Tuesday, March 21, 2006

1. Finish rough draft of stylebook
2. News beat article due tomorrow

Monday, March 20, 2006

1. Work on rough draft of sytlebook
2. Don't forget test retake during lunch today
3. News beat article due Wednesday

Friday, March 17, 2006

1. Fish wrap #15 (see classmate to get)
2. Quiz on headlines
3. Assign stylebook, due April 5

Thursday, March 16, 2006

1. Read chapter 16 (p. 288)
2. Trite phrases and cliches worksheets
3. Go over test. Retake will be held Monday during your lunch.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

1. Reread current events articles
2. Pick 2 to write editorials about (150 words or more)

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

1. Test Chapters 3-7
2. Read chapter 8

Monday, March 13, 2006

1. Read 4 current events stories
2. Pick 2 to rewrite in your own words with a local spin (Middle Creek Factor)

Friday, March 10, 2006

1. Finished quote story
2. Review for test

Thursday, March 9, 2006

1. Collected bin Laden profile
2. Read chapter 7 on quoting
3. Graphic organizer for quoting
4. Selected a news article from the newspaper with at least 7 quotes. Used those exact quotes to rewrite the story to mean the exact opposite.

Wednesday, March 8, 2006

1. We spent the class period working on the bin Laden profile article.

Tuesday, March 7, 2006

1. Assign news story
2. KWL Chart for Osama bin Laden: create the beginning of a KWL chart for bin Laden
3. bin Laden Profile and movie: for this project, you will turn in:
10 quotes from the movie, a completed KWL chart, a profile article of Osama bin Laden (150 words or more)

Monday, March 6, 2006

1. Finish inverted pyramid activity
2. News story activity
3. Finish reading chapter 6
4. Assign news article
5. Beat meetings

Friday, March 3, 2006

1. Finish crazy photo leads and stories, turn in
2. Inverted pyramid activities (see me to get)

Thursday, March 2, 2006

1. Bias worksheet (see me to get it)
2. Crazy photos assignment (see me to get it)
3. Interims

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

1. Fish wrap #14: What is a lead? What questions does it answer?
2. Read Chapter 6 through the part about the crop test
3. Identifying leads: In a newspaper, identify 3 direct news leads and write them down. Answer who, what, when, where, why, and how for each lead.