Journalism/Advanced Journalism
All assignments and dates are subject to change. This is an outline (including assignments as I introduce them) of the semester.
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Unit One First Amendment
First Amendment + FunTime Sheet + homework
Go over FunTime Sheet + Katy Dean Case--vocabulary and study questions Katy Dean Case--vocabulary and study questions Sept. 11 Activity: website to go to "Who you gonna call?" handout + Unprotected Speech(Bring in newspapers and magazines) Libel/Slander + All the Presidents' Men (Bring in newspapers) All the Presidents' Men: Answers First Amendment Test |
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Unit Two Journalism BasicsAP Style Notes --What is News Notes and Project
Continue What is news? Project Harrower 2 (lead notes) (lead notes)Leads practice Leads practice |
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Unit Three News/Feature Writing
AP Style Notes/Begin Backpack Story
Backpack story Baglady leads Baglady AP style quiz 1 Baglady Brian Harris Current Events Ben Grant Notes/Article |
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Unit Four Reporting
Interview notes
AP style quiz 2 Asking for an interview: person/phone call/email How to ask good questions Notes on Personality Profiles Interview a peer Personality Profiles Personality Profiles Headline Writing AP style quiz 3 Current Events Work on Story of Choice AP style quiz 4/Research for press Conference Press Conference Press Conference writing Teacher Feature |
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Unit Five Opinion WritingOpinion writing introduction
Opinion Notes Annotation of opinion pieces Opinion critiques Start Opinion pieces1 Finish Opinion pieces Op/Ed cartoon Movie Review AP style Quiz 5 |
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Unit Six DesignWeek 1: Rules of Design
Week 2: InDesign Week 3: Photoshop 
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