NOVEMBER 30, 2009
JOURNALISM I - START A NEW JOURNAL WEEK 15 - topic Thanksgiving, tally/total choices A-E at the top of the survey,
then create a pie or bar chart using Microsoft Excel to display the results, write 20 interview questions to ask
three people about the topic you chose for your survey. Each of the three people you interview should be knowledgeable of the topic
and one of them should be a DHS student. COMPLETED INTERVIEWS ARE DUE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - START A NEW JOURNAL WEEK 15, START PHOTO ESSAY #1 DHS BRONCO SPIRIT
Search the DIGITAL files for 7 pictures that represent DHS BRONCO SPIRIT, then copy and paste those pictures
into a folder you create inside your folder and named DHS BRONCO SPIRIT. For each picture you will need to write two questions related to the topic
on the caption writing worksheet(in your folder) then print the workshet and fill out the top part. Then look up the person(2010 schedule book) you need to interview
and write down each class period and room number, putting a star beside any class that is an elective class.
Seven(7) completed caption writing worksheets are due Friday, December 4.

NOVEMBER 24, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal, print and turn in for a daily grade,
TALLY SURVEYS using the following as a guideline. You only have to tally the Multiple Choice part of the survey.
Tally on a separate sheet of paper and staple to the top of your surveys and turn in for a TEST GRADE.
1. total number of people surveyed.
2. total A choice
3. total B choice
4. total C choice
5. total D choice
6. total E choice plus a list of written in choices

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal, print and turn in, finish FLORAL, BRICK, CIRCLE, AND CAMO PATTERNS,
you should have all but 11 slides completed on your VOCABULARY POWER POINT,
your FRAMING POWER POINT should be completed as well.


NOVEMBER 20, 2009
JOURNALISM I -add a journal, print and turn in JOURNAL WEEK 13 today, continue working on surveys(you need 125 people for the multiple choice survey and 25 for the open-ended question survey),
continue working on the 10 unusual, little-known and/or surprising facts assignment from yesterday. Please highlight the 10 facts before turning in your paper.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal, print and turn in JOURNAL WEEK 13, continue working on previous assignments including vocabulary, floral, brick, circle and camo patterns, and the FRAMING PHOTO SHOOT ASSIGNMENT.


NOVEMBER 19, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, WORK ON FIVE SURVEY SHEETS OUTSIDE OF CLASS DUE NEXT TUESDAY,
IN CLASS TODAY, USING THE SAME TOPIC AS YOUR SURVEY,RESEARCH THE INTERNET TO FIND 10 LITTLE KNOWN/SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT YOUR TOPIC
When you find a fact you want to use, highlight and copy the complete statement, then paste it into a Word document.
Before leaving the website, highlight and copy the website address and paste the website under the factual statement in your Word document.
You need 10 little known/surprising facts from at least three different websites to make a 100 on this assignment.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, NEW PHOTO SHOOT ASSIGNMENT - FRAMING YOUR SUBJECT. If you can frame a person with something in the foreground or background when you are composing pictures,
you can give the picture added appeal and a clear focal point. See examples at the following website: http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/956.aspx
before going out to take 10 framing pictures of your own. You will need to create a Power point called FRAMING YOUR SUBJECT with 11 slides.
On slides 2-11 you will insert one of your FRAMING pictures and a sentence about the FRAME you used to achieve the FRAMING technique.


NOVEMBER 18, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, TURN IN LETTER TO THE EDITOR, TURN IN SURVEY.
TODAY IN CLASS you will choose a topic of interest to you and other students that you will use to complete a series of assignments in the next few weeks.
In your folder is a document called STORY IDEAS. Choose one of the topics on the list or suggest your own topic and get my approval.
Once you have chosen a topic, you need to create a survey about the topic you chose.
You need a multiple choise question with five possible responses, and an open-ended question that students can answer in a complete sentence.
You have a survey form in your folder that can be used to input your questions and choices. Print a copy and let me approve it, then print 6 copies to get responses from 120 students.
You have until next Tuesday to get the surveys completed.
After you have finished printing your surveys, you may do research about your topic on the Internet. You will use the same topic for all upcoming assignments to finish out the semester.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, NEW PHOTO SHOOT ASSIGNMENT - FRAMING YOUR SUBJECT. If you can frame a person with something in the foreground or background when you are composing pictures, you can give the picture added appeal and a clear focal point. See examples at the following website: http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/956.aspx before going out to take 10 framing pictures of your own.
You will need to create a Power point called FRAMING YOUR SUBJECT with 11 slides. On slides 2-11 you will insert one of your FRAMING pictures and a sentence about the FRAME you used to achieve the FRAMING technique.

