Essential Question: How can you create an engaging visual deadline that adds to an article?

Agenda:

Since I am not here today or next time, please follow these instructions:

1. Choose one story to take at least two photos (News, Spanish, Entertainment, Sports) or create artwork (Opinion) for. Claim your story by adding a comment to the headline, introducing yourself and talking a little about the idea you have for the visual to go with the article you chose. 

2. Edit and make suggestions to improve the article you have chosen.

3. Go out and take your photos or create art (paper is in my printer). Remember to upload photos or upload a photo of your artwork for the visual deadline due on Friday, April 27. For photos, remember to include captions. 

4. In your down time: Make sure you are caught up on all outstanding work. Then start working on a new deadline (sign up for it on the Journalism board).

Assignments:

• Visual Deadline due Friday, April 27 by midnight
• Catch up on missing work and start a new deadline.

Essential Question: What drives your plot forward? How can you show instead of tell in your writing?

Agenda: 

Write for a total of 60 minutes. You can split this time up however you want (two 30-minute sprints, three 20-minute sprints, or four 15-minute sprints). Please submit what you have written on Canvas as CampNaNoWriMo Day 8. 

Assignments:
Submit 60 minutes worth of writing.

Essential Question: How do you use self-editing strategies to produce a final draft of your article?

Agenda: 

1. Run your article through Hemingway and Grammarly. 

2. Go through your draft sentence by sentence and see if you can tighten and condense your writing. See if you can change at least one word per sentence.

3. Go back and find ways to strengthen the lead and closing of your story.

4. Create two effective headlines for your article. Make sure they both contain verbs and would make you want to read the story if you knew nothing about it.

5. Peer-Review your work in a group of three. Leave comments on the following in at least two other students' work:

• What is working well?
• How could this article be strengthened?
• Any grammatical issues.
• What do you want to see more of? Leave any suggestions on what else could be included in this article or other sources the reporter could interview.

6. Implement your peers' edits on your article. 

Assignments:
Submit your final draft on Canvas and make sure it is in the Team Drive, in the Issue 6 folder.

Essential Question: How can you branch out your writing by creating story ideas and angles for all sections in a publication?
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Agenda: 

1. Bell Work: Current Events
Browse current news (make sure your sources are reputable) and come up with at least three possible story ideas for The Warrior Ledger. Keep in mind that these story ideas have to still be relevant in the middle of May and relate to students around THS.

2. Come up with two story ideas for each section of the paper: 

• NEWS
• OPINION
• FEATURE
• ENTERTAINMENT
• SPORTS
• SPANISH

Be specific. The more specific your idea, the better.

3. Sign up for an begin work on a new deadline. Title your document the title of your story AND which section it goes in, for example: Softball Season Overview SPORTS

4. Make a list of your interview/research questions and begin researching and interviewing.

Assignments:

• TODAY: Bell Work: 3 current events-based story ideas and two ideas for each section of the paper
• FRIDAY, APRIL 13: Rough Draft (if you are designing a page, that page will be your deadline for this week)

Essential Question: How do First Amendment rights and freedoms apply to student journalism?

Agenda: Let's talk about Journalism ethics! 

Opener: What do you know about the First Amendment Rights? 
How do they apply to us as student journalists?

Participate in the following WebQuest to analyze and form an opinion about a made-up case of First Amendment rights. Keep notes in a Google Doc. You can work individually or in a group. Submit your notes and findings at the end of the period. 

Intro to Journalism – Using Online Legal Sources WebQuest
The First Amendment and My Rights and Responsibilities

Setting the Scene…

Your school newspaper is established as an Open Public Forum with a Statement of Purpose that reads as follows:

The Warrior Ledger and The Warrior Ledger Online will be referred to together as Taylorsville High School Media.  Both media programs serve the community, faculty and student body of Davis High School as an Open Public Forum for freedom of expression as established by the First Amendment.  The adviser and staff members strive to report school news and issues professionally and with a focus on journalistic integrity and credibility while maintaining concordance with the Taylorsville High School Mission Statement.

In your most recent issue there is an article covering the issue of hazing at the school.  The reporter did a thorough job and practiced good journalism in writing the story.  In the story a few of the star football players are named for hazing and a particular incident is reported in detail.  When the principal reads the articles, he has all of the papers (that have already been distributed) confiscated and refuses to allow them to be distributed to the student body.  The editors of the paper claimthe administration is in violation of First Amendment rights.  After completing this Webquest/assignment, you will need to decide if you believe the editors of The Warrior Ledger  would win their First Amendment case in Utah or if the ruling would be in favor of the administration and why.

1. Go to www.splc.org.  Once there look around the site and identify what the purpose of this site, what they offer to student journalists, and in what ways could you utilize this site?
2. Search to this page of the SPLC website by either clicking this link: http://www.splc.org/page/high-school-faqs or going to the “Know Your Rights” page and select “high school faq”.  Read all of the questions and answers and choose the one that you found the most interesting and comment on why.
3. Across the top there is a scrolling/rolling message bar.  One of the stories is called “What’s the State of your State?”  Click on that story or use this link - http://www.splc.org/knowyourrights/statelegislation.asp and find out what additional protections student journalists in Utah have for free speech.  List those here.
4. Now select “Know Your Rights” and the Law Library page or this link - http://www.splc.org/knowyourrights/law_library.asp.   Select one of the cases listed (not Hazelwood or Tinker) and read the brief description. In your GoogleDoc, write a summary of the case and be prepared to share it with the class.
5. Review the Colorado Free Expression Law at this link - http://www.splc.org/knowyourrights/law_library.asp?id=7 and explain how it supports high school journalists in Colorado.  What other states have a statute that supports high school journalism and First Amendment rights?
6. Search the web to see if you can find any First Amendment cases in Utah as it pertains to high school journalism.   List anything that you find here:
7. Using the chart below, decide if the Hazelwood or Tinker standard applies to our school and our newspaper.  Be prepared to discuss your decision in class next time.

