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Also, please identify who you will need to interview for your trends story: you will need TWO AUTHORITY sources and THREE STUDENT interviews. These are not hte one liner quotes from your surveys. THese are lengther and meant to help elaborate on your trends. Once you know who will be interviewed, create meaningful questions for each. No more than 10 questions for each. You will ask and listen and take notes, please don't expect them to write.
Final Project Trends Piece
HW #13
Finish Review 2. Layout.
HW #12
Complete the descriptive wirting about the meal you ate for next class. Food Critic Prelim (This version is slightly different than the one I gave in class but it's the same idea.]
HW #11
Use search.yahoo.com to reveal the truth about Stephen Glass. Find out 1. How was Stephen Glass characterized by the media when his fabrications were exposed in 1998? 2. What are journalists saying about him today? 3. What has Glass' own reaction been to the storm of controversy he stirred up? Be sure to CITE specifics and sources in your written responses. SYNTHESIZE the material into short paragraphs responses for each.
HW #10
Please select your MY TURN topis and complete the outline in the packet or adapt the outline to suit your piece. Even if you already have a college essay, map out the parts in outline form so we can add/subtract.
HW # 9
Please hand in all the PEER EDIT SHEETS from peer editing day. This is how your peers receive classwork credit.
Don't forget about your weekly Magazine Outside Reading assignment. These are 20 points per week.
We will begin a Personal Experience Feature Unit on Tuesday. Think about events, people, and/or values that are important to you.
HW # 8
PHOTOS: Please either email or bring in photos of yourself that will help your partner illustrate you for his/her profile about you. Remember that not all photos can be accessed from school (i.e., Facebook), so email them ahead of time.
MAGAZINE: Bring in your outside reading magazine to use as a template for your layout. If you do not supply one, I will give you Time.
REVISE: Use your peers' comments to revise your profiles one last time. Please submit a double spaced final draft with 1 peer edited version and all the peer edit sheets. This is how your peers get credit for their efforts, so please don't forget! The final, revised draft of your profile piece is due and needed at the start of class electronically (that means on the computer). You will need in MS Word (not saved in an email) to use for our layout.
****If you did not have your profile ready for class, please contact your classmate and peer edit. Copy and paste Peer Editing the Profile into a Word document, fill it out and send it back to the writer this evening with enough time so they may revise. All peer edits will be submitted by the Writer, not the editor, for credit.
HW #7
Please have the people in your life complete the questionaires your partner created and return them in class. These will be outside sources/quotes for the profile piece about you! yay!
Please work on your profile piece. You should the bulk written out so I can offer you . Aim for concise paragraphs that include one quote. Include the otuside sources. Use interesting language!
Don't forget about your weekly Magazine Outside Reading assignment. These are 20 points per week.
HW #6
Please create questionaires for your subject's "authority sources" (parents, coaches, siblings, friends, etc.). Three-five solid questions with space to answer. Neat, presentable, professional!
Work on your profile piece. Be sure to have it emailed/flashdrive to work on in the lab next class. You should aim to have an outline and about a page written (minimum).
HW #5
You've met your partner, chatted, and found some interesting focal point. Please write TWENTY or more good questions that will help explore this glue further. Try to have the subject recount past experiences, find out his/her philosphy, impact, etc. No yes or no or banal questions. I will check that you completed these questions.
Don't forget to submit your outside reading response by Monday! This should be your SECOND submission.
HW #4
If you haven't already completed this week's Magazine Outside Reading Response , DO IT NOW! Please submit your response to turnitin.com. I will grade them weekly out of 10 points. Late submissions lose points daily. To receive full credit, be sure to use the questions as guidelines and write a full page single spaced and complete them for each Monday. DO NOT FALL BEHIND! Not only do you lose points, but it becomes overwhelming and tedious.
Think about our first big assignment. What kinds of questions will you need to ask to get your glue? Write down 15-20 starter questions: Profile a Peer Assignment. I will check that you completed these questions.
HW #3
Complete the Find a Feature Assignment.
Don't forget! Your Magazine Response Log is due every Monday on turnitin.com! DO NOT FALL BEHIND! Not only do you lose points, but it becomes overwhelming.
HW #2
Please write a news story about an event you witness firsthand (not on TV). It does not have to be "newsworthy" as we defined it (although it would be nice if it were, but it DOES have to be in inverted pyramid form used for hard news stories. Please be sure to follow the guidelines established in class. You will share your story in class.
HW #1
Please find a NEWS STORY that uses the INVERTED PYRAMID FORMAT we discussed in class. Print/clip it. On loose-leaf answer: 1. Cite two reasons you are convinced this is a news story in the inverted pyramid. Be specific and highlight the proof on the story itself.
Please register at turnitin.com with our class. The class ID is 3795523 and the password is gokturk. Please email me at vgokturk@portnet.k12.ny.us if you have any problems.
Editorial and Op-Ed Stuff