NOVEMBER 17, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, read a story in the current issue of The Bronco Beat newspaper, then write a ltter to the editor.
Limit your letter to two or three paragraphs. Stick to the following format: In your first paragraph, introduce your problem and sum up your objection. In the second paragraph, include a few sentences to support your view.End with a great summary and a clever, punchy line. Proof read your letter. Editors will ignore letters that contain bad grammar and poorly-written rants. Print your letter, sign it and turn it in for a grade.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal, finish floral and brick patterns, finish updating vocabulary Power point. Bring your cameras tomorrow for new photo shoot assignment.


NOVEMBER 16, 2009
JOURNALISM I - start a new JOURNAL WEEK 13, finish EDITORIAL WRITING INVITATIONAL A - the writing prompt, page 1 and 2, plus the tip sheet is in your folder. This needs to be finished and turned in today.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - start a new JOURNAL WEEK 13, finish floral patterns, start on bricks patterns, UPDATE VOCABULARY POWER POINT WITH A GRAPHIC, SENTENCE IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR THE FOLLOWING WORDS: dpi/dots per inch, filter,framing, grayscale, histogram, merger, middle gray, opacity, safelight, thumbnail view, finish your reflective lighting assignment. NEW PHOTO ASSIGNMENT ON WEDNESDAY SO BRING YOUR CAMERAS.


NOVEMBER 12, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, turn in Fort Hood Shooting editorial today. Editorial Writing Invitational A due tomorrow end of class.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, continue with refletive light photo shoot assignment.

NOVEMBER 11, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal, continue working on EDITORIAL ABOUT FORT HOOD SHOOTING, START WRITING EDITORIAL INVITATIONAL A WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH FORT HOOD SHOOTING EDITORIAL.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal, finish updating vocabulary, start on REFLECTIVE LIGHT PHOTO SHOOT ASSIGNMENT.
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal, continue working on EDITORIAL ABOUT FORT HOOD SHOOTING

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, finish floral patterns, UPDATE VOCABULARY POWER POINT WITH A GRAPHIC, SENTENCE IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR THE FOLLOWING WORDS: FOCAL LENGTH, FOCUS, LED MONITOR, LENS, NORMAL LENS, SHUTTER RELEASE BUTTON, SINGLE LENS REFLEX, TELEPHOTO LENS, WIDE ANGLE LENS, ZOOM LENS
You will be able to complete the new photo shoot assignment when I get back.

NOVEMBER 9, 2009
JOURNALISM 1 - start a new journal WEEK 12, READ the Word docs and Power point presentation about EDITORIAL WRITING that I put in your folder today. Go to the following website and read the editorial about Fort Hood Shooting:http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20091107/OPINION01/911070306/Editorial--Avoid-speculation-in-Fort-Hood-shooting-rampage

Following the SPECS worksheet, write your own editorial about the Fort Hood shooting - DUE TUESDAY.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - start a new journal WEEK 12, work on FLORAL patterns today and tomorrow maybe the sun will be shining for you to be able to work on the new photo shoot assignment USING REFLECTED LIGHT IN PORTRAITS. For this assignment, you will take a series of 10 portraits in the same locations and light settings as the last assignment, but you will use a white reflector board to bounce the light of the sun back onto the subject's face. You will need a person other than yourself and the subject who can hold the reflector board where you want it to capture the best lighting for the portrait. The reflector board should not be seen in the portrait. You will have the rest of the week to work on this assignment. Your Power point should have 11 slides. On each slide after the title slide you will have a before picture(one you took for natural lighting assignment) and an after picture(one you take using the reflector board). You will need to write on each slide where you placed the reflector board in relationship to the sun to get the best lighting on the subject's face.


NOVEMBER 6, 2009
JOURNALISM I - TURN IN JOURNAL AND ROUGH DRAFT FOR FEATURE STORY

PHOTO JOURNALISM -TURN IN JOURNAL, FINISH STRIPES AND CHECKS PATTERNS, NATURAL LIGHTING ASSIGNMENT

NOVEMBER 4,5 2009
JOURNALISM I - SURVEY DUE TODAY, pick up a new survey, add a journal entry, continue writing rough draft.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, MAKE CORRECTIONS TO NATURAL LIGHTING assignment, finish STRIPES AND CHECKS PATTERNS. If you are caught up with all this work, then you can do your homework for another class, otherwise I will be checking the grade book and making sure you are using the time to work on PHOTO JOURNALISM ASSIGNMENTS.

