AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Journal #21.  Hot Words List #5, words 7 & 8.  Hand in magazine ad, full page (8 1/2 x 11").  Read and take notes for chapters 12 & 13 of TKM.
Homework:  Do not forget previously assigned work that should be done by now, like your last UpFront due on 12/3/19.  Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #30.  In the Journalism Today textbook read and take notes on the Functions of a Journalist.
Homework:  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  No journal.  Hot Words List #5, words 5 & 6.  TKM Quiz on Chapters 1-10.  Essay #3 was peer edited.  Ask for notes on Organisational structures.
Homework:  Bring in an 8 1/2 x 11" magazine ad where the entire page is a photo advertisement.  Work on UpFront.  Work on Hot Words.  Read and take notes for TKM Chapter 11.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #29.  Write Features Brainstorming at the top of a paper.  Look up Features in the index of the Journalism Today textbook as a refresher.  List four possible topics to write a features story about.  Have me approve your favorite topic. If you could interview anyone you wanted, write a list of four people that would be the best for you to write an article.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Grammar Overhead #20.  Hot Words List #5, words 3 & 4.  Ask for your AICE number, write it inside of your journal and make it an addition to your heading on your papers.  Also, know your AICE number order among classmates (ask a classmate).  Read Chapter 10 of TKM and bring your up to date notes to class.
Homework:  Study for TKM quiz on chapters 1-10.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Ethics columns were collected today.  Daily News Notes #28.  Cut two news articles out from a newspaper and paste them each on a side of a properly headed paper.  In each, highlight the sources used (people quoted or paraphrased).  Next to each article write the following for each source:  complete name, job title (if given) and the reason they are used as a source for the article (read the article to understand).
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Hot Words Quiz #4.  Finish writing Essay (see adjusted prompt topic!).  Plot line sheet.  Punctuation Formula #5, Hot Words List #5, words 1 & 2.
Homework:  Read Chapter 9 of TKM and bring all notes to class.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #27 (Sun-Sentinel and The Circuit-November issue).  Type up final copy of Ethics Column in class (if you were absent- do this at home).  Everyone prints at home.  Both copies due next class (500 words, give it a title, Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, 12 point font).
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  No journal.  Hot words List #4 was handed back (IF you were absent, stop by and take your hot words list from your journal in order to study for Quiz #4).  We reviewed HW Quiz #3.  Ask to make up Essay Prompt #3.
Homework:  Read and take notes for Chapter 8 of TKM.  Study for Hot Words Quiz #4 (the quiz is only on those 10 words).

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #26.  Students wrote a rough draft of an ethics opinion column on one of the following topics:  cheating, lying, honesty, deception.  It could be a personal example related to school or home, or politics, or the a topic in the news.  The column will need a title, should be in paragraph form, NOT be in LQT format, avoid forbidden words and be 500 words in length. 
Homework:  Finish rough draft and bring it to next class.  We will type the final copy in class.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Journal #19.  Continue reading and note taking for Chapters 6 & 7 of TKM (note the chapter, page and A, B, or C in the margin for each note).
Homework:  finishing classwork.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #25.  Ask for copy editing sheet #1, complete(using pages 180 & 181 from textbook) and turn in.  Ask for a copy of "Media Watch" to read about ethics in journalism.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Grammar Overhead #18.    Hand in UpFront dated 11/7/19.  Hot Words List #4, words 9 & 10 - hand in List #4.  Begin formal note taking with today's reading in Chapter 4 of TKM.  Draw a line on your TKM notes, a few lines past the notes you have already taken.  Beginning with Chapter 4, in the margin of your paper, write page ranges of 5 (43-48, 49-54, 55-59, etc.).  For each range, write ONE of the following ways of note taking:
a-a scene that reminds you of something (BRIEFLY, describe the scene and then connect it to what it reminds you of), OR
b-a phrase or line that you admire how she wrote it (quote it and describe SPECIFICALLY what you like about it), OR
c-a significant scene, one that you would star if you wrote in books (BRIEFLY, describe the scene and write why it is significant-in detail). 
Choose a, or b, or c each time you write one note, each five pages.
In the margin of your note paper, write the page number of the novel where you found it and which chapter it is from.
Do this as you read Chapters 4 & 5 for next class.
Homework:  Finish reading and note taking.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #24.  Ask to make up the Copy Editing Quiz.  We played Truth, Truth, Lie.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Ask to check out a copy of TKM from me if you do not have your own.  Hot Words List #4, words 7 & 8.  No journal today.  Ask for AICE Paper 2 Practice Test.
Homework:  Bring UpFront (dated 11/7/19) to next class and Hot Words List #4.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #23.  Read and take notes from Journalism Today textbook pages 9-12 & 22 on Yellow Journalism & pages 34-38 on Ethics.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  No journal.  No Hot Words.  Students received a handout about the AICE exam and the dates were posted on the board.  Read through the end of Chapter 3 of TKM and take notes.
Homework:  UpFront magazine activity.