Essential Question: How do you create engaging visuals that add to your assigned story?

Agenda:

1. Bell Work: Use the correct Homonym

​2. Check out The Warrior Ledger website. List three things that we can improve.

3. Visuals Assignment

In your downtime, work on updating the website. See Ms. Floch to get a section and account assigned to you. 

4. Work on visuals and website.

5. Exit Ticket:

• What did you accomplish today?
• What are you struggling with?
• What are your next steps?

Assignments:

• Today: Bell Work and Exit Ticket
• Wednesday, March 28: Visual Deadline due

Essential Question: How do you effectively edit and revise a rough draft?

Agenda:

2018/19 Journalism Staff Application

1. Bell Work: Clarify these example sentences.

​2. Self-Assessment (Mark up your current rough draft):
Go through the Rough Draft Rubric on Canvas and score yourself based on this rubric. What score did you give yourself and why? 

Mark-up:

• Highlight and comment on three sections of your article that you feel you can improve. 
• In your comment on each section, ask a specific question for your peer review group.
• On the bottom of your draft, list three things you still want to do to edit and revise your draft. Be very specific about which steps you are going to take to address anything you still need to improve. 

3. Peer Reviews:
Review the work of the other people in your group. Use the following questions (and the Rough Draft Rubric) to guide your feedback:

• What do you like?
• What is confusing? 
• What do you want to see more of?

4. Work on edits and revisions.

5. Exit Ticket: 

• What was the main issue your group gave you critical feedback on? How will it help you improve your work?
• What kind of feedback would you like to get more of?
• What steps are you going to take next period to finalize your draft? 

Assignments:
TODAY: Bell Work, Self-Assessment, Exit Ticket
FRIDAY, MARCH 23: FINAL DRAFT + ALL MAKE-UP WORK

Essential Question: How do you effectively edit and revise a rough draft?

Agenda:
1. Bell Work: Simplify these phrases

2. Pre-Drafting Questions (answer these in the same document that your draft is in):

• WHY are you writing this story? What point are you trying to make? What do you want your readers to get out of this story?
• List 3-5 questions your readers might have about this topic.
• List 3-5 points of research/opinions you want to include
• How are you going to make sure this story is new and/or different from what's already out there?
• How did you select your sources?

3. Journalism 2 2018/19 Staff Application

4. Conduct your interviews and research. Record your findings IN the same document that your draft will be in. 

5. Begin writing your rough draft. 

6. Exit Ticket (Complete this in your Bell Work Document): 

• What did you accomplish this period?
• What was the most interesting thing you learned about your chosen topic?
• What was something you were struggling with? How are you going to deal with this?
• What are your next steps to finalize the rough draft of your article?

Assignments:

• TODAY: Bell Work (Simplifying) and Exit Ticket
• FRIDAY, MARCH 16: ROUGH DRAFT DUE

Essential Question: How do you use story-mapping to create new and relevant story ideas?

Agenda: 

1. Story-Map Demo: Use a piece of paper and list the following things in circles:

• 3 things that currently interest you / 3 current events topics
• 2 things you think people should know more about
• 1 question you have been having about how something is working or why something is the way it is

2. Use the circles you have created to branch out and add topics that branch off these bigger topics. Feel free to think outside the box as you make connections and ask further questions. 

3. Choose 1 of your ideas to sign up for a story deadline for this week.

4. Begin work on your new deadline. Consider the following:

• List any sources you want to interview and make a list of questions for each
• List any research resources that might give you more information
• Map out your story structure:
  • What is going to be your lead paragraph to hook your reader?
  • How are you going to introduce the issue you are going to talk about?
  • How will you transition to quotes? Are you going to start with quotes that explain why the issue is important or people who are for or against it?
  • How are you covering all sides to this story?
  • What other information would also be interesting to include?
  • How are you planning to wrap up this story?

Assignments:

• TODAY: Upload a photo of your story map to Canvas
• FRIDAY, MARCH 16: Upload your rough draft to Canvas and to the Team Drive (Issue 5 Folder)

5Essential Question: How do you creative creative visuals that capture your assigned story and convey action?

Agenda: 

1. Bell Work: Simplify the these phrases by choosing a more accurate word or try to condense them into fewer words where appropriate.

2. Want to be part of the 2018/19 Editorial Staff? Make sure to take Journalism 2 next school year and complete the 2018/19 Staff Application.

​3. Work on your visuals. 

4. Submit your Visuals (Photos) in the WL Issue 5 Visuals Folder. Add your name as photographer, the title of your Photo (save them as [Your Name][Story Title]1 and [Your Name] [Story Title]2 to the Issue 5 Visuals Doc. 

Upload your BEST photo to Canvas and include a caption in the comments before submitting your assignment. 

For art: save digital art in the WL Issue 5 > Artwork folder or drop if off in Ms. Floch's physical inbox. In order to get graded on Canvas, take a picture of your physical art and upload it to the Visual Deadline 2/16 assignment on Canvas.

5. Exit Ticket (include with your Bell Work)

• What is the strongest point of your visual deadline?
• What did you struggle with in creating your visual deadline?
• How do you feel your deadline adds to the written story?
• What would you do differently next time?

Assignments:

• TODAY: Bell Work and exit ticket on Canvas
• FRIDAY, March 9: Visual Deadline (one piece of art or two photos) on Canvas and in the Team Drive (WL Issue 5 > Visuals or Artwork folder) Include your captions (photos only!)