NOVEMBER 3, 2009
JOURNALISM I - SURVEY DUE WEDNESDAY, add a journal entry, finish rough draft, make corrections to rough draft after I have read it and returned it to you, begin writing Feature Writing Invitational A after reading tips pages 1 and 2 - ROUGH DRAFT DUE THURSDAY.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, finish vocab assignment from yesterday, finish stripes patterns, start on CHECKS PATTERNS. Wednesday you will get a new photography assignment so bring your cameras.

NOVEMBER 2, 2009
JOURNALISM I - start a new JOURNAL WEEK 11, finish up rough draft for Halloween story, SURVEY DUE WEDNESDAY.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - start a mew JOURNAL WEEK 12, finish up stripes patterns, start VOCAB ASSIGNMENT - update the following slides with an appropriate graphic, sentence in your own words that explains the vocab word and a website where you found the graphic and information about the vocab word: BACKLIGHTING, BOUNCED LIGHT, BRACKETING, BURNING IN, CONTRAST, CROP, DEPTH OF FIELD, PANNING, PHOTOGRAPHIC BLACK, PHOTOGRAPHIC WHITE


OCTOBER 30, 2009
JOURNALISM I - URN IN JOURNAL, WORK ON ROUGH DRAFT NOW DUE MONDAY END OF PERIOD

PHOTO JOURNALISM - TURN IN JOURNAL, WORK ON STARS PATTERNS UNTIL FINISHED, THEN START MAKING STRIPES PATTERNS.

OCTOBER 28, 29
JOURNALISM I - turn in surveys, pick up a new survey, add a journal entry, work on rough draft for HALLOWEEN FEATURE STORY - DUE FRIDAY.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, finish up STARS PATTERNS

OCTOBER 27, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry. NEW ASSIGNMENT - research and document websites, interview five people, and write a FEATURE story about HALLOWEEN. The purpose of a FEATURE story is to inform and entertain the audience(DHS students). Your story angle should be unique and express your creativite thinking and writing, however it must be written in journalistic format(lead or introduction, followed by at least five sets of transitional paragraphs and direct quote. If you cannot think of an angle to write your story go with the angle of explaining Halloween to someone who has never heard of or celebrated the day. Rough draft, interview notes, internet research documentation is all due Friday at the end of the period.

here's a good website for research - look at the bottom right portion of the page to find addition links related to Halloween:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/h/halloween/index.html

PHOTO JOURNALISM- add a journal entry and finish up whatever you need to do for the NATURAL LIGHTING Power point assignment.

OCTOBER 26, 2009
JOURNALISM I - start a new journal WEEK #10 - topic URBAN LEGENDS, finish rough draft of DISTRICT 1 NEWS STORY and turn in, SURVEY DUE WEDNESDAY.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - start a new journal WEEK #10, finish NATURAL LIGHTING ASSIGNMENT - each slide after the title slide must have a picture and an explanation of the type of lighting and how you feel about the results of the lighting on the photograph, SQUARES patterns should be finished.


OCTOBER 23, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, print and turn in, REMEMBER TO COMPLETE AND TURN IN YOUR SURVEY, District 1 New Story rough draft due today by the end of the period.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, print an turn in, continue working on NATURAL LIGHTING PHOTO ASSIGNMENT AND SQUARES PATTERNS. You will have time on Monday to complete your NATURAL LIGHTING POWER POINT.

OCTOBER 22, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, TURN IN SURVEY, START WRITING DISTRICT 1 NEWS STORY after reading the two page prompt - ROUGH DRAFT DUE TOMORROW. I put a sample story of News story Invitational B in your folder to compare your story.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry and work on squares patterns today in class. With all the rain there is not enough natural light to take pictures today so I iwll let you go out tomorrow to take pictures.

OCTOBER 21, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, TURN IN YOUR SURVEY AND PICK UP A NEW ONE DUE NEXT WED., Invitational New Story B rough draft should be finished and corrected today. If you are finished making corrections, you may do work for another class or read. TOMORROW YOU WILL START THE THIRD, NEWS STORY.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal and continue with the NATURAL LIGHTING photo assignment. Make a folder called NATURAL LIGHTING to copy your pictures, continue taking pictures. Once you take 10 pictures in 10 different lighting situations, you need to set up a Power point named NATURAL LIGHTING with 11 slides. The first slide is your title slide. On each slide after the title slide, put one of your pictures and a brief explanation of the lighting where you took the picture.

