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- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, “a factitious word alleged to mean ‘a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.'”
- A condition meeting the word’s definition is normally called silicosis.
- It occurs chiefly as an instance of a very long word.
- The 45-letter word was coined as the longest word to ever appear in an English language dictionary.
- Final publishing date: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11th
- Student Newspaper Assignments- Second Issue
REPORTING ROLES:
- Artist– Sebastian
- CIPLC & Local News– Daniel
- Current Events Editorial– Sebastian
- Editorial– Melissa & Alfredo
- Publicity– Baylee
- Agenda– Daniel Finco
- Classifieds– Not this issue
- Sports– Baylee (American) & Alfredo (local sports)
- Humor/Comics/Games– Sebastian
- People Spotlight– Jessica
- “Dear Bobbi”– The whole class
- Arts and Entertainment– Melissa
- Writer’s Corner– Ms. Lingenfelter
- Pictures Section– Alfredo (please take random pictures throughout the month)
TIMELINE/DUE DATES:
- Student completes first draft of all assignments AND submissions (most should be typed, printed out, and double-spaced): Tuesday, November 27th
- Teacher returns corrected draft to student: Friday, November 30th
- Student emails final draft to teacher: Monday, December 3rd
- The whole class puts together the final drafts in “Pages” in the computer lab: Monday, December 3rd and Wednesday the 5th
- Teacher edits final “Pages” draft of Caribbean Chronicle: Monday, December 10th
- Print/circulation of Caribbean Chronicle: Tuesday, December 11th
- Finish the “How to Write a Sports Story” worksheet (and read the rest) in addition to the weekly newspaper article.
- Please make manual edits to YOUR section of the Caribbean Chronicle and place in Mr. Lemoine’s mailbox by NO LATER than tomorrow, 11-7-12 before 4th block! Feel free to comment on any aspects you want, such as layout/formatting, spelling, grammar, mechanics, etc.
- Also make edits and/or rewrite the article captions on Page 1 that summarize your particular article.
- Staple everything together when you submit the edits.
- Please email me the final draft of your Caribbean Chronicle articles/ documents to me with the accompanying photos to my First Class email (amy . lingenfelter @ ciplc . org) by tonight at 8 pm
- Email format: “Name- Type of Article” in the subject line
- Please include the FINAL DRAFT of the article AND the accompanying photo in the same email
- Make the corrections to the first draft of your “Pirates” review and turn in a final typed, printed copy to me with the first draft stapled to the back.
- Make the corrections to your “Caribbean Chronicle” assignment and turn in a final typed, printed copy to me with the first draft stapled to the back.
Please click below for an example of successful commercials that attempted to persuade their audience to buy a PRODUCT (in these cases, an iPod and an iPad):
Please click below for an example of a successful public service announcement that attempted to persuade its audience to buy an IDEA / INFORMATION (that you shouldn’t do drugs):
How to write a print advertisement:
- Read the remaining two newspaper articles about the Venezuelan 2012 election that you and your group did not read and be prepared to answer detailed questions about them in class.
- Also complete a WWWWH worksheet based on the editorial article only.