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SEPTEMBER 2009

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
7
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LABOR DAY
8
9
DAY A
  • Welcome back!
  • Journalism Course Description
  • Class Guidelines
  • Absence Contract
  • Hideous Atrocity
  • 10
    DAY B
  • HW #1 DUE
  • Newsworthy Elements
  • Visit an online newspaper and find an inverted pyramid hard news story! Be sure that it fits the criteria we discussed in class and you can ID the newsworthy elements
  • News Story Hunt In Class Assignment
  • 11
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    14
    DAY D
  • HW #2 DUE
  • What Makes Something Newsworthy?
  • News Story Checklist
  • Intro to Feature Stories: What makes a story a feature?
  • "Too Few Moments Together," "Moment of Madness"
  • Profiles intro
  • 15
    DAY E
  • HW #3 DUE: defending feature to class
  • Profiles: Maya Angelou, Viera
  • Pair w/ partner: preliminary interviews
  • Profile Assignment
  • 16
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    17
    DAY A
  • HW #4 DUE
  • Illustrating Man, Train Conductor, elements of profiles
  • Interviews: 20 minutes each
  • 18
    DAY B
  • CLASS CANCELLED :-(
  • 21
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    22
    DAY D
  • HW #5 DUE
  • Follow up interviews
  • 23
    DAY E
  • HW #6 DUE: be sure to bring yoru profile draft on memory stick/email to work on in lab! Don't be marked unprepared!
  • Student Profiles, Mike Tyson
  • Outlines, quoting, questionaires
  • 24
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    25
    DAY A

  • HW #7 DUE: DO NOT COME UNPREPARED!!! Double back your work in case of technical difficulties.
  • 28
    RECESS

    YOM KIPPUR
    29
    DAY B
  • HW #8 DUE: BE PREPARED! Don't LOSE AN ORP!

    TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED OF PROFILE PIECE DUE
  • 30
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    1
    DAY D


    FINAL DRAFT of PROFILE DUE @ turnitin.com by class time (200 points); bring electronic version for layout
  • LAYOUT
  • 2
    DAY E

  • LAYOUT-- note it's due next class, in the classroom, with the pages you emulated from a magazine...
  • OCTOBER 2009

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    5
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    6
    DAY A
  • GOTCHYA! Yay! Another day has been added to work on layout! Please bring more pictures (that seems to be the common complaint)
  • 7
    DAY B


    LAYOUT DUE @ start of class (50 points); please submit the magazine pages you emulated with your final printed layout piece
  • meet in classroom
  • My Turn Unit begins today
  • Common Application College Essay Questions
  • 8
    DAY C

    class does not meet today

    Open School Night
    9
    DAY D

    12
    RECESS

    No SCHOOL!
    13
    DAY E

    14
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    15
    DAY A

    16
    DAY B
  • Ms. G's due date!!!
  • 19
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    20
    DAY D

    21
    DAY E

    22
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    23
    DAY A

    26
    DAY B

    27
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    28
    DAY D

    29
    DAY E

    30
    DAY F

    class does not meet today


    Ms. G's Handouts and Useful Links

    Editorial and Op-Ed Stuff

  • Pre-writing for the Editorial
  • Editorial Checklist
  • How to Write an Editorial
  • Monfort Parking Lot Editorial
  • Baseball Editorial
  • Sept. 11 Editorial
  • Analyze Student Editorials
  • Editorial Worksheet
  • Schreiber Student Opinions 1 Newsday
  • Schreiber Student Opinions 2 Newsday
  • Schreiber Student Opinion 3 Newsday
  • Op-Ed Project
  • Op-Ed Prewriting Assignment
  • Peer & Self Edit for Op-Ed
  • Editorial/Op-Ed Rubric
  • Editorial Positions

    Ethics and Laws Stuff

  • Ethical Dilemmas
  • Rank Purpose of Paper
  • Handling Tough Stories

    Feature Stuff

  • Feature Types
  • Identify a Feature in the Paper
  • Analyze a Feature
  • Dissect a Feature!
  • Peer Edit for Feature Story
  • Feature Checklist
  • Feature Rubric
  • Is Coke It?
  • Question Log Assignment
  • Planning Your Next Feature
    My Turn/Personal Experience Feature
  • My Turn Analysis
  • My Turn Assignment
  • My Turn Outline
  • My Turn Tips
  • Peer Edit for the My Turn Essay
  • My Turn Submission Steps
  • Personal Experience Essay Student Sample
  • My Turn: Newsweek
  • Journalist's Story as Part of the Story:Sweat Shop Undercover
  • Peer Edit for the Personal Experience Feature
    Profile
  • Interview Classmate Assignment
  • Interviewing Tips
  • WTC Profile
  • Dancer Profile
  • McEnroe Profile
  • Myke Tyson Profile
  • Student Profile Samples
  • Student Sample: Love in Full Bloom
  • How to Write Up a Profile Interview
  • Profile Tips
  • Peer Editing for the Profile
  • Profile Rubric
  • Profile Layout Requirements
  • Profile Layout Criteria
  • Interview Asignment
  • Interview Video Questions
  • What is a Human Interest Story?
  • Checklist for the Profile

