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HW #8

FINISH YOUR PROFILE! Be sure to have TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED printed at the start of class. If you have to leave to print, you will lose 1-2 ORPs. Make sure to have the questionaires your partner gave you filled out so they can add them to their finished drafts... Don't forget that for the following class, you will need PHOTOS OF YOURSELF to give your writer and a MAGAZINE for which you'd like to "work" (emulate).

HW #7

Work on your profile piece, aiming to have completed just over half (500-600 words) by next class. If you didn't complete the questionaires, now they are officially due.

FOR NEXT WEEK: find 2-3 photos of yourself to give to your partner to use in the layout. They should illustrate you in your glue. Avoid GROUP SHOTS please.

Also, bring in an ACTUAL MAGAZINE you'd like to "work for." This will be your template for your first layout project and you will leave the magazine in class as a reference. If you don't bring one, I will give GOod Housekeeping or something as equally annoying to you. :-)


HW #6

Spread out all your notes. Organize your material into an outline, begining with your GLUE/MAIN IDEA. Use Roman numerals to designate paragraphs and provide at least 3 specifics for each section. Write your intro paragraph and be sure to have it ON COMPUTER IN SCHOOL to work on and show me.

Create 2-5 question with answer space questionaires for at least 2-3 OTHERS who know your subject within the context of the glue. You will ask your subject to give these to the OTHERS and collect them for you. They will serve as direct quotes.

FOR NEXT WEEK: find 2-3 photos of yourself to give to your partenr to use in the layout. They should illustrate you in your glue. Avoid GROUP SHOTS please.

ALso, bring in an ACTUAL MAGAZINE you'd like to "work for." This will be your template for your first layout project and you will leave the magazine in class as a reference. If you don't bring one, I will give GOod Housekeeping or something as equally annoying to you. :-)


HW #5

Review what your learned about your person today. Think: what's interesting? What will make an interesting article? Creat about 20 more questions that will elicit anecdotes, opinions, feelings, etc. Your goal: know the subject through this glue --- past, present, future. Also, create a questionaire for THE OTHER INTERVIEWS (if you know your glue) of 3-5 questions.

HW #4

Please "stalk" your subject in other classes, at lunch, and during my class. By this I mean, observe him/her in his/her natural habitat. How does s/he behave? Interact with others? What are your frist impressions?

Create a list of questions you'd like to ask either based on your impressions, challengin what little you know, and/or about what you think the glue may be....

  • Profile Assignment

    HW #3

    Based on the criteria established in class, please find and print/clip a FEATURE story from a NEWSPAPER or MAGAZINE. Be prepared to defend how you know for sure it's a feature to the class.

    HW #2

    Now that you've had a chance to seek, identify, and prove what makes a news story in the inverted pyramid, choose one of your Summer headline/lead combos and turn it into a news story in the inverted pyramid. Please type and hand in next class, double spaced.

    HW #1

    Please register at turnitin.com with our class. The class ID is 2857741 and the password is surfturk. Please email me at vgokturk@portnet.k12.ny.us if you have any problems.

    On looseleaf paper or typed, write out the headline and newsleads (include the who, what, where, when, why/how) of three (3) "incidents" from your summer vacation. Feel free to have a little fun -- it doesn't have to be a serious "newsworthy" story....


    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
  • Peer Edit for the Personal Experience Feature
  • Peer Edit for Feature Story
  • Feature Checklist
  • Feature Rubric
  • Interview Asignment
  • Interview Video Questions
  • What is a Human Interest Story?
  • Is Coke It?
  • Analyze a Feature
  • Dissect a Feature!

    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

  • In Depth/Trend Feature Timeline
  • Research Paper Assignment
  • 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
  • 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

  • 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

    Letters to the Editor Stuff

  • Tips on Writing Letters to the Editor

    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
  • Chronological News Story?
  • 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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