Please type and submit the following assignments in your Completed Works Writing Portfolio:
1. Personal Response #1, 2, 3 (based on your literature circle novel)
2. Newspaper Assignment (see assignment outline for details)
3. Collage and T-Chart
Please use correct formatting!!! See "Assignment Submission Template"
When finished, please finish reading "The Trouble with Tribbles" on page 299 in Sightlines 9.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Newspaper Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to develop an understanding of the plot of the novel, while recognizing important details to present in a newspaper article.
As a novel group, you are to produce a newspaper chronicling important events as they occurred in your novel.
Collaborate as a group to ensure that you are each reporting on a different event. Some stories may overlap due to shared characters or “through-line events” (events that impact many parts of the same story).
Accuracy Matters: A Simple Checklist
http://www.newscollege.ca/p12.htm
• Develop a habit to use your senses. Note what you see, hear, touch, smell, taste. Remember, quotes aren’t the only pieces of information that need to be collected in your notepad. It’s easy to forget to use our senses.
• Are your notes accurate? (Or are they messy and hard to read when you return to the office?)
• Have you properly attributed information?
• Are the five Ws covered in your story?
• Have you double checked facts? (This includes any numbers, math)
• Have you double checked spelling of names?
• Have you done a second read-thru to self-edit?
• Have you made a printout of your work and put yourself in the position of being a reader?
• Have you spellchecked your copy?
You will need to employ proper journalistic techniques for your own article, being sure to include:
• column format
• have an appropriate headline
• a purposeful angle
• an appropriate tone
• opening paragraph which will incorporate
o lede (lead)
o 5W1H
o optimal sentence length
o inverted pyramid structure
• Further information will be provided in supporting paragraphs, including
o quotes from characters (or paraphrases of thoughts of characters) as though interviewed by you.
o multiple sources (several character’s perspectives on the same event)
o optimal sentence length
o strong evidence of fact checking
o inverted pyramid structure
• one visual image which you feel would best represent the key elements of the plot.
Original URL: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/journalism/resource/6042.html
Basic Journalism
Think of journalistic writing as an inverted pyramid. The top contains only one or two sentences with the most important information first; this is called the lead (pronounced leed and sometimes spelled "lede"). Next, a little more information is given about the story, and so on, until all of the information has been given.
"An example of a regular pyramid story might be an old-fashioned mystery where the reader is introduced to more and more important clues as he or she reads on," says Rich Cameron, the chair of the journalism department at Cerritos College in California. "It is only after collecting all of those clues that the reader can finally begin to solve the mystery."
"With an inverted pyramid story we give away the solution (or in our case a summary) at the very beginning. The rest of the story contains less and less important information until we just stop," says Cameron.
Tone: Your job as a reporter is to report facts and the opinions of others and to leave your own opinions out of the story. The term for introducing your own opinion into a story is called editorializing – try not to do this!
Multiple Sources: The more people you talk to, the better the article. You can use direct quotes or paraphrase what someone says, but always remember to identify who says what.
Sentence Length: Sentences should have an average of 20-28 words. This is an average, so you don’t need to spend time counting; just be aware that sentences and paragraphs are much shorter than what you’ve been taught with composition.
Terms to Know:
5W1H: Always answer the who, what, why, where, when, and how of the news article.
Lead: The opening of a story, usually a summary of the most important information.
Headline: A title or attention grabber above the body of an article. The author of the story usually does not write the headline.
Angle: A particular point of view or way of looking at a subject.
Fact-checking: Checking that your facts are correct. Amy, Aymee, and Amie are all pronounced the same way and can be easily misspelled. Look up the names of specific people and places and anything else you are presenting as fact to be sure you are stating the truth.
© 2000-2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
As a novel group, you are to produce a newspaper chronicling important events as they occurred in your novel.
Collaborate as a group to ensure that you are each reporting on a different event. Some stories may overlap due to shared characters or “through-line events” (events that impact many parts of the same story).
Accuracy Matters: A Simple Checklist
http://www.newscollege.ca/p12.htm
• Develop a habit to use your senses. Note what you see, hear, touch, smell, taste. Remember, quotes aren’t the only pieces of information that need to be collected in your notepad. It’s easy to forget to use our senses.
• Are your notes accurate? (Or are they messy and hard to read when you return to the office?)
• Have you properly attributed information?
• Are the five Ws covered in your story?
• Have you double checked facts? (This includes any numbers, math)
• Have you double checked spelling of names?
• Have you done a second read-thru to self-edit?
• Have you made a printout of your work and put yourself in the position of being a reader?
• Have you spellchecked your copy?
You will need to employ proper journalistic techniques for your own article, being sure to include:
• column format
• have an appropriate headline
• a purposeful angle
• an appropriate tone
• opening paragraph which will incorporate
o lede (lead)
o 5W1H
o optimal sentence length
o inverted pyramid structure
• Further information will be provided in supporting paragraphs, including
o quotes from characters (or paraphrases of thoughts of characters) as though interviewed by you.
o multiple sources (several character’s perspectives on the same event)
o optimal sentence length
o strong evidence of fact checking
o inverted pyramid structure
• one visual image which you feel would best represent the key elements of the plot.
Original URL: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/journalism/resource/6042.html
Basic Journalism
Think of journalistic writing as an inverted pyramid. The top contains only one or two sentences with the most important information first; this is called the lead (pronounced leed and sometimes spelled "lede"). Next, a little more information is given about the story, and so on, until all of the information has been given.
"An example of a regular pyramid story might be an old-fashioned mystery where the reader is introduced to more and more important clues as he or she reads on," says Rich Cameron, the chair of the journalism department at Cerritos College in California. "It is only after collecting all of those clues that the reader can finally begin to solve the mystery."
"With an inverted pyramid story we give away the solution (or in our case a summary) at the very beginning. The rest of the story contains less and less important information until we just stop," says Cameron.
Tone: Your job as a reporter is to report facts and the opinions of others and to leave your own opinions out of the story. The term for introducing your own opinion into a story is called editorializing – try not to do this!
Multiple Sources: The more people you talk to, the better the article. You can use direct quotes or paraphrase what someone says, but always remember to identify who says what.
Sentence Length: Sentences should have an average of 20-28 words. This is an average, so you don’t need to spend time counting; just be aware that sentences and paragraphs are much shorter than what you’ve been taught with composition.
Terms to Know:
5W1H: Always answer the who, what, why, where, when, and how of the news article.
Lead: The opening of a story, usually a summary of the most important information.
Headline: A title or attention grabber above the body of an article. The author of the story usually does not write the headline.
Angle: A particular point of view or way of looking at a subject.
Fact-checking: Checking that your facts are correct. Amy, Aymee, and Amie are all pronounced the same way and can be easily misspelled. Look up the names of specific people and places and anything else you are presenting as fact to be sure you are stating the truth.
© 2000-2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Collage and T-Chart Assignment
This assignment is designed to develop a deeper understanding of a major character from your novel. You are expected to create a collage of images that represent the inner characteristics of your chosen character. Mount the images you choose to represent your character on single a sheet of 8.5x11” paper. The images you select may be obtained from magazines, the internet, or may be self-created. The expectation is that the entire page will be covered by the images. All images must be classroom appropriate material. On the back of the page, or on an attached piece of paper, you must include a “T-Chart”, containing 6 specific characteristics of your chosen character (each being represented in one or more of the pictures on the front), and accompany each characteristic with TWO quotes supporting each assumption.
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