    General Stuff

  • Journalism Course Description
  • About Absences
  • Lab Rubric
  • Pre-Course Media Perception Assignment
  • Editorial Positions
  • English Regents Archived Exams
  • Citing Styles (Journalists use CHICAGO STYLE)

    Headlines Stuff

  • Senior Class Paper

    Headline Stuff

  • Secret Formulas for Headlines
  • How to Write Headlines
  • Wrong Headlines
  • Writing Effective Headlines

    In-depth Report Stuff

  • "Bowling Columbine Worksheet I
  • "Bowling Columbine Worksheet II
  • In-Depth Textbook HW Assignment
  • In-Depth Feature Pre-research Assignment
  • In Depth/Trend Story Research Paper Assignment
  • Begin Your Shell
  • In Depth Intro
  • Proposal for In-Depth Expose
  • Intros Task for the Feature
  • In-Depth Project Assignment
  • In-Depth Research Paper Outline
  • In-Depth Research Intro Assignment
  • The In-Depth Assignment:Pre-writing
  • Student Sample Response: In-depth Report
  • Index Card Format
  • How to Make a Survey
  • How to Make Charts
  • Implications Paper '08
  • The In-Depth Feature: Implications Phase
  • How to Make an Excel Chart
  • 48 Hours Worksheet
  • Peer Editing for the In-Depth Report
  • Pre-Writing for the In-Depth Project Editorial/Op-Ed
  • In-Depth Project Checklist & Due Dates
  • Expose Rubric
  • Final Project Rubric

    Journalism (General Concerns) Stuff

  • Journalism History Handout
  • Hazelwood Decision Worksheet
  • Biased News Stories?
  • Bias Group Work
  • The Schreiber Times
  • Libel
  • Outside Reading Assignment
  • Students Go Online to Avoid Censorship
  • Early, early History/Major points
  • Influence of Britain on American Papers
  • Yellow Journalism
  • History of Printing
  • The Nineteenth Century Newspaper
  • History of the British Newspaper
  • "Public Journalism" Movement
  • Hazelwood Decision: No Freedom of the Press in High School
  • Libel and Slander: Definition and Consequences
  • And More Libel
  • History and Impact of the First Amendment
  • Muckraking
  • Impact of TV and Internet

    Literary Journalism Stuff

  • Literary Journalist Assignment
  • Truman Capote Profile Worksheet
  • In Cold Blood Homework Questions
  • In Cold Blood Vocabulary ICB Group Work for Part 4 & 5

    News Story Stuff

  • What Makes Something News Worthy?
  • Old News vs. New News
  • News Story Assignment #1
  • News Story Peer Editing
  • Chronological News Story?
  • Bias Story Re-write
  • News Lead Activity
  • Peer Edit Checklist for News Story
  • Organize News Story
  • Difference Between Hard News and Soft News
  • Different Types of News
  • Group Work: Credibility Lesson
  • Bias Group Activity
  • Biased Leads Worksheet
  • Creating News Leads
  • Create a Lead Using These Photos
  • Burning Dog Story
  • News Story Checklist
  • Peer Edit for the News Story
  • News Story Rubric

    Old Calendars

  • Old Calendars

    Outside Reading Stuff

  • Outside Reading Assignment
  • Reader Response Log Guidelines
  • How to Write a Book Review
  • Book Review Rubric
  • Business Letter Sample
  • Book Reading Guidelines

    PowerPoint Stuff

  • PowerPoint Assignment (Project #1)
  • Power Point Rubric
  • PowerPoint Presentation Guidelines
  • Reflection on Project

    Propaganda Stuff

  • Propaganda Devices
  • Propaganda for a Good Cause

    Reviews Stuff

  • Film Review
  • How to Write a Book Review
  • Play Review Checklist
  • Generic Review
  • Review Chocolate
  • Review Samples at New York Magazine
  • Washington Post Reviews
  • Food Critic Preliminary Research Assignment
  • How to Write Restaurant Review
  • Food Review Worksheet: Tia Pol
  • Food Critic Assignment
  • Peer Edit for the Food Review

    Web Site Stuff

  • Journalism Web Page Template
  • How to Post Your Work Online
  • HTML Tutorial
  • Collage Assignment
  • Internet Research Quiz
  • Go to Geocities
  • Flaming Text
  • An HTML Tutorial
  • Color Codes
  • Cool Retro Clipart
  • Dave's HTML Resource Center (backgrounds, graphics, buttons, etc.)
  • School Clip Art
  • Smileys
  • Good Clipart
  • Holiday Clipart
  • Discovery School Clip Art
  • Animated Clips
  • Style Sheet
  • Icon Bazaar
  • Clip art Searcher
  • Free Clipart
  • HTML Goodies (make your pages really cool)
  • DHTML Codes (like funky cursors)
  • HTML Help
  • Free Music For web Pages
  • Photo Clipart
  • Greek Backgrounds
  • Awesome Backgrounds
  • Photo and Image Search Engine
  • Buttons and Banners
  • Mediabuilder (animated text, etc.)
  • Clipart Gallery
  • Intro to Javascript


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