Make up work

All make up work is due Friday, June 12th

Layout reminder

Even page number go on the top left hand side of the page
Odd page numbers go on the top right hand side of the page.

the section heading should be in a separate text box from the page number

the section heading should be all CAPS

Week of June 1st

We will only have Monday - Wednesday to start layout -
Thursday you don't have school
Friday is chorus

All pages need to be ready to go by Wednesday, June 10th

I expect to see everyone working at lunch all of next week and possibly after school.

I will be working with photo journalism on Monday after school in the pub lab to make sure pictures for the paper are ready to be used. - so if you'd like to work after school on Monday...I'll be there

Wednesday, I'm at school beyond the half day, if you need to work, I will see what I can do to get you to be able to stay.

By Monday, you should know which pages you are responsible for laying out and what articles and pics go on your pages. The spreadsheet should be filled out accordingly... the pages you are responsible for, you will be getting a grade on... so make sure we all know who is accountable.

Reminders

All final drafts are due for publication tomorrow by 2nd period in google.docs.

all final drafts are due for the trimester by June 15th. You are required to finish all work.

Anyone who hasn't completed 2 independent reading assignments for this trimester, has one due for tomorrow.

2nd draft reminders

If you want your article to go in the paper, you need to make sure you have submitted 2 drafts by today...

If you haven't, it isn't going in... With the exception of sports.

ALL FINAL DRAFTS ARE DUE FOR PUBLICATION BY FRIDAY IN CLASS (that means you've sent it to me via google.docs before 2nd period.)

Whatever isn't finished WILL NOT be published.

All work published or not is expected to be completed by the end of the trimester.

Google.docs

Please make sure you invite me to look at your work... this way I know it is ready for me to.

When you email me at ssackstein@wjps.org... tell me what the article is (for example: feature final or sports 2nd draft)

If you need help with something specific, please ask specifically for this.

Thanks.

It is not enough just to throw things together. Your work still needs to be researched.

thoughts... 5th issue

In light of school being closed this week, while we are considering what will go in to the final issue of the paper on Tuesday...

All finished work...

Any person who has submitted at least 2 drafts already, will go in. You will have until the end of the week May 29th to complete final drafts of every kind of article.

Your sports articles are due on Tuesday finished... all others are past due.

I know a lot of you have computers and have been online because I've seen you on facebook... Please don't come to school on Tuesday with excuses. I'm not interested in hearing them.

Please check the issue spreadsheet on google.docs - if you have at least 2 drafts in by tuesday, you will be in... if you haven't even done one draft... it won't be published. Even if you make up the work in a timely fashion.

All articles are expected to be completed even if they aren't going into the paper. This is your last chance to show proficiency in these writing areas for this school year... don't let the opportunity pass you by to show your proficiency.

layout - 5th issue

Even if you don't have any pieces going in, you will be expected to layout at least 1 page for the paper. This is something that you need to show proficiency in... Indesign.

On Tuesday, you will be meeting in your sections - reviewing what will be going in... deciding on what pieces will be going on what pages with what pictures and diagrams (if we need to draw pics as well)
Then pages will be assigned by the end class on Tuesday.

There are certain things that need to be absolutely correct in this last issue...

all section headings need to be clearly laid out and without any extraneous boxes... all page numbers must be clear and not too close to the section head... don't put them in the same box.

the spreadsheet needs to be filled out to make sure nothing is replicated anywhere... we will discuss this further on Tuesday.

Eportfolio

Has anyone tried to start uploading stuff onto eportfolio?

Please comment here... any problems? difficulties? easy? useful? I'd like your feedback.

Observations about what is ready for the 5th issue

There are many of you who have at least one if not 2 drafts put together already for at least your editorial and/or news and feature...

please send me your final drafts. If you'd like me to email the school through teacherease to get you some quotes, please email me your questions.

This will be an unimpressive last issue if this is what we end up with... you have 4 days until Tuesday...

Time's a ticking...

Here is what is ready for the 5th issue:

Opinion:
Melissa -Technology interfering with learning
Sarah - Singers voices being altered
Livi - Plastic surgery
Chris - selling sidekicks
Anastasia - tanning
Shazia - music having negative effects
Eirene- paparazzi
Eric - Willingness to go green
I also believe there are few that didn't go into the last issue that we have to go in

News:
Sarah - Twitter
Livi - Teen strip search
Chris - spirit week cancelled
Anastasia - AP exams
Eric - pirates
Brianna - Obama's first 100 days
Brianna - 9th grade advisory
Brianna -MTA fare hikes

Entertainment:
Sarah - superheroes
Chris - summer live music
Anastasia - Madame Tussaud
Shazia - Restaurant review
Eric - Steve O

Feature:
Omar - Stress on students - from last issue that didn't go in
Sarah - student disorganization
Livi - piercing and tattoos
Chris - immigrants
Anastasia - Degrassi and teen issues
Maggie - Sleepwalking

Investigative Feature
Chris - technology

Global studies - 8 pages
still waiting to get the documents from sosa

Sports:

Donna Wylie- Former Ranger
Donna Wylie- Gaelic football
Raisa B- Ice skating
Avi Solkoff- Dog Sledding
Maggie Todaro- WJPS/Francis Lewis

Sports drafts

2nd drafts of sports articles are due today...

finals of sports are due Tuesday

all other finals are now past due -

There are only 2 people who are up to date... everyone else is missing something. Consult teacherease and your google.docs and get to work!

Reminder

Your final drafts of News, Entertainment and Feature are due

Your sports first draft is past due...

Your second sports draft is due on Friday

You final sports is due on Tuesday.

If you need student voice, email me your questions, I will post it as a school wide announcement and then email you the responses.

This week off is not an excuse not to work.

