Agendas
Last Day:
Watch our Final Movies
Not sure when grades are due. Get the letter done today.
Sam: Frumpy vs Hunter
Last Week:
Show our drafts--share link
Give/get feedback
Week of 10/23
Show our Intro Videos
Interviews Done by Wednesday
Thursday w/Marco?
Week of 10/16
Content Language objectives: Students will prepare themselves for the final project through writing instruction, idea generating, discussion and research.
CYWTB? Make a copy and rewrite the sentences
Read each other's intros--leave comments
Next Thursday's deal.
Interest Inventory (put in your folder)
Agenda:
Interview footage and editing--practice put something in your folder or share a link with me
Tip of the week: Jump cuts
Jump Cuts(with two Cameras)
Interest Inventory (put in your folder)
Tuesday Night Homework: Decide on your Documentary topic and write the intro script--something that would be a minute or so.
Timeline:
Wed 10/18: Draft of intro Script
Thurs 10/19: research time, refine essay, schedule interviews
Fri 10/20: Compile footage for intro
Weekend: Edit/conduct interviews
Mon 10/23: Show intro videos in class
Tues 10/24: Interviews
Wed 10/25: Interviews Completed
Thurs 10/26:(Pfouts Gone)
Fri 10/27: Edit footage
Weekend:
Mon 10/23:
Tues 10/24: Show a draft in class
Wed 11/1: Fine tune
Thurs 11/2: Finish
Fri 11/3: Watch Party (Final Letter)
Tues/Wed 10/10-11
Doc Study Paper Due
Get you interview footage in your Drive Tues
Edit Wed. 10 points per day--we're talking about practice
Then we'll make our own To Do List
Possible Topics
Do you think the _______ will a championship?
Flag Protests
Paying College Athletes
NVHS Sports
What do you know/think about ________
What are you favorite sports memories/triumphs
What role do sports play in your life? Are they too big?
To what extent is Boulder a Sports Town?
Interview Help
Interview Tips & Tricks from Vimeo
10/9
Read the sports news
Generate questions
Interview each other on your topic
Try out the mics and equipment
Doc Study Paper (Due Tuesday)
10/6
Let's get going on your Doc Study Paper (Due Tuesday)
Monday: Interviews Active writing--peer edit--proofreading. Looking at examples.
Get rubrics back
Grades
Notes--Doc Study Paper
Start showing clips
Documentary Intros
Filming Interviews
Chunk out look at what makes a Doc.
Upcoming units and schedule
Thursday-Friday Sept 28-29
Content Language objectives: Students will finish watching their Documentaries and taking notes. They will get ready to present their clips.
Agenda:
Take notes
Finish watching by Friday
Monday: start showing clips
Next Week: Presentations, Papers, Topics and Intros
Filming Interviews
Chunk out look at what makes a Doc.
Wednesday:
Continue
Update on NFL Protests
Take notes
Branded 9 for 9 (an example)
Mon/Tues Plans
Ken Burns (Mon)
Did you post your Ken Burns Observation?
Start your Documentary Study (Tues)
pick a director, theme or topic that interests you. Start watching today. We'll check in Wednesday.
Fri. 9/22
Finish Presentations
Documentary Resources
Monday-Tues Plans
Places to Look:
Spike Lee's Short Films about Sports
Sports Index: Top Documentary Films
Week of 9/19
Tues: Post your Blogger link here
Start making presentations
Quicktime/Screencastify/WeVideo
Thