12.18.15

PACKETS DUE TODAY...
>CYOA
>5 Tweets
>Twitter followers
Merry Christmas!

12.17.15

team meet/daily tweet
PACKETS DUE TOMORROW
>get some Twitter followers
>CYOA printed & digital
>5 tweets!

12.16.15

CYOA RD DUE TODAY--
-->check off w/your team leader
team meet/daily tweet
PACKET DUE FRIDAY!
-->printed and digital CYOA
-->5 tweets

12.15.15

DISTRIBUTION...
>stacks of 25, organized by building
CYOA due Friday... ROUGH DRAFT TOMORROW
(don't forget Wed. assembly, Fri. min. day)

12.14.15

LAST CHANCE PACKETS
>tweets, restaurant reviews, beats
CYOA due Friday
(don't forget Wed. assembly, Fri. min. day)

12.11.15

Team meet/daily tweet
PACKETS DUE!!!
>print out restaurant review
>print out beat
>print out Tweets!
Your team leader should have digital of
     the restaurant review & beat!!!
Decide on CYOA, start research!

12.10.15

team meet/daily tweet
RESTAURANT review is PAST DUE
>digital copy should be to your team leader
>printed copy in packet FRIDAY
beat due FRIDAY
PACKET DUE TOMORROW

12.9.15

team meet/daily tweet
RESTAURANT review due TODAY...
>digital copy to your team leader by EOP
>printed copy in packet FRIDAY
beat notes/interview/RD due TODAY
beat due FRIDAY

12.8.15

team meet, daily tweet
PEER EDITS for restaurant reviews!
-->STEP 4 DUE TOMORROW!
work on BEAT... due Friday
Packets due FRIDAY

PEER EDIT

>Read the article:
-->circle any WORD, PHRASE, or SENTENCE that doesn't read right, is awkward, sounds odd, etc.
-->comment on any of your TOP 5 Do's (from previous step) that they missed and Top 5 Don'ts they did!
-->Ask 5 questions about the restaurant/food/experience to help them expand the review

12.7.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>Peer Edit of Restaurant Review
>Step 4 due Dec. 9 (Wednesday)
-->digital copy to editor, printed for packet
start BEAT... due FRIDAY
#bethevoice: #holidaytradition

12.4.15

team meet, daily tweet
>step 3 due TODAY
>CYOA due TODAY
PACKETS DUE TODAY
5 TWEETS by TODAY
TEAM CHALLENGE: Bring in a CANNED ITEM for 5 points (by tomorrow)
>make beat contact/plans
>step 4 due next Wednesday-- have a copy on MONDAY
>editors!!! PUT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ON THE BLOG!!!

12.3.15

team meet, daily tweet
>step 3 due TOMORROW
>CYOA due TOMORROW
PACKETS DUE TOMORROW
5 TWEETS by TOMORROW
TEAM CHALLENGE: Bring in a CANNED ITEM for 5 points (by tomorrow)

12.2.15

team meet, daily tweet
>step 2 should have been checked off YESTERDAY!
>step 3 due FRIDAY
>CYOA due FRIDAY
5 TWEETS!
TEAM CHALLENGE: Bring in a CANNED ITEM for 5 points

12.1.15

HEY!
team meet, daily tweet!
Restaurant Review step 2 due TODAY: points for team!
it's a CYOA WEEK!!!
#bethevoice

11.20.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet... #thisThanksgiving
>EDITORS-- make sure all items are uploaded to website
>BEAT due TODAY
>story training: restaurant review-->step 1 due TODAY
>START RESEARCHING CYOA today...
t-shirts $8

11.19.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet... #thisThanksgiving
>PAPER TO ME ON FLASHDRIVE
>EDITORS-- make sure all items are uploaded to website
>BEAT due FRIDAY (AKA TOMORROW)
>story training: restaurant review-->step 1 due FRIDAY (AKA TOMORROW)
>START RESEARCHING CYOA today...
t-shirts $8

11.18.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet... #thisThanksgiving
>EDITORS LAST DAY TO WORK ON PAGES
>EDITORS-- make sure all items are uploaded to website
>BEAT notes or RD by TODAY, beats due FRIDAY
>story training: restaurant review-->step 1 due FRIDAY
t-shirts $8

