Grade 12 (Journalism)

  • Complete the regular Newspaper-Magazine Article Assignment and email to me at amylingen80 @ yahoo . com by no later than Friday, October 12.
  • Refine/complete the second draft of your newspaper assignment and email to me at amylingen80 @ yahoo . com by no later than Friday, October 12.
  • PLEASE MAIL BOTH ASSIGNMENTS IN ONE EMAIL.
  • Complete the first draft of any additional assignments you may have.
  • Remember, final publication date is set for Monday, October 29 and all final drafts are due by Monday, October 22!!  As a reminder, your individual assignments are as follows:
    1.             Photographer– Alfredo
    2.             Artist– Sebastian
    3.             CIPLC & Local News– Sebastian
    4.             Current Events EditorialDaniel Finco
    5.             EditorialMelissa
    6.             Publicity– Baylee
    7.             Agenda–  Daniel Finco (Alfredo birthdays)
    8.             Classifieds Jessie
    9.             Sports Baylee (American), Melissa & Jessie (female sports), Alfredo (the rest)
    10.            Humor/Comics/GamesSebastian
    11.            People Spotlight– Jessie
    12.            “Dear Bobbi”– Baylee
    13.            Arts and EntertainmentMelissa (Jessie assists)
    14.            Writer’s CornerMs. Lingenfelter
    15.            Pictures Section Alfredo
  • Complete the FIRST DRAFT of your newspaper writing assignment.  This should be the assignment that involves writing an actual article, as opposed to an assignment like agenda, photography, etc.
  • We will use the next class time to peer-edit, discuss layout, and complete our other assignments, among other items.
  • #1: Make final corrections to the editorial returned to you in class on Thursday, 9-20-12.  Make sure it is in the typed format (Times New Roman, double-spaced, etc.)
  • #2: The usual newspaper article summary.  This time, you can choose any type of article, but please CHOOSE ONE YOU HAVEN’T READ BEFORE THAT IS NOT RELATED TO YOUR CURRENT ASSIGNMENT!
  • Finish writing your review of “Pirates of the Caribbean” (first movie).  
  • (Remember to make this review double-spaced, Times New Roman, Size 12-13).

  • Find a review of the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean” (the first one), print, and bring to class.
  • Please make corrections to/write the FINAL DRAFT of both your Human Interest Article and your Straight News Article.  Both should be typed, in their final format.  IF the article is already in newspaper style column format, that is OK.  If not, please submit it typed, Times New Roman Font, size 13, double-spaced.
  • IF there are any improvements/changes that need to be made to the first draft of your editorial article based on what you learned in class today, please make those changes.  If not, please make sure your FIRST DRAFT is ready and typed by Wednesday before class begins.