Christmas article

 NEWS ARTICLE #2

Thursday, 10/21- Students will brainstorm ideas for their next articles and begin planning sheets

Friday, 10/22-Monday, 10/25 - Students will create interview questions and turn in their planning sheets

Must be turned in to Google Classroom by the end of 10/25

Final interviews will be due on Tuesday, 11/2

Story Planning Sheet:

1. Once the students selects the topic for their first article, they must complete the Story Organization Sheet.

2. Completed sheets should be turned in to www.turnitin.com

3;LINK: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M-X0XPmfeC1BdZjlPVYP_byvawExB8II/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115237694256539959089&rtpof=true&sd=true

By Tuesday, 11/2 - Students will COMPLETE interviews

-They must be turned in to Google Classroom by the end of thepriod for 100 points

5 strong interviews

- Students will continue to interview and organize interview answers

ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WILL BE TURNED IN TO  GOOGLE CLASSROOM

(Please submit your questions to the entry entitled: QUESTIONS/ ANSWERS)

**Remember, once you have your interviews, you may start writing your rough drafts

***Even if you don't have all of your interviews completed on any of the days, work on background info and rough draft

Closure Activity:

**PLEASE REMEMBER, YOU CAN BEGIN WRITING YOUR ARTICLE AT ANY TIME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR INTERVIEWS ARE CONDUCTED.

**All leads and second paragraphs must be checked by Mrs. Christian

 Each day, you will select an article from "Today's Top Headlines"

1. Read an article

2, Read the first two paragraphs and discuss how they connect

Please keep your answers on the Bell Ringer Sheets

Article 2

Goal:

Brainstorm topics for their next article

Students will plan their articles via “Organization Sheet” (See top right corner of blog

Students will begin writing interview questions

Students will complete interviews

Students will begin to organize research and interview information

Students will begin rough draft

NEWS ARTICLE #2

Thursday, 10/21- Students will brainstorm ideas for their next articles and begin planning sheets

Friday, 10/22-Monday, 10/25 - Students will create interview questions and turn in their planning sheets

Must be turned in to Google Classroom by the end of 10/25

Story Planning Sheet:

1. Once the students selects the topic for their first article, they must complete the Story Organization Sheet.

2. Completed sheets should be turned in to www.turnitin.com

3;LINK: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M-X0XPmfeC1BdZjlPVYP_byvawExB8II/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115237694256539959089&rtpof=true&sd=true

By Friday, 10/29 - Students will COMPLETE interviews

-They must be turned in to Google Classroom by the end of thepriod for 100 points

5 strong interviews

- Students will continue to interview and organize interview answers

ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WILL BE TURNED IN TO  GOOGLE CLASSROOM

(Please submit your questions to the entry entitled: QUESTIONS/ ANSWERS)

**Remember, once you have your interviews, you may start writing your rough drafts

***Even if you don't have all of your interviews completed on any of the days, work on background info and rough draft

Closure Activity:

**PLEASE REMEMBER, YOU CAN BEGIN WRITING YOUR ARTICLE AT ANY TIME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR INTERVIEWS ARE CONDUCTED.

**All leads and second paragraphs must be checked by Mrs. Christian

Story Structure Review Notes

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X9-8EGOE4PtgsVAxnGi8B5JPhiwAZaIZ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115237694256539959089&rtpof=true&sd=true

1.5.11.B- Write using well-developed content appropriate for the topic

1.5.11.C- Write with controlled and/ or subtle organization

1.9.11.A: Use media and technology resources for research, information analysis, problem solving, and decision making in content learning. Identify complexities and inconsistencies in the information and the different perspectives found in each medium.

1.9.11.B: Evaluate how the techniques used in media modify traditional society.

1.2.11B - use and understand a variety of media and evaluate the quality of material produced

Spelling and Simple News Language

Spelling and Simple News Language:  Complete Exercises 5, 6, and 7

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ExW7BK-QwlNUbjUzfEMbEOBG_ROdSmPB/view?usp=sharing

More practice

 

News Story Practice

 Writing news story:  Practice Articles

Complete the following exercises:

Ex 18  page 94

Use the following link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ExW7BK-QwlNUbjUzfEMbEOBG_ROdSmPB/view?usp=sharing

Write full news stories

Follow the inverted pyramid format

Lead

2nd paragraph explains lead

Body:  Most impt. info to least

           Quotes, attribution

            several paragraphs

All work must be turned in to Google Classroom by the end of the period today, Friday, 10/15

Neewpaper link for 10/14

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_B2YzQQ0K5e0ugHlvqAqsTATxH7ndIDj/view?usp=sharing

News Story Practice

 Writing news story:  Practice Articles

Complete the following exercises:

Ex 15 page 91

Ex 17 page 93

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ExW7BK-QwlNUbjUzfEMbEOBG_ROdSmPB/view?usp=sharing

Write full news stories

Follow the inverted pyramid format

Lead

2nd paragraph explains lead

Body:  Most impt. info to least

           Quotes, attribution

            several paragraphs

Conclusion

complete your stories on a Google Doc

BOTH STORIES NEED TO BE TURNED IN TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM BY THE END OF THE PERIOD TODAY.

News Article 1

 

Rough Drafts are due Wednesday, 10/6

Each Person must have 2 peers proof their article

and

Each person MUST read their article aloud to a peer

The peers should receive a shared version of the article, AND make comments on it

Final Draft Due Friday, 10/8

Score Sheet:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kB8Bo1JL4p-JVNERy7OLMGydlIp0yK91/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115237694256539959089&rtpof=true&sd=true

Please look over the score sheet before turning in your final version