Restaurant Review links

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Food-Review


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112984/Olive-Garden-restaurant-gets-rare-rave-review-85-year-old-columnist--goes-viral.html

11.17.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet... #thisThanksgiving
>EDITORS WORK ON PAGES... due TODAY EOP???
t-shirts $8
>BEAT notes or RD by tomorrow
>story training: restaurant review

11.16.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet... #thisThanksgiving
>EDITORS WORK ON PAGES... due TODAY EOP???
>ALL ARTICLES FOR PAPER MUST BE IN TURNITIN.COM
LAST CHANCE PACKETS!!!
t-shirts $8
>FOLLOW UP ON BEAT CONTACT, do research!!!
>we will start a story training tomorrow

11.13.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>EDITORS WORK ON PAGES... due TODAY EOP???
>ALL ARTICLES FOR PAPER MUST BE IN TURNITIN.COM
PACKETS DUE TODAY!!!
>include your CYOA!!!
t-shirts $8
>MAKE BEAT CONTACT!!!

11.12.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>EDITORS WORK ON PAGES... due TODAY EOP???
>ALL ARTICLES FOR PAPER MUST BE IN TURNITIN.COM
t-shirts $8
CYOA FINAL due by EOP TOMORROW
PACKETS DUE TOMORROW

11.10.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>2 newspaper articles should be in to your editors
>EDITORS WORK ON PAGES... due THURS. EOP
>ALL ARTICLES FOR PAPER MUST BE IN TURNITIN.COM
t-shirts $8
CYOA notes or 1st draft due by EOP today

11.9.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>2 newspaper articles should be in to your editors
>IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO GET AN AD BY TUESDAY
>LAST CHANCE PACKETS... include beat and articles
>EDITORS START PAGES
>ALL ARTICLES FOR PAPER MUST BE IN TURNITIN.COM
t-shirts $8
COMING UP
CYOA THIS WEEK for staff writers!

11.6.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>revised articles to Mr. B ARE LATE
... YES, HAND THEM IN TO ME DIRECTLY
>Weekly challenge: AD for your team!!! (replaces packet)
t-shirts $8
PACKETS DUE:
•beats due: printed copy in packet, e-copy of articles due to editors
>your TEAM LEADER will tell you how he/she wants your article
•copy of articles in packet as well!!!
COMING UP
CYOA next week for staff writers!

11.5.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>revised articles to Mr. B ARE LATE
... YES, HAND THEM IN TO ME DIRECTLY
>Weekly challenge: AD for your team!!! (replaces packet)
t-shirts $8
beats due FRIDAY, e-copy of articles due to editors FRIDAY
>your TEAM LEADER will tell you how he/she wants your article
COMING UP
CYOA next week for staff writers!

11.4.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>revised articles to Mr. B by TODAY
... YES, HAND THEM IN TO ME DIRECTLY
>Weekly challenge: AD for your team!!! (replaces packet)
t-shirts $8
notes/draft of beat due TODAY
beats due FRIDAY, e-copy of articles due to editors FRIDAY

11.3.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>revised articles to Mr. B by TOMORROW EOP
>Weekly challenge: AD for your team!!! (replaces packet)
t-shirts $8
WORK ON WRITING BEAT...
notes/draft of beat due TOMORROW
beats due FRIDAY, e-copy of articles due to editors FRIDAY

11.2.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>editors should return edited article by EOP
>revised articles to Mr. B by WEDNESDAY EOP
>Weekly challenge: AD for your team!!! (replaces packet)
>LAST CHANCE PACKET
>new #bethevoice
t-shirts $8
MAKE BEAT CONTACT...
notes/draft of beat due WEDNESDAY
beats due FRIDAY

10.30.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>PRINTED draft of article to section editors by EOP
>Weekly challenge: AD for your team!!! (replaces packet)
>PACKETS DUE TODAY
t-shirts $8
MAKE BEAT CONTACT... beats next week
EDITORS: edit articles for your team by MONDAY

10.29.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>LAST CHANCE read-around
>revisions of article to team leader FRIDAY EOP
>t-shirts $8
WEEKLY CHALLENGE: One Ad per team!!!
>if YOU get an ad, it replaces your packet for a week
PACKET DUE TOMORROW!!!

