This week we: Took a test over chapter 4 began Chapter 5 studied about interviewing interviewed each other wrote down who we want to interview for our next newsletter Current Events on Friday Classes were cut short this week on Tuesday and Wednesday due to Benchmark testing
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JOURNALISM – Week of 11/2-11/6
Posted in Journalism on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Journalism – Week of Oct. 19-23
Posted in Journalism on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First period Journalism produced their first newsletter. Make sure you ask your child for a copy of it. I am so proud of them. From interviews to comics, informative articles to sports news, the students made the newsletter top-notch! This week we continued to study Chapter 4, studying beats and physical sources of news. We [...]
Journalism – Week of 10/12-10/16
Posted in Journalism on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First period Journalism worked on the newsletter this week. We are having fun doing interviews, informative articles, and gathering some general information. Final drafts of each assignment were due Friday, so now the editors and publishing team are putting on the finishing touches. No current events this week due to the newsletter. They did do some classwork [...]
Journalism – Week of 10/5-10/8
Posted in Journalism on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week we concentrated on studying ethics as it relates to journalism. We finished the movie “Shattered Glass”. It was a powerful movie, and I believe it showed the students sometimes you have to make hard and unpopular choices, as the case was with the editor who fired Glass. The students worked on some activities [...]
Journalism – Monday, October 5th
Posted in Journalism on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are starting the movie this week Shattered Glass . You should have received a permission slip from your student and only return it if you do NOT want them to watch the movie. Since they have been studying ethics in journalism, this movie fits right along with that subject matter.