Those of you keeping up, bravo.

Upcoming deadlines

Good afternoon everyone.

By now you know that we will not be having classes this week... however, I do expect you to continue with your articles so that when we return we can layout...

By now your editorial should be completed... please make sure to look at teacherease to see what you owe and for comments given.

Your first drafts of Sports are due tomorrow.

Your final drafts of Entertainment and News are due on 5/20
Final feature is due this week as well
Second drafts of sports are due by Friday
Final drafts of Sports are due on Tuesday, 5/26...

May 26th is still the day that will be deciding everything for the last issue.

Please make sure to email me if you have any questions...
mssackstein@yahoo.com or ssackstein@wjps.org

Send me your work via google.docs or via email.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

School Closed Week of May 18th

School will be closed for the week of May 18th.

School will reopen on Tuesday, May 26th.

All deadlines will still be respected... please make sure to do your work on google.docs and email me when you are ready for feedback.

Eportfolio - the end has come

https://web.ideasconsulting.com/wjps/login.php

your log in information is your first initial and last name
password is your student id #

for example - student john smith is jsmith

I've uploaded all of what you need to show proficiency in as many of your other teachers have...

go have a look so that if you have questions, you can ask me in class.

Due Next Week - there's a lot (and many of you are already behind)

Monday - first sports draft is due in google.docs - make sure to invite me at ssackstein@wjps.org

Wednesday - final drafts of Entertainment and News are due

Thursday - Final feature drafts

Friday - 2nd drafts of sports are due on Friday

Tuesday - May 26th - final sports are due

Past due final drafts - editorial

*****REMINDER - by May 26th - Whatever is finished is what is going into the paper... we are deciding on MAY 26th in class how many pages we have and we are beginning to block the pages. If you want your work published, it must be finished by TUESDAY, MAY 26th

Spirit Week 2009

Monday - Kick off day - Pep rally 6th and 7th period in the gym

Tuesday - Wild, Wild West day

Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday
town hall and talent show

Thursday - Field day - wear red to support 10th grade

Friday - Super hero/princess day

Go sophomores!

Due tomorrow

We will be in the auditorium for chorus tomorrow...

However, your second feature draft is due... please send me an invitation to your google.doc so that I can review your articles and you can continue work.

First draft of sports articles are due on Monday.

Sports topics due today

Please post your sport topics here...

also, remember to post your final editorial to google.docs

grammar practice -when you find yourself with nothing to do...

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html - easy grammar (grade school) good place to start

http://a4esl.org/q/j/ - more multiple choice grammar practice

http://www.newsroom101.com/ - journalism grammar practice

http://annenberg.usc.edu/images/pdfs/current/GPSE.pdf

http://www.aug.edu/~mduignan/Grammar_%20Practice_%20Web_%20Sites_%20Fall_%2008%5B1%5D.pdf

http://www3.niu.edu/newsplace/grammar.html

http://home.comcast.net/~garbl/writing/grammar.htm

More to follow on this....

chorus will meet in the studio tomorrow

Please do NOT go to the auditorium tomorrow.

Go to room 326 (the studio across from the pub lab) for chorus.

They are testing in the auditorium.

Thanks

Midterm

Next Friday will be Midterm. Please make up any missing work before then.

You will be doing in class, self-assessments on Tuesday.

Deadline reminders

Tomorrow - Friday, 5/8 - 1st entertainment draft is due in Google.doc... please share your work with me using editing rights - ssackstein@wjps.org

Monday, 5/11 - 2nd draft of news is due in google.docs and 1st draft of feature is due in google.docs

Tuesday, 5/12 - topic for sports is due and final editorial is due in google.docs

Wednesday, 5/13 - 2nd draft of entertainment due in google.docs

Friday, 5/15 - 2nd draft of feature is due in google.docs

Moving to Google docs for last issue

After giving it a good deal of consideration today and listening to Kaity's suggestion about the drafts, I'd like for us to use google.docs for the last issue.

When the articles are due, you can invite me to your docs and I can comment right on the page. Final drafts can be saved as word docs and dropped into the shared folders where appropriate.

What do you think?

view this and respond...

http://www.asne.org/

Couple of things...

We are still not done with the newspaper and I guess we'll be finishing it all up tomorrow...

Fortunately, I have Indesign on my laptop now and am able to convert the files on my computer... seems to be a Mac issue the exporting.

It will definitely be to the printer tomorrow...

We need to debrief what went wrong this time around... quality control is way down and I feel like you aren't communicating with each other... we are going to need to do some team building activities for this last issue.

Come prepared to talk...

4th issue of the paper

I know there have been many issues completing the 4th issue...

let's try to get it out today and as we work to complete the final issue, lets bear in mind the issues we've had and try to correct them early.

Try to meet deadlines and layout pages as they are finished...

We have a large task ahead of us, but we can do it.

Regent Review

On Saturdays May 9 and May 23rd, Ms. Destefano and I will be running ELA Regent review sessions at school.

The sessions will run 9-12.

We plan on going over all tasks and providing extra practice in completing the multiple choice, test stamina and readiness, and writing more effective essay.

Because the English Regent isn't happening for you this year, this isn't urgent, however, if you want a chance to get a sense of what the test like, you are welcome to join us.

Literary Magazine

If you have pieces that you have written this year - prose, essays, poems and/or art work you'd like to submit to the literary magazine - please turn it into Ms. Destefano in room 359 ASAP.

Thanks.

Touching Base

I'm sorry I've been out of touch... had a rough week/weekend. We will be finishing the newspaper tomorrow and getting to work on the last issue really baring in mind that we have a lot of work to do.

See you class tomorrow.

alright, i was thinking that if no one has taken that breakfast issue as a news topic. can i take it as my feature article?

pria--thanks