READ-AROUND

1. circle any word, phrase, or entire sentences that are unclear, awkward, or seem "off"
2. put a circle with a question mark in it between any sentences that seem to jump in thought,
    are missing information, or need explanation
3. ask 3 questions that would help expand the article

10.28.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>print out stories
>read-around
>t-shirts $8
>revisions of article to team leader FRIDAY EOP
WEEKLY CHALLENGE: One Ad per team!!!

10.27.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
1st draft of articles due  by EOP
>peer response tomorrow!!!
>final draft due to team leader FRIDAY
WEEKLY CHALLENGE: ONE AD PER TEAM
t-shirts available

10.26.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
(new #bethevoice on board)
LAST CHANCE PACKET
1st draft of 2 articles by EOP tomorrow!!!
COMING UP:
read-around on Wednesday!!!

10.23.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
PACKETS DUE!!!
Beats due TODAY BY EOP
note/background on printed articles due TODAY
COMING UP
1st draft of 2 articles TWOSDAY!!!!

10.22.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>did you get your BEAT notes/draft checked???
>BEAT due tomorrow!!!
>notes/background of 2 articles due tomorrow!!!
COMING UP
1st draft of 2 articles due 2sday!!!

10.21.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
Beat notes/draft check for team points!!!
get started researching your TWO articles
>Beat due Friday
>Notes/interview/initial work on articles due Friday
COMING UP:
1st draft of TWO articles due TWOSDAY!!!

10.20.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
story conference...
team meeting to decide stories
work on BEAT-- notes/draft check tomorrow
notes/background on printed articles due FRIDAY

10.19.15

LAST CHANCE PACKETS
TURN & BURN CYOA
Team Meet, Daily Tweet
beat contacts/plans
story conference brainstorms due
story conference, then team meetings
-->research/contacts on article due by Wed. EOP

10.16.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
PACKETS DUE TODAY
>Tweets
>CYOA in packet AND sent to Team Leader
>1 page notes on Opinion/News/Features
>story conference brainstorm
COMING UP
story conference next week
contact BEAT contact

10.15.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
Editorial/Opinion-- 1/2 pg notes on pg. 102-108
story conference brainstorm... due tomorrow by EOP
CYOA due tomorrow by EOP
make beat contacts!!!
COMING UP...
story conference next week

10.14.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
a word about Sports & A&E
>don't forget your reading & summaries!
CYOA notes/1st draft due today!
COMING UP
Opinion & Story Brainstorm tomorrow!

10.13.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
Printed Issue Training: 1/4 page notes on NEWS, page 76-78, 81-82
(1/4 page on FEATURES from yesterday)
CYOA due Friday-- notes/draft by TOMORROW
COMING UP
we are doing background work now on the printed issue...
we start next week!!!

10.12.15

Last Chance Packets
New Team, Team Tweet
#bethevoice: #fondestchildhoodmemory
Printed Issue Training: 1/4 page notes on Features (pg. 86-92)
CYOA due Friday
COMING UP
>paper training all week
we start our first issue next week

10.9.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
PACKETS DUE
-->copy of beat
-->5 Tweets
COMING UP
next week CYOA
printed issue training

10.8.15

Team Meet, Daily Tweet
>packets due tomorrow
TEAM LEADS: ALL APP REVIEWS POSTED
>beats due tomorrow
>start planning CYOA for next week
COMING UP:
we start background for our 1st printed issue next week

10.7.15

Team Meet, Daily Tweet
-->ALL APP REVIEWS should be on TURNITIN.COM
-->ALL APP REVIEWS should be shared w/your team lead
you should have notes or a draft of your BEAT
all team posters should be up TODAY
COMING UP:
>issue training
>new teams

10.6.15

Team Meet, Daily Tweet
>APP REVIEW TO TEAM LEAD & UPLOAD TO TURNITIN
>start BEAT-- notes/RD tomorrow
>#oncampus, #bethevoice
>posters up??? TBD
>last week w/this team
COMING UP
CYOA next week

10.5.15

LAST CHANCE PACKETS
team meet/daily tweet
>beat week
>last week with team
>new #bethevoice
>weekly challenge: finish and hang posters (tomorrow)
COMING UP:
we will be prepping for a holiday issue...