OCTOBER 20, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, finish rough draft and turn in for proofreading, make corrections, print final draft, staple to top of rough draft and turn in for a final grade. SURVEY DUE WEDNESDAY AND A NEW ONE WILL BE ASSIGNED.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, continue with squares patterns. Today you will start a new photo assignment to find out more about NATURAL LIGHT. You will take a series of 10 close-up portraits (head and shoulders only) in different light situations around the school. You will need to pair up to do this assignment and each person will take pictures of the other person. You are required, but not limited to taking portraits in the following light situations(SAMPLES ARE IN YOUR FOLDER IN THE NATURAL LIGHT SAMPLES FOLDER):
1. BACKLIGHTING where subject's back is to a window and photographer is facing the window
2. SIDE LIGHTING where the photographer and subject face one another with their opposite sides against a window.
3. REMBRANDT OR 3/4 LIGHTING where subject's body faces the window but their face is turned to face the photohgrapher whose side is against the window.
4. INDIRECT LIGHTING where the subject and photographer are outside but in a shaded, covered area.
5. INSIDE LIGHTING UNDER HIGH CEILING WITH LIGHTING FROM WINDOWS but not right next to a window.

OCTOBER 19, 2009
JOURNALISM I - start a new JOURNAL WEEK 9, add a journal entry, continue working on Invitational B News Story - rough draft due by end of period today. Tomorrow you will make corrections on the rough draft and turn in a final draft.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - start a new JOURNAL WEEK 9, make sure you have 10 animal patterns and 10 bubble patterns in your patterns folder, plus 45 completed vocabulary slides. Start creating your own SQUARES PATTERNS - you need 10 by the end of the week. This will all be graded this week.

TOMORROW, (10/20) we will start a new photography assignment called NATURAL LIGHT PORTRAITS so bring your cameras with fresh batteries.

OCTOBER 16, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, save, print and turn in, see yesterday's assignment

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, save, print and turn in, continue with BUBBLE PATTERNS ASSIGNMENT
OCTOBER 15, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, read the sample story for Invitational A News Writing and compare it to your final draft. If you want to revise your final draft for a better grade, you can do that today. NEW ASSIGNMENT: Read the Invitational B News Writing prompt and begin writing your second news story. Use the same format as described in the news writing handouts in your folder. Rough draft due Friday, Oct. 16.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, finish vocabulary update, continue working on 10 BUBBLES PATTERNS ASSIGNMENT due Friday, Oct. 16. If you add a layer on top of your bubble pattern(layer+new layer) you can use the paint bucket and opacity to change the overall tone of the bubbles pattern.


OCTOBER 13, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, correct news story, print, staple to the top of rough draft and turn in for a final grade. I have put a handout in your folder called tips. Read it before making corrections to your story.

OCTOBER 12, 2009
JOURNLISM I - start a new journal WEEK 8. Continue with Friday's news story writing assignment. Double space, print and turn in when you are finished. Tomorrow you will make corrections to the story.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - start a new journal WEEK 8. Continue with Patterns assignment - 10 ANIMAL PATTERNS. If you finish animals, move on to BUBBLE - 10 UNIQUE BUBBLE PATTERNS UNIQUELY NAMED IN YOUR PATTERNS FOLDER. Update the following vocabulary words to bring you up to a total of 45 slides with a sentence in your own words, a graphic representation of the word and a website address: BITMAPPED IMAGE, CMYK, GIF, JPEG, PPI, PICT, PIXEL, RESOLUTION, RGB, TIFF . Previous vocabulary word lists can be found on the following dates: Aug. 26, Sept. 30, Oct. 5.

OCTOBER 9, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, print and turn in today. Turn in your survey today. Continue working on the Invitational News Story. See yesterday's assignment for review.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, print and turn in today. Continue working on your ANIMAL PATTERNS, making sure to give each a distinct name while preserving the animal part of the name, as well as saving it your patterns folder. You should have 10 distinct patterns from the original animal pattern to complete the assignment.

