Final Drafts are due on Tuesday with all notes and earlier drafts...
Make sure to get these in on time as we are moving into sports after we debrief the 2nd issue which will be coming out on Tuesday.
We will be planning on getting out a 3rd issue on 3/20 (end of the second trimester)
Which means it will need to go to print by Monday, 3/16
Friday, January 30, 2009
Reorganization
We will be reorganizing the paper on Tuesday... including editor positions
Thank you to those of you who showed up yesterday for the training. I thought it was very helpful...
Thank you for helping correct the pages of the paper.
Thank you to those of you who showed up yesterday for the training. I thought it was very helpful...
Thank you for helping correct the pages of the paper.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The Allstate Foundation’s Driving Force in Journalism Contest
Deadline Quickly Approaching:
The Allstate Foundation’s Driving Force in Journalism Contest
Did you know car crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens – more than suicide, drugs, and violence combined? But, most crashes are both predictable AND preventable.
The Allstate Foundation is holding a high school newspaper challenge where students can win up to $3,500 in cash. To help high school journalists use their skills to make a difference and create awareness about the No. 1 killer of teens, we hope you can encourage your students to publish an article in their school paper about smart driving.
To help aspiring writers get started, The Allstate Foundation has provided story topic ideas, tips on smart driving, startling facts, and other resources at www.keepthedrive.com/journalist.
But be sure to act fast! The deadline for all submissions is March 6, 2009.
For more information about the Driving Force in Journalism Award and cash prizes, visit: http://www.keepthedrive.com/journalist/.
The Allstate Foundation’s Driving Force in Journalism Contest
Did you know car crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens – more than suicide, drugs, and violence combined? But, most crashes are both predictable AND preventable.
The Allstate Foundation is holding a high school newspaper challenge where students can win up to $3,500 in cash. To help high school journalists use their skills to make a difference and create awareness about the No. 1 killer of teens, we hope you can encourage your students to publish an article in their school paper about smart driving.
To help aspiring writers get started, The Allstate Foundation has provided story topic ideas, tips on smart driving, startling facts, and other resources at www.keepthedrive.com/journalist.
But be sure to act fast! The deadline for all submissions is March 6, 2009.
For more information about the Driving Force in Journalism Award and cash prizes, visit: http://www.keepthedrive.com/journalist/.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Finishing touches on the paper
If you could spare some time, please come into school tomorrow or Friday to finish up the final pages... there are finishing touches that need to be done and I DO NOT want to do them myself...
Remember, this is a student paper... NOT a teacher paper.
Come in at regular time and stay until they are done... I need all eyes to check for final edits. Even if a few people can come in... If it can get done tomorrow, that will be ideal and I will post to the blog that no further help is necessary.
Otherwise, I will see those of you who have been selected to come on Thursday for training in Indesign.
Remember, this is a student paper... NOT a teacher paper.
Come in at regular time and stay until they are done... I need all eyes to check for final edits. Even if a few people can come in... If it can get done tomorrow, that will be ideal and I will post to the blog that no further help is necessary.
Otherwise, I will see those of you who have been selected to come on Thursday for training in Indesign.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Independent reading assignment example...
passage that the author used language in a particularly effective way:
"My daddy's face is a study. Winter moves into it and presides there. His eyes become a cliff of snow threatening to avalanche; his eyebrows bend like black limbs of leafless trees. His skin takes on the pale, cheerless yellow of winter sun; for a jaw he has the edges of a snowbound field dotted with stubble; his high forehead is the frozen sweep of the Erie, hiding current of gelid thoughts that eddy in darkness. Wolf killer turned hawk fighter, he worked night and day to keep one from teh door and the other from under the windowsills. A Vulcan guarding the flames, he gives us instructions about which doors to keep closed and opened for proper distribution of heat, lays kindling by, discusses qualities of coal, and teaches us how to rake, feed, and bank the fire. And he will not unrazor his lips until spring" (Morrison 61).
