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Two]
Applied Journalism Calendar last updated on 12/11/03
Journalism meets 1st hour Semester One
| Semester One | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Week 1 Days in darker shade are days we don't meet or there is no school. Due dates are in red. |
8/25
Seating chart Homework: bring newspapers, scissors & glue stick |
8/26 Go over list of terms. Work on scrapbook: due on or before Friday 1/24. |
8/27 All 8 periods Work on scrapbook.
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8/28 Get books; read chapter one; do questions for chapter one; due 9/2. |
8/29
Terms scrapbooks are due.
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Week 2 Bring newspapers to class daily if possible. |
9/1 Labor Day; no school |
9/2 Terms quiz Questions for chapter one are due. Get News Friday Assignment: Fill out report and be ready for Friday 9/12. Assign chapter 2 and questions for 9/4. |
9/3 odd Questions activity
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9/4 Chapter 2 questions are due. Develop a beat system. |
9/5 Assign chapter 3 and questions for 9/9. |
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Week 3 5 news determinants:
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9/8
"5 news determinants" |
9/9 Chapter 3 questions are due. Review types of leads. Lead writing practice #1 (partner). |
9/10 even |
9/11 Assign chapter 4 and questions for 9/15. Lead writing practice #2 (partner). |
9/12 News Friday #1 Beat report #1 due |
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Week 4 |
9/15 Ch. 4 questions due. Inverted Pyramid and review news style. Get study guide for test (9/22). |
9/16 Assign. Ch. 12 & 13, due 9/18. Get reporter's notes #1 and work with partner to write a news story. |
9/17 odd Work on story; must be typed, double spaced by Thurs. 9/18. |
9/18 Ch. 12 & 13 due. Story from notes #1 due, typed. Copy editing |
9/19 News Friday #2 Beat report #2 due
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Week 5 |
9/22 Test
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9/23 Get reporter's notes #2. Write news story (individual), due 9/29), use rubric for guide. |
9/24 even |
9/25
Work day. midquarter |
9/26 News Friday #3 Beat report #3 due
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| Week 6 |
9/29 News story from notes #2 due. Assign ch. 5 for 10/1. |
9/30 Assign: Writing a life, more than an obituary (partner), due 10/6. |
10/1 odd
Newsies
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10/2 Newsies |
10/3
Newsies Homecoming News Friday #4 |
| Week 7e smoke in air, or ripples on a stream." Virgil to Dante, Canto XXIV |
10/6 Obituary due |
10/7 Assign ch. 6, due 10/9 |
10/8 even
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10/9
Ch. 6 due. |
10/10
News Friday #5 |
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Week 8 |
10/13 Ch. 7 due.
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10/14 Activity: analyzing two sport stories (partner). |
10/15 odd
finish sports analysis activity Assign chapter 8 questions; due Monday |
10/16 Analyzing editorials; Using the SPECS system. Due at end of hour |
10/17 News Friday #6 |
| Week 9 |
10/20 Ch. 8 due; get Ch. 9 questions (due 10/23). |
10/21 Activity with ch. 14 and headlines (partner), due at end of hour. NEWSPA |
10/22 even
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10/23 Ch. 9 questions due; Assign Famous Journalist project (partner). In Lab |
10/24 In Lab News Friday #7 (hand in). |
| Week 10 |
10/27 In Lab Group Photo Day |
10/28 In Lab |
10/29 odd
In Lab Quarter One ends |
10/30 No School |
10/31 No School |
| Week 11 |
11/3 Famous journalist presentations |
11/4 Famous journalist presentations |
11/5 even
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11/6 Famous journalist presentations |
11/7 Famous journalist presentations News Friday #8 |
| Week 12 |
11/10 Test on ch. 5-9 & 14. |
11/11
Assign: ch. 22; due 11/13 |
11/12 odd Video: Joseph Pulitzer Biography Assign 1st Amendment: recite on or before 12/12
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11/13 Ch. 22 due today. Assign ch. 23, due 11/17 |
11/14 Pulitzer assignment due today. News Friday #9 |
| Week 13 |
11/17 Ch. 23 due Hazelwood play |
11/18 Protected and Unprotected speech. Introduce: The Press and the World project |
11/19 even
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11/20 In Lab |
11/21 No School |
| Week 14 |
11/24 In Lab |
11/25 In Lab |
11/26 odd In Lab
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11/27 No School |
11/28 No School |
| Week 15 |
12/1 Dying to Tell the Story |
12/2 Dying to Tell the Story |
12/3 even
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12/4 Work Day
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12/5 midquarter News Friday #10 |
| Week 16 |
12/8 Press and the World presentations begin |
12/9 Press and the World presentations |
12/10 odd Press and the World presentations
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12/11 Press and the World presentations |
12/12 Press and the World presentations Last day to recite the 1st Amendment |
| Week 17 |
12/15 All the President's Men |
12/16 All the President's Men |
12/17 even
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12/18 All the President's Men |
12/19 All the President's Men assignment due today. |
| Week 18 |
12/22 Introduce magazine project. Start answering questions and conceptualizing ideas. |
12/23 Get study guide for semester exam. Work on magazine project. |
12/24 No School
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12/25 No School |
12/26 No School |
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1/5 No School |
1/6 No School |
1/7 No School
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1/8 Work on magazine project. In Cad Lab |
1/9 Work on magazine project. In lab |
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| Week 19 |
1/12 Work on magazine project. In lab |
1/13 Work on magazine project. In lab |
1/14 all 8 classes Work on magazine project. In lab |
1/15 Present magazine idea to publisher. |
1/16 Present magazine idea to publisher. |
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Week 20 |
1/19 Present magazine idea to publisher. |
1/20 Semester Exams |
1/21 Semester Exams |
1/22 Semester Exams |
1/23 No School |
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