OCTOBER 8, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, read the two handouts(Word docs titled News Story Formula and Inverted Pyramid), then read the Invitational News Writing Prompt(also in your folder) and write a news story using the information and direct quotes from the writing prompt. You finished story should 250-500 words and have at least five direct quotes taken directly from the writing prompt. Save, print and turn in your rough draft when you are finished.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - see yesterday's assignment

OCTOBER 7, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a new journal entry, complete and turn in yesterday's assignment about news writing.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a new journal entry, open Adobe Photoshop CS3 software then open the ANIMAL.JPG. I will walk you through Photoshop basics then you will be on your own to create 10 original patterns from the original ANIMAL.JPG PATTERN. Each time you create a new pattern, you will give it a unique name that implies the filter or brush used to create the pattern and save it in your MY PATTERNS FOLDER.

OCTOBER 6, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a new journal entry, read the lead paragraphs(first 2-3 paragraphs, introduction) of the top(10) ten news stories at www.cnn.com. In a Word document, type the headline for each story, then answer the following questions for each story:

Who is main person/subject in the story?
What is the main point/what's happening in the story?
Where/what part of the world or country does the story take place?
When did/will the event occur?
How is this story relevant to you?
Why is the topic of this story important for you to understand?

TYPE THE QUESTION AND ANSWER ON YOUR PAPER, save your work as news leads #1 in your folder on the JOURNALISM I HARD DRIVE, print your work and turn it in when you are done.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, finish your vocabulary assignment from yesterday. You will not need your cameras this week. Tomorrow we will start working in PHOTOSHOP software to create patterned backgrounds.

OCTOBER 5, 2009
JOURNALISM I - Start a new JOURNAL WEEK 7(topic is free writing this week), add a journal entry and save your journal in you folder on the BRONCO BEAT hard drive in the JOURNALISM I folder and inside your folder. Finish writing the SPORTS-RELATED story and turn it in today.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - Start a new JOURNAL WEEK 7, add the picture of the day and a journal entry and save your journal in you folder on the BRONCO BEAT hard drive in the PHOTO JOURNALISM folder and inside your folder. RESEARCH the following vocabulary words AND UPDATE the VOCABULARY SLIDES with a website address, a sentence in your own words about the vocabulary word and an appropriate graphic: APERTURE, APERTURE PRIORITY, SUNNY F-16 RULE, F-STOP, DEPTH OF FIELD, ASA, ISO, FILM SPEED RATING, SHUTTER, SHUTTER PRIORITY, SHUTTER SPEED, EQUIVALENT EXPOSURE, EXPOSURE, CAMERA SHAKE

OCTOBER 2, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal, print and turn in for a grade, finish your sports related story, make corrections after I have proofread it. Survey #5 due next Wednesday.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal, print and turn in for a grade, Abastract Alphabet and Top 10 Tips Power points have been graded. Look at them and see what you can redo to make a better grade. Vocabulary Power points will be graded today. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE SIX WEEKS.

OCTOBER 1, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, write your rough draft story from your sports-related interview notes. When you are finished with the rough draft, set the paragraphing on double-spacing, save, print and turn in your story stapled to the top of your typed interview notes and the original, hand-written notes. I will proofread and give it back to you for corrections. Final draft is due tomorrow by the end of the class period.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, complete vocabulary updates, ABSTRACT ALPHABET AND TOP 10 TIPS Power point projects.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
JOURNALISM I - Add a journal entry, continue with sports related interview and story due Friday, recite the First Amendment for extra credit by Friday.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - Add a journal entry, continue working on Top 10 Tips, Abstract Alphabet and vocabulary - copied from yesterday - Research the following vocabulary words and update the vocabulary slides with a website address, a sentence in your own words about the vocabulary word and an appropriate graphic: angle of view, background, balance, center of vsual interest, composition, diagonal, dominant element, foreground, rule of thirds, s-curve.


SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
JOURNALISM I - Add a journal entry, continue writing questions for sports related interview/story. Interview must be completed with signature by the time you come to class Thursday, Oct. 1. Interview notes should be typed up with question then answer and the best five answers highlighted and the rest numbered 1-19 with one being most important. Typed notes must be stapled to the top of the handwritten answers and signature, rough draft is due Thursday end of class stapled to the top of the typed interview notes and hand written notes.
EXTRA CREDIT FOR THIS SIX WEEKS - RECITE THE FIRST AMENDMENT FROM MEMORY FOR A 100 DAILY GRADE BY FRIDAY.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - YOUR FILES CAN BE ACCESSED BY GOING TO THE BRONCO BEAT HARD DRIVE, THEN PHOTO JOURNALISM, THEN YOUR FOLDER. Copy all your work from your documents folder in my documents to your folder INSIDE THE PHOTO JOURNALISM FOLDER. Make sure your ABSTRACT ALPHABET Power point is complete for grading. Research the following vocabulary words and update the vocabulary slides with a website address, a sentence in your own words about the vocabulary word and an appropriate graphic: angle of view, background, balance, center of vsual interest, composition, diagonal, dominant element, foreground, rule of thirds, s-curve.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
JOURNALISM I - -Create a new Journal Week 6, add a journal, save in your documents folder.
-Create a set of 24 questions to interview a student of your choice at DHS who participates in a school sport or a sport outside of school, or a sports-related hobby. You should have four questions from each of the six categories. Type the questions, leaving enough room for the interviewee to write a response, and putting a signature line at the bottom of the interview notes. You should know something about the sport.
-Interview needs to be completed by Wednesday, Sept. 30 and you should be writing the rough draft on Thursday in class. The story should include factual information about the sport and the person as well as five direct quotes from the person. Final draft is due Friday, October 2.
-Survey #4 due Wednesday, Sept. 30.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - Start a new journal for week six, add a journal entry and save in your documents folder. Finish up the Top 10 Tips Power point.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
JOURNALISM 1 - add a journal entry, print and turn in today, finish your interview story today, print double spaced, staple to the top of your interview notes and turn in for proofreading, then make corrections.
PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, print and turn in today, complete TOP TEN TIPS POWER POINT TODAY.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry to journal week 5, survey #4 was due Wednesday, survey #5 is due next Wednesday, September 30, finish yesterday's assignment.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry to journal week 5, work on Top 10 Tips photo project DUE FRIDAY

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry to journal week 5, survey #4 due Wednesday, finish yesterday's assignment. You are ready to start writing your first story. After reading the articles at the following website(http://www.ehow.com/how_4884597_write-personality-feature-story.html), and reviewing the handout about story formatting, you should begin writing your own personality story using the interview notes and personal knowledge of the person you interviewed. You final story should be 250-500 words in length and include the five direct quotes that you highlighted on your interview notes for yesterday's assignment.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry to journal week 5, work on Top 10 Tips photo project.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry to journal week 5, survey #4 due Wednesday, finish typing questions and answers from interview questions. When you are finished typing questions and answers, HIGHLIGHT the five of the anwers that you think best tell the story of that person. RANK each remaining answer according to importance, with #1 being the most important.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry to journal week 5, go back to the Kodak website and write down each of the ten tips, making note of the types of pictures taken in each tip. Then, you will create your own Power point presentation of the Top 10 Tips, rephrasing Kodak's tips in your own words and using your own examples. Your Power point should have 11 slides. First slide is your title and name. Each slides after should have a tip, an explanation in your own words, a example of what not to do, and an example that is corrected according to the tip. COMPLETED POWER POINT IS DUE FRIDAY. Save your pictures and Power point in you documents folder on the computer. Remember we don't have the photo journalism hard drive right now, but it should be back up and running next week.

September 21, 2009
JOURNALISM I - survey #4 due Wednesday, START A NEW JOURNAL WEEK 5,add a journal entry and save as journal week 5 in your folder on the photojournalism on home media drive. Remember, this is where I go if I need to check your work. Finish interviewing, get a signature from the person you interviewed, be interviewed by a classmate, type your interview notes in question/answer format, print, staple to the front of your interview notes and turn in for a test grade. Tomorrow we start a new interview.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - START A NEW JOURNAL WEEK #5, add a date, picture and a journael entry, save as journal week #5 in a new folder in my documents. Go to kodak.com, click on tips tab, select learn, then photo tips, then top ten tips. Read the article and google key words for more information about particular tips you don't complete understand. You will take pictures tomorrow. Complete the Abstract Alphabet assignment and the update to the photography vocabulary Power point. YOU WILL NEED YOUR CAMERAS THIS WEEK.
September 17, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, start survey #4, continue writing interview questions and labeling them by category at the end of each question. After you have finished writing questions and reading the handout I gave you yesterday, you may begin interviewing your partner. Each person should complete the interview and get a signature to be finished with this part of the assignment.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry and finish the ABSTRACT ALPHABET ASSIGNMENT. Tomorrow you will stay in class and work on vocabulary Power point.
September 16, 2009
JOURNAlISM I - add a journal entry, Survey #3 DUE TODAY, we will discuss interviewing and write interview questions today in class, tomorrow you will interview a partner in the class and get their signature, and Friday you will type the interview notes, staple them to the top of the interview notes and turn the entire packet in. Next week you will begin interviewing students outside of this class for the next phase of journalism which is writing stories for publication.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, continue taking pictures for the ABSTRACT ALPHABET assignment. Remember that you have to copy the pictures to the ABSTRACT ALPHABET folder, then insert them from your folder into the Power point presentation.