10.2.15

PACKETS DUE TODAY!!!
>5 Tweets
>CYOA FD & any notes/draft
>App Review draft & peer response
>#bethevoice ideas
COMING UP
App Review FD to team leader & TURNITIN.COM TUESDAY
get info/background for BEAT!!!
next week is LAST WEEK w/current team!

10.1.15

APP REVIEW printout today, get it stamped
-->peer activity to be done by tomorrow & turned in w/packet
Packet due tomorrow!
CYOA due tomorrow
weekly challenge: #bethevoice ideas
COMING UP:
MAKE YOUR BEAT CONTACT

9.30.15

REMEMBER: YOU ARE THE VOICE OF WHHS!!!
Team Meet/Daily Tweet
•1st draft of App Review printed by tomorrow!!!
•CYOA due by FRIDAY
COMING UP
contact source(s) for beats by FRIDAY
we will upload App Review to editors & TURNITIN.COM

9.29.15

Team Meet, Daily Tweet
CYOA due FRIDAY... check off notes/first drafts
have a printed copy of App Review on THURSDAY
App Review FD due Oct. 6 (email to Team Lead & Turn It In)

9.28.15

LAST CHANCE PACKETS
>all beats posted to website
CYOA this week!
-->notes from class blog links if you are trying a new option
Team Meet, daily Tweet
This week's challenge: #ideas

9.25.15

Team meet, daily tweet
packet due!
-->5 tweets screenshot
-->campus beat printout
-->App Review stamped sources
posters due!
COMING UP
App Review step 3 due Mon. EOP

9.24.15

Team meet/daily tweet
packet due tomorrow
>campus beat due! must be printed
>5 tweets w/ screen shots
>step 2 of App Review
POSTERS DUE TOMORROW
COMING UP:
1st draft of APP review due MONDAY EOP
start research of CYOA...

9.23.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
App Review Step 2 due TODAY
team challenge! poster due by Friday
-->everyone must work on it for full points
campus beat due FRIDAY
--> must be at least 2¶'s w/5 sentences each
start thinking about your CYOA...

9.22.15

Team Meet/Daily Tweet
>App Review Step 2 due tomorrow by EOP
>Campus Beat due Friday
>group challenge: make a poster
  (5 pts. per person participating)
  • follow us on Twitter
  •follow us on Instagram
 •go to our website pawprints.guhsd.net
  (off the school website)
  •Starbucks card to one of our followers

9.21.15

Team meet, daily tweet
LAST CHANCE PACKETS
#IthoughtIwascool
App Review step 2 due WED.
Campus Beat due Friday
>team leaders: posting on our website

9.18.15

Team Meet, daily tweet, weekly total
PACKET DUE...
>print out screenshot (b&w) of Tweets
>print out DYOA
>notes on Story Training
COMING UP
Campus Beat next Friday
Story Training step 2 due 9/23

9.17.15

team meet/daily tweet
packet due tomorrow...
REMEMBER:
>screenshot of tweets: print in black
>attach copy of CYOA (print in library?)
>step 1 of Writing App Reviews also due in packet
start beat research/contact for next week

9.16.15

•how to do screenshots
•how to deliver your CYOA
•reminder: weekly challenge
•check off "CYOA" notes as well...
>you should start looking into subject of next
  week's beat
COMING UP
>CYOA due FRIDAY
>APP REVIEW step 1 due Friday

HANDY LINKS

website login:

http://pawprints.guhsd.net/wp-login.php?loggedout=true

our website:

http://pawprints.guhsd.net

APP REVIEWS

choose TWO to read from this list...

http://appadvice.com/reviews

9.11.15

Team meeting: daily tweet
campus beat DUE (email or googledoc)
PACKETS DUE TODAY
•COMING UP•
start planning your "CYOA"!!!
>research & stuff

9.10.15

Team meeting, daily tweet
campus beat due tomorrow
(google doc share or email to team leader)
work on leads notes & CYOA notes
COMING UP
campus beat due tomorrow
packet due tomorrow
REMINDER: press passes when on campus!

