Tuesday, November 25th
- FINAL EXAM!
Monday, November 10th- Friday, November 21st
- Final Layout Project
- Exam Review
Friday, November 7th
Thursday, November 6th
- Advertisement contracts continued
- Edit/Type all articles
Wednesday, November 5th
- Sending out/Calling advertisement contracts
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Tuesday, November 4th
- Election Day! No school!
Monday, November 3rd
Friday, October 31st
- Truly Scary Stories
Thursday, October 30th
- Finish Movie Review and submit
Wednesday, October 29th
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Notes
Tuesday, October 28th
- Read sample movie review
- Movie Review Assignment
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
Monday, October 27th
- Finish and submit Sports Article
Friday, October 24th
- Sports Writing
Thursday, October 23rd
- Sports Writing
Wednesday, October 22nd
- Sports Writing
- Interview
Tuesday, October 21st
- Editorial Cartoon Gallery Walk
- Sports Writing Activity
Monday, October 20th
- Different Kinds of Sports Articles
- Lead Practice using MSU v. ND clip
- Sports Writing Activity
Friday, October 17th
- Editorial Cartoon Assignment due at the end of the hour
Thursday, October 16th
- Editorial Cartoon Activity
- Editorial Cartoon Assignment
Wednesday, October 15th
- Editorials due at the end of the hour
Tuesday, October 14th
- Editorials
Monday, October 13th
- Brainstorm important issues for high school students both locally and globally
- Assign full length editorial
Friday, October 10th
- Mini Editorial Assignment
Thursday, October 9th
Wednesday, October 8th
- Photo contest and discussion
- Vote on Best Photo
- Read a sample editorial from The New York Times
- Notes on writing editorials
Robert Martin's Winning Photo!
Tuesday, October 7th
- Homecoming Week Assignment due by email
- Editing your submission for the photo contest
- Email submissions
Monday, October 6th
- Finish Homecoming Week portfolio assignment
- Photoshop
Friday, October 3rd
- Spirit Day!
- Homecoming Week portfolio assignment
Thursday, October 2nd
- Class Color Day!
- Homecoming Week portfolio assignment
- Photoshop tutorial
Wednesday, October 1st
- Pink out!
- Homecoming Week portfolio assignment
Tuesday, September 30th
- Toga Tuesday!
- Homecoming Week portfolio assignment
Monday, September 29th
- America Day!
- Photo journalism notes
- Assign Homecoming Week portfolio assignment
Friday, September 26th
- Write features article (due Monday upon arrival either typed and printed or written in blue/black ink)
Thursday, September 25th
- Write features articles
Wednesday, September 24th
- Guidelines for using a press pass
- Write features article
Tuesday, September 23rd
- Writing feature articles
- Assign feature articles
- Prepare open ended interview questions
Monday, September 22nd
- News articles due upon arrival
- Bake Sale sign-up
- A.P. Style Book Handouts and worksheets due tomorrow!
- Chapter 10 in Journalism Today!
Friday, September 19th
- A.P. Style Book
- Article of the week due
- Edit news articles
- News articles due by Monday
Thursday, September 18th
- A.P. Style Book
- Ending a news article
- Write news articles
Wednesday, September 17th
- Mock press conference
- Interview the new teacher
- Lead writing and choosing an angle
Tuesday, September 16th
- Identifying leads continued
- Correcting weak leads
- What makes a good interview?
- Start constructing open-ended interview questions
Monday, September 15th
- A.P. Style Book
- Complete bias worksheet (10 minutes)
- Discuss biases found in print
- Going beyond the "summary lead" worksheet and examples
Friday, September 12th
- Article of the Week and 3 articles due!
- Quiz: Write a lead for Stephen Glass' story
- Warm-up: Michael Brown photos
- Media biases through video and print activity and discussion
Thursday, September 11th
- Finish Shattered Glass
- Discuss
- Watch Stephen Glass on 60 Minutes
- Discuss
Wednesday, September 10th
- Continue Shattered Glass
- Notes
Tuesday, September 9th
- Review
- "Fabrication" discussion (Introduction to ethics)
- Shattered Glass movie
Monday, September 8th
- Warm-ups: Inverted Pyramid
- Inverted Pyramid Worksheet
- Introduce Article of the Week
- Read and complete Article of the Week
Friday, September 5th
- History of Journalism
- Introduction to Journalism and News Determinants PowerPoint
- Notes
Thursday, September 4th
- Get in groups of 4 and look over obituaries from local newspapers
- Discuss consistencies
- Write your own obituary (Due Friday at the beginning of class)
Wednesday, September 3rd
- Getting to know you!
Tuesday, September 2nd
- Class procedures PowerPoint
- Signed Syllabus due Friday, September 5th