Advanced Journalism
Tuesday-continue Gauger edits, brainstorm business ads
Wednesday-business sales continued, theme development
Thursday-theme development with yearbook rep
Friday-AP Style Quiz
Journalism
Tuesday-present Supreme Court cases, takes notes over other cases
Wednesday-study of Jason Aldean’s song-did CMT violate 1st Amendment rights?
Thursday-test review for Supreme Court decisions
Friday-AP Style Quiz, Supreme Court test
Advanced Journalism
Monday-Friday
Theme development for yearbook, brainstorm newspaper ideas for first edition
Journalism 1
Monday
TEKS ยง110.62(b)(3)(A): Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of news.
The fundamentals of news. Students will view video and answer worksheet that reinforces learning from last week.
Tuesday
News Values-Students will learn the different news values and identify those values in stories.
Wednesday
Test over news elements and values
Thursday
Begin 1st Amendment study-assign important court cases to research
Friday
AP Style Quiz, continue 1st Amendment research
Periods 2-4
Monday-No School
Tuesday
Class Procedures and Expectations, Student Info Sheet
Wednesday
TEKS 1A
Students will discuss and evaluate different leadership styles. Students will complete the leadership style reflection PDF; discuss the results as a full class. Students will get into assigned groups and research leadership style surveys.
Thursday
TEKS 1A, 1B
Students will take individual leadership style survey and write a reflection paper about their results. Students should evaluate how they use their leaderships traits in class, as well as outside of class.
Friday
Students will present their findings and reflection to the class.
Periods 5-8
Monday-No School
Tuesday
Class Procedures and Expectations, Student Info Sheet
Wednesday
TEKS 1A, 1B
What is News notes. Complete handout on news or not news? Discuss.
Thursday
Podcast, Complete listening guide
Opinion creep: How facts lost ground in the battle for our attention
Friday
Preview sample AP style quiz, will begin with rules and testing next week
Complete Checkology What is News?
https://checkology.org/lessons/lesson/2
Monday-Students will take pictures at the elementary recess time for a yearbook assignment.
Tuesday-Students will identify these students pictured from yesterday and delete any bad, blurry photos.
Wednesday-Students will take notes over caption writing. We will practice writing captions together.
Thursday-Students will go to elementary to get quotes for their selected pictures.
Friday-AP Style Quiz
5th period
Monday-Review AP Style Test, receive new current event assignment, continue 1st Amendment case study
Tuesday-Finish 1st amendment case study, present to class
Wednesday-Thursday-Social media manager activity
Friday-AP Style Test, current event presentation
Monday-students will take notes over Crash Course Media Literacy (History of Journalism-Part 1) video, we will discuss how the history of journalism has shaped our country, Introduction to First Amendment
Tuesday-First Amendment activity, students will be assigned court cases to research
Wednesday-class time for research
Thursday-present findings on each court case, display visuals
Friday-Current Event Friday (students will present the current event of their choice)
All classes will work on the escape room challenge. This activity will reenforce critical thinking skills as well as familiarize students with procedures associated with journalism. This could overlap into the second day.
Monday-Class time to finish All About Me slide, fill out google form
Tuesday-All classes will go over procedures/policies for their respective course. We will also do an icebreaker activity, followed by proper professional communication training.
Wednesday-
5th period-Introduction to Media Literacy. We will watch video and complete notes as we go.
2nd, 4th & 7th periods-Work on yearbook theme development and newspaper pitches.
3rd & 6th periods-Work on news lead writing
Thursday-
Please see the attached Course Syllabus. It contains important information such as online learning procedures, class supplies, google classroom codes and class expectations.
At the end of the syllabus is a google form link that confirms the student is aware of expectations/consequences. Submission of this document serves as a course contract agreement that can be referenced at a later date if needed.
Everyone that is enrolled in my class, no matter what section you are in, will need a 1 inch binder. This is where your daily bell ringer activities, class notes and handouts will stay. You will not be allowed to leave your binder in my room. You will also need blue or black pens and a highlighter. Aside from those basic supplies, most of your work will be done on your chromebook. Many of your writing assignments will be turned in through Google classroom.
If you are on my UIL Journalism team, you will need a separate binder. This will travel with you to and from UIL meets. You will keep your notes and papers with judges comments in this binder. Please have this ASAP so we can start adding documents to the notebook in our preparation to reclaim the state journalism championship.