Analysis: In this passage Morrison uses the motif of winter to characterize Mr. Macteer. She uses the extended metaphor comparing his features to wintery imagery, such as "eyes become a cliff of snow threatening to avalanche." This image is strong and potentially scary, almost threatening, yet at the same time respected. She uses the simile "eyebrows bend like black limbs of leafless trees" to show the curves of his brow emphasizing the power of the before mentioned avalanche in his eyes. He is "cheerless" like the winter sun, not yielding enough warmth to keep them sated. Morrison characterizes Mr. Macteer in this stern manner to give us a contrast to Cholly Breedlove as well as present a tone for what the winter section will be about. It is effective as the reader gets a better sense of who Claudia is in its description and how she is raised. We've already learned a little about Mrs. Macteer and now we get the other half. The whole Macteer family serves as a barometer to which we can compare/judge the Breedloves in the future. The strong imagery and diction further solidifies the watchful way that her father protects the family :"A Vulcan guarding the flames, he gives us instructions about which doors to keep closed and opened for proper distribution of heat, lays kindling by, discusses qualities of coal, and teaches us how to rake, feed, and bank the fire." He both protects and instructs as a good, authorative parent should. The reader walks away from this description feeling like children, slightly afraid of him, but curious nonetheless.
"My daddy's face is a study. Winter moves into it and presides there. His eyes become a cliff of snow threatening to avalanche; his eyebrows bend like black limbs of leafless trees. His skin takes on the pale, cheerless yellow of winter sun; for a jaw he has the edges of a snowbound field dotted with stubble; his high forehead is the frozen sweep of the Erie, hiding current of gelid thoughts that eddy in darkness. Wolf killer turned hawk fighter, he worked night and day to keep one from teh door and the other from under the windowsills. A Vulcan guarding the flames, he gives us instructions about which doors to keep closed and opened for proper distribution of heat, lays kindling by, discusses qualities of coal, and teaches us how to rake, feed, and bank the fire. And he will not unrazor his lips until spring" (Morrison 61).
Analysis: In this passage Morrison uses the motif of winter to characterize Mr. Macteer. She uses the extended metaphor comparing his features to wintery imagery, such as "eyes become a cliff of snow threatening to avalanche." This image is strong and potentially scary, almost threatening, yet at the same time respected. She uses the simile "eyebrows bend like black limbs of leafless trees" to show the curves of his brow emphasizing the power of the before mentioned avalanche in his eyes. He is "cheerless" like the winter sun, not yielding enough warmth to keep them sated. Morrison characterizes Mr. Macteer in this stern manner to give us a contrast to Cholly Breedlove as well as present a tone for what the winter section will be about. It is effective as the reader gets a better sense of who Claudia is in its description and how she is raised. We've already learned a little about Mrs. Macteer and now we get the other half. The whole Macteer family serves as a barometer to which we can compare/judge the Breedloves in the future. The strong imagery and diction further solidifies the watchful way that her father protects the family :"A Vulcan guarding the flames, he gives us instructions about which doors to keep closed and opened for proper distribution of heat, lays kindling by, discusses qualities of coal, and teaches us how to rake, feed, and bank the fire." He both protects and instructs as a good, authorative parent should. The reader walks away from this description feeling like children, slightly afraid of him, but curious nonetheless.
2nd issue of the paper
Once again, a deadline we have set has fallen upon us... We have class on Monday, so I'm pushing it back until then.
By the end of the day on Monday, I expect that ALL pages of the paper will be ready for print.
Make sure that you use your checklists... Make sure that you proofread.
So far I've seen 3 finished pages out 16 and they still have some easy errors.
Let's buckle down and finish up
By the end of the day on Monday, I expect that ALL pages of the paper will be ready for print.
Make sure that you use your checklists... Make sure that you proofread.
So far I've seen 3 finished pages out 16 and they still have some easy errors.
Let's buckle down and finish up
Current Events #5
All Sports again, please. Due Monday, 1/26
We have class on Monday, 1/26
You are off from Tuesday, 1/27- Monday, 2/2
Classes resume - Tuesday, 2/3
Your investigative features are due upon your return... 2/3 - final drafts
We also will begin work on the next issue... so have ideas to start working on when you return...
All to be discussed Monday
We have class on Monday, 1/26
You are off from Tuesday, 1/27- Monday, 2/2
Classes resume - Tuesday, 2/3
Your investigative features are due upon your return... 2/3 - final drafts
We also will begin work on the next issue... so have ideas to start working on when you return...
All to be discussed Monday
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