9.9.15

Team Meeting, daily tweet, etc.
Work on Campus Beat: you need to follow story format depending on lead
notes on types of leads
notes on CYOA
COMING UP:
Campus Beat, packet due Friday

Inverted Pyramid & Summary Lead

9.8.15

Team Meeting
last chance packets
last week's winner
new #bethevoice
story structures & leads
Take notes on types of leads (1/2 pg. min):
http://cubreporters.org/leads.html
Take notes on type of CYOA you want to do (1/2 pg. min)
COMING UP
Campus Beat due by FRIDAY to team leader
CYOA next Friday, research this week

9.4.15

Team meeting
Twitter articles
finish this week's assignments
packet due
COMING UP:
starting working on your Campus Beat-- due next Friday

9.3.15

Team meeting
packet details
>do you have your Twitter?
>do you have your beat contact(s)?
Twitter article x3: 5 tips from each article
COMING UP:
packets due tomorrow

Good Tweets

http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/the-perfect-tweet/447086

http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/tweet-formulas-to-get-you-started-on-twitter

http://www.prnewswire.com/knowledge-center/Mastering-the-Art-of-Writing-a-Good-Tweet-to-Promote-Your-News.html

9.2.15

Syllabus review
Bi-weekly assignments
>Team Meeting Talk
>CYOA
Twitter articles-- 5 "tips/points" from each by Friday's packet
HW:
read your Twitter articles!
got your Twitter account???
get your syllabus signed

9/1/15

welcome… find your team
team introductions
Name that Machine
syllabus
HW:
get that syllabus SIGNED!!!
sign up for a new TWITTER

Choose Your Own Assignment

Political Cartoon

A political cartoon is, obviously, a cartoon drawn to communicate an idea about a political or social issue, to either make a particular point or make people think. For this assignment, you would make a point about some issue/idea relevant to teen life.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Political-Cartoon

http://www.quora.com/What-are-good-ways-to-learn-drawing-political-cartoon

Of course, you can google "political cartoons" and see many examples. Make sure if you do this assignment your IDEAS and DRAWINGS are your own.


Photo Journal

A photo journal documents some aspect of a person, event, life, etc., through photography and descriptions/explanations for each image. For this assignment, you will follow and document an aspect of WHHS life. You must have 6-10 pictures and descriptions for this assignment.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2104842_keep-photo-journal.html


Written Interview

There are a lot of people to talk to on campus-- for a lot of reasons. This assignment is a Q&A (questions and answer) session with an individual involved with WHHS or of interest to the WHHS community. You must have 10 questions minimum for this assignment.

https://thewritepractice.com/six-ways-to-ask-better-questions-in-interviews/

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-Interview-Questions


Video Interview

It's similar to the written interview, but you record and edit it. There is online software for video editing provided by the district called WeVideo. You must have 10 questions minimum for this assignment.


Campus Poll/Survey

For this assignment, you can ask relevant questions to the student body and discuss the results. You can do a verbal or online poll/survey. You must have five questions minimum for this assignment and ask at least 25 students. You discussion of the results must be at least 10 sentences.

https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/survey-conducting.html

https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/writing-survey-questions/


Comic Strip

One option is to write an actual comic strip. Ideas and images need to be your own.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Comic-Strip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtVJdaqdqU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0abt8AYfr8


Visual/Performing Art Piece/Event Review

Many students are involved with visual or performing arts. You can choose to highlight a student's artwork, what a class is doing, a student art exhibit, play, band or dance performance, etc. This review must be at least three paragraphs long and reflect the ideas given in the links below.

For art:
http://www.artpromotivate.com/2012/02/how-to-write-critique-of-art-tips.html

For performing arts:
https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/PlayReview.html


Sport/Game Review

Sports are an important part of many students' lives. You can attend a game or practice and write a follow-up piece to give an account of the event. This review must be at least three paragraphs long and reflect the ideas given in the links below.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4424027_write-sports-match-recap.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_2075195_write-sports-article.html

http://sportisourstory.tumblr.com/post/54856803482/writing-match-recaps-what-to-say


Story Training Reboot

As we do more story training assignments, you are welcome to do another version of that assignment for "CYOA." You need to follow the assignment parameters given in the original assignment.


Your Own Idea

Have an idea not on this list? Talk to Mr. Brent about it.

Restaurant Review links

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Food-Review


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112984/Olive-Garden-restaurant-gets-rare-rave-review-85-year-old-columnist--goes-viral.html