Do You Know News?

Find your preferred news publication online. 

Read 5 articles.

In an email, give me the following:

1) Headline

2) Byline

3) 5 Ws, written in complete sentences

4) How does this relate to or effect our school community (your audience)

5) Your source (the publication you got the articles from)

Making a "Brilliant" Video

As we continue our introduction to videography, watch this video and identify the 5 things you need to make a "brilliant video." View the video above.

Do Now: Please sign in to leave comments about the video. Use standard English, proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation for full credit.

Read this Math problem that I am having and solve it for me. 
Email me your responses at restaino.edu@gmail.com


Today we are selling concessions at the movie activity.
We have 32 cans of Sprite that cost 9.49 for the case
a 30 pack of Gatorade that cost 12.99
48 bags of popcorn that cost 17.98 for the box
24 cracker jack boxes that cost 5.99 for the box
and 40 assorted cookie bags that cost 10.99 for the box


How much should I sell each item for to make the most profit and still have people wanted to buy?
Example, I can make a lot of money if I sell the Sprite for $2 a can, but people won't by it, right?


How much money will I make if I sell everything? [Hint: subtract what I spent from what I earned to determine the profit]

Thurs. Oct. 3rd, 2013: Newsroom "Morning Meeting"

No matter what time of day we meet, real reporters get together at the start of the day to have "Morning Meeting." At this gathering they share stories ideas and pick assignments to cover either for the day or the week (depending on the publication). Editors can give assignments or reporters can pick.

Before we get started, click to complete this Anticipation Guide about what is newsworthy. Remember with Anticipation Guides it's what you think, don't worry about being right or wrong.

After that we will continue with Step 5 of yesterday's assignment, which was sharing/presenting our news pieces. Maybe you can explain what makes those stories newsworthy!

Report Back Oct. 2nd, 2013

Today your objective is to identify the 5Ws + H and the elements of a news article.
You will learn how to do this by completing the survey linked below.

DIRECTIONS:
1) Open up a new tab were you will do your news search
2) Find one article from a reputable news source
3) Read it in it's entirety
4) Complete the survey as your read (or after) from your original tab
5) Be prepared to share out

AFTER YOU'VE FOUND YOUR ARTICLE CLICK HERE TO START!

Today is Friday, before we get excited about the weekend let's talk about you.
(1) Click Here to Complete "Do Now"

After the "Do Now" we will briefly analyze the results. Next...

Do not ask me, "what are we supposed to do when we are done?"
Continue to read...
(2) Your focus will be on the updates on the possible military strike against Syria.

You are to find three reputable news sources and report back to me what they are saying about it. Add a link so I can read the full article on my own later.

You will email me your findings.
Email must have's!

This is an example of one summary, you still need three.

1. Subject (i.e. Syrian Strike Updates)
2. Greeting (i.e. Hello. Hi Ms. Restaino,)
3. In the body it should say, "According to [source name], President Obama plans to..."
4. A salutation (i.e. Thank You, Have a nice day)

Lastly today, (3) Please take today to catch up and correct any missing assignments. I have made comments on your Schoology assignments and you have not made corrections. Please check your assignments and work on them.

If you are, in fact, done and please with your Schoology assignments, please do the next lesson on TypingWeb.com

Your user name: last name and first three digits of your school ID

Password: collins

HOMEWORK: Watch, read, listen-- just don't make-- the news!

Syria

Today we are breaking away from the history of Journalism to talk about something very important in the news today.

The agenda for today is to take this brief survey, watch a 10 minute video from MSNBC.com, then independent find one news article about the same topic to share with your classmates on Schoology.com 

Your homework for tonight will be to watch or listen to the president's address on the topic of Syria. 

Remember, steps to creating a hyperlink:

Creating a link on the Mac.

1. Highlight the text on your narrative that you want to create the link for.
2. On the menu bar, click Insert.
3. Go down to the Hyperlink option and click. The Insert Hyperlink box will come up. 
4. Change the center setting from Web Page to Documents, if it is not already there.
5. Click Select and browse to your artifacts folder, then locate your first artifact. Shortcuts: hold Control down and click for "right click" Command +C for copy and Command +V for paste
6. Click on the artifact document you want. Note: When you click on Select (Step 5), if the document you want is not recognized, simply type the name of the file in the Link to box.  This will accomplish the same thing as clicking on the document.
7. Click OK, and the link has been made.

I Think It's Fun

8th Period, I would like for you to use Keynote to design a flyer for the next football game.
Collins Academy High School will play against Chicago Vocational Career Academy at Gately Stadium, next friday at 4:15PM

There are some essentials to any flyer so please use these helpful times as  guide.
1. SEAC
2.  Business Nation

When I have looked at it, I will let you know if it is okay to print. We will judge them as a class.

While you do have a formal assessment today, I think this will be kind of fun to do with you.