September 15, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, Survey #3 DUE WEDNESDAY, finish reading the article about Tinker vs. Des Moines ISD then finish answering the questions.
PHOTO JOURNLISM - add a journal entry, take pictures, copy pictures from the camera to your ABSTRACT ALPHABET folder, set up your Power point presentation by labeling each slide and adding a picture to each.


September 14, 2009
JOURNALISM I - START JOURNAL WEEK 4, survey #3 due Wednesday, Read the article about the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District court case to learn more about your rights a student then answer the questions at the bottom of the article. Answer the questions in a Word document, print and turn in when you are finished.
PHOTO JOURNALISM - START JOURNAL WEEK 4, start new project called ABSTRACT ALPHABET - today and tomorrow you will have time to go out of this class to take pictures of the letters of the alphabet formed by architecture and patterns inside and outside the building. You cannot go into classrooms or go past the sidewalks surrounding the school. An example of this assignment is something round, like the clock can represent an O. You need one picture for each letter of the alphabet and each picture must be in focus, zoomed in on the part of the architecture that creates the letter and be well-lit.
You will also create a Power point presentation with 27 slides. The first slide is a title slide and the remaining 26 are for each letter of the alphabet. Label each slide and insert the corresponding picture that you take. YOU CAN DO THIS ASSIGNMENT AT HOME AND BRING THE PICTURES TO SCHOOL.

September 11, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal, save, print and turn in today, finish question/answer review of famous journalists, save, print and turn in. Remember to work on your survey outside of class time - SURVEY #3 DUE WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal, save, print and turn in today, finish question/answer review of famous journalists, save, print and turn in. STARTING MONDAY, YOU WILL NEED A DIGITAL CAMERA WITH CHARGED BATTERIES AND A CARD OR CABLE TO GET PICTURES FROM THE CAMERA TO YOUR FOLDER ON THE COMPUTER. I HAVE A FEW CAMERAS THAT CAN BE CHECKED OUT DURING THE CLASS PERIOD, BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE. If you have to use school equipment, your parents will need to sign a permission form that they are responsible for damaged or lost cameras. The blank permission forms are on the counter by the door. Please take one home today and bring it back signed by your parent before asking to use the school cameras.

September 10, 2009 - PARENT LETTER AND PACKAGE OF PAPER/$5 ARE BOTH GRADES ON THE THREE WEEK PROGRESS REPORT - FRIDAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE THREE WEEKS!
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, TURN IN SURVEY #2,PICK UP SURVEY #3 DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY, use the Internet to search for answers to the questions from the presentation review on the following famous journalists: Nellie Bly, David Brinkley, Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, William Randolph Hearst, John Peter Zenger. Add the answers to your review document started with the presentations. You should have a total of 10 sets of questions/answer before you print and turn it in for a grade.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, continue presentations and question/answer review.

September 9, 2009
JOURNALISM I - add a journal entry, finish presentations and question/answer review, TURN IN SURVEY #2 ON THURSDAY
PHOTO JOURNALISM - add a journal entry, continue presentations and question/answer review.

September 8, 2009
JOURNALISM I - start a new journal titled JOURNAL WEEK 3, add a date and an entry, save your document as JOURNAL WEEK 3. Make Power point presentations and answer the following questions for each presentation: Who is the subject of the presentation? What is the most significant thing about this person? Where was this person born and where did they accomplish their life's work? When was this person born(what time period?) How did this person become famous? Why is this important?

PHOTO JOURNALISM - start a new journal titled JOURNAL WEEK 3, add a date and an entry, save your document as JOURNAL WEEK 3. Make Power point presentations then in a Word document titled History Presentation Review answer the following questions for each presentation: Who is the subject of the presentation? What is the most significant thing about this person? Where was this person born and where did they accomplish their life's work? When was this person born(what time period?) How did this person become famous? Why is this important?


