. Business: Have final presentations ready for Wednesday’s business meeting.

Final Drafts!

Please Do Now:

1. Newsroom101.com; Set 3, Newsroom 24
2. http://www.newsroom101.com/NR_exercises/newsroom024.htm
3. Post your score as a comment

Today, students will:

1. 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.
2. Discuss peer reviews
3. Work on final drafts
4. Review presentations with business staff
5. Find out where my receipt book is?

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Newbie final drafts due Monday
2. Photo shoot sheet and dummy due Monday

Final Drafts are Coming!

Please Do Now:

1. Do the following SAT writing problems: writing 10 1-4
2. 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:

1. Josh, Amanda, Nadine and Rachel will present their GAMCOI’s (Greatest and Most Common Opportunities for Improvement).
2. Review peer evaluation forms
3. Veterans will write peer evaluation forms for newbies
4. Business meeting: We need to know who you are contacting by the end of the period
5. Editorial meeting: We need to know what articles are going in the paper by the end of the period

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Veteran peer evaluation forms must be posted AS A COMMENT TO NEWBIE SECOND DRAFTS by the beginning of class Thursday.
2. Editor peer evaluation forms must be posted AS A COMMENT TO NEWBIE SECOND DRAFTS by the beginning of class Thursday.
3. Newbie final Drafts are due Monday.
4. Business staff: 3 presentations each are due Thursday; Ad money to justify HOF issue is due Friday; When am I getting my receipt book?
5. Graphic assignment sheet is due Thursday.
6. Dummy is due Monday.

Writing advice

Please Do Now:

1. Read this document: more writing
2. Post your answers as comments to this post.

Today, students will:

1. Read the following story: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/beaches/story/1239444.html
2. Discuss: style, structure, lede, attribution, objectivity.
3. Learn the inverted pyramid and basic attribution.

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Second drafts due Tuesday
2. Veterans: Final drafts due Tuesday

Welcome Parents

Please Do Now:

1. Click the link to subscribe to this website.
2. Click the link to your child’s blog on the Blogroll on the right of the screen (if it’s not there, that’s a red flag).
3. Click the link to subscribe to your child’s website.

Hopefully your child already did some of this for you.

Today, parents will:

1. Learn how to follow their child’s work in Journalism class.
2. Learn what is required to succeed in class.
3. View copies of The Beachcomber.

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Open the confirmation emails in your inbox and follow the instructions.
2. View the assignments from the beginning of the year, and see how your child has performed on them.
3. View your child’s grades in the Parent Portal to see if they line up.
4. Pass The Beachcomber’s advertisement rate sheet around the office.

Hi Mom!

Please Do Now:

1. Point your browser to http://feedburner.google.com
2. If you have a Google account, sign in.  If you don’t have one, create one.
3. Type the url of your blog in the field titled “Burn a feed right this instant” and click “Next” three times. 
4. Click the “Clickthrough” and “I want more!” boxes and click “Next”.
5. Click the “Publicize” tab, click on “Email Subscriptions,” and then click the “Activate” button.
6. Select and copy the second block of code, underneath “Preview Subscription Link.”  Do not copy the first block of code.
7. Open a new browser window and go to www.wordpress.com .  Log into WordPress and go to your dashboard.
8. On the lefthand side, click on the ”Widgets” link under “Appearance.”
9. Drag a “Text” box from the “Available Widgets” box to the very top of your sidebar.
10. Title the text box “Subscribe to this site by email”.
11. Paste the block of code you copied into the body of the text box, click “Save” and then click “Close”.
12. Click, “Visit site” at the top of the page and test the link you created.
13. Fill out your parent’s email and the captcha for the link you just creates, and then do the exact same thing for the link on the Weiss Journalism main page.
14. Fill out the link on the Weiss Journalism main page again, with your email information.
15. Go back to the Feedburner window.  Click “Save” and then close the window. 
16. Pat yourself on the back.  Help your less computer-savvy friends and neighbors. 

Today, students will:

1. Watch excerpts of Bob Schieffer interviewing President Obama http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5324437n&tag=morephotovideo
2. Discuss: What kind of questions does Mr. Schieffer ask?  What kind of information does he bring to the interview?  How does President Obama respond to his questions?  How does Schieffer follow up?  What is the general tone?
3. Read the following story: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/beaches/story/1239444.html
4. Discuss: style, structure, lede, attribution, objectivity.
5. Learn the inverted pyramid and basic attribution.
6. Business meeting and editorial meeting.

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Section editors must edit J1 articles by the beginning of class Thursday.  You will need to make recommendations to Josh, Helen, Madison and Amanda by the next editorial meeting.
2. J1 and J2: subscribe to the Weissjournalism link.  Make sure your parents are subscribed to your link and to the Weissjournalism link.

Notes and Quotes Day

Computers!

Please Do Now:

1. Read and answer the questions: SAT Writing
2. Post your answers as a comment to this post, and correct the problem with each sentence.

Today, students will:

1. Complete notes and quotes sheets – due at the end of class today
2. Business staff – Finish business plans with contact information by the end of class today
3. Veterans – Second drafts due at the end of class today

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Newbies: first drafts due on your blog before class Tuesday.  Please post as a word doc and text.
2. Veterans: help and supervise your newbies
3. Section editors: veteran edits due to Josh by Tuesday