September 4, 2009
Journalism I - add a journal entry, print and turn in, SURVEY #2 DUE WEDNESDAY, 9-9, COPY YOUR COMPLETED POWER POINT INTO THE COMPLETED HISTORY POWER POINT FOLDER
Photo Journalism - add a journal entry, print and turn in, COPY YOUR COMPLETED POWER POINT AND WRITTEN REPORT INTO THE COMPLETED HISTORY POWER POINT FOLDER

September 2 and 3, 2009
Journalism I - add a journal entry. SURVEY #1 DUE TODAY, turn surveys in on my desk then get with your partner and research your topic. Because of advisory and pep rally, all classes will be short on Friday so presentations will be made Tuesday when we get back from Labor Day holiday. Remember to save your work in your folder(for me to grade) that is now on the journalism 1 on home media drive. You can also save a backup of your work to your folder in your name/space on the virtual server

Photo Journalism - add a journal entry, get with your partner and research your topic. Because of advisory and pep rally, all classes will be short on Friday so presentations will be made Tuesday when we get back from Labor Day holiday. Remember to save your work in your folder(for me to grade) that is now on the photojournalism on home media drive. You can also save a backup of your work to your folder in your name/space on the virtual server


September 1, 2009
Journalism I - add a journal entry. SURVEY #1 DUE WEDNESDAY(because I forgot to remind you yesterday), get with your partner and research your topic. Presentations will be made this Friday.

Photo Journalism - add a journal entry, get with your partner and research your topic. Presentations will be made this Friday.


August 31, 2009
Journalism I
Start a new journal titled JOURNAL WEEK TWO and add today’s entry. This week’s journal topic is FREE WRITING(whatever you feel like writing about). Remember you need to add 50 words(about 4 complete lines of text in the default font and size).

Choose a partner for the next class project, choose a topic and sign up with Mrs. Colston. Topics are first come, first serve and only one group can have a particular topic. Once you have a topic and a partner, read the assignment sheet for what is expected and begin your research. PRESENTATIONS BEGIN FRIDAY, SEPT. 4.

PHOTO JOURNALISM - Start a new journal titled JOURNAL WEEK TWO and add today’s entry. Remember you need to add 50 words(about 4 complete lines of text in the default font and size).

Choose a partner for the next class project, choose a famous photographer from the following website http://www.betterphoto.com/forms/linkall.asp?catid=2 and sign up with Mrs. Colston. Topics are first come, first serve and only one group can have a particular famous photographer. Once you have a topic and a partner, read the assignment sheet for what is expected and begin your research. PRESENTATIONS BEGIN FRIDAY, SEPT. 4.

August 28, 2009
Journalism I - turn in first period papers,500 sheet copy paper or $5, signed parent letter, add to journal week 1 topic is "getting back into the mindset of school",survey #1 DUE TUESDAY, SEPT. 1, PRINT JOURNAL AND TURN IT IN TODAY, Get into the same groups as the newspaper scavenger hunt and study the Houston Chronicle online newspaper website, then each person in the group select a question to answer about the likenesses and differences between the print and online versions of the newspaper.

Photo Journalism - turn in 500 sheet copy paper or $5, signed parent letter, add to journal week 1, PRINT AND TURN IN TODAY, continue with vocabulary assignment from yesterday. You will receive a grade on Friday for completion of 85 slides with vocabulary words and definitions. Make sure you have added a website address, a sentence in your own words and a related graphic on each of the vocabulary word slides listed on Aug. 26 assignment.

August 27, 2009
Journalism I - turn in first period papers, 500 sheet copy paper or $5, signed parent letter, add to journal week 1 topic is "getting back into the mindset of school", finish scavenger hunt, start survey #1 DUE TUESDAY, SEPT. 1

Photo Journalism - turn in 500 sheet copy paper or $5, signed parent letter, add to journal week 1, continue with vocabulary assignment from yesterday. You will receive a grade on Friday for completion of 85 slides with vocabulary word and definition.

August 26, 2009
Journalism I - turn in first period papers, journal week 1, survey #1, newspaper scavenger hunt

Photo Journalism - turn in parent letter, journal week 1, begin vocab project, for each of the following vocabulary words, search the Internet to find more information and examples. On each of the slides with the following vocabulary words, add the website address in small type at the bottom of the slide, a graphic representation of the vocab. word and a one sentence explanation of the vocab. word in your own words.

Available Light
Camera Obscura
Digital Camera
Electronic Flash
Emulsion
Enlarger
Exposure
Film
Latent image
Negative

August 25, 2009
Journalism I - turn in first period papers, journal week 1, survey #1
Photo Journalism - turn in parent letter, journal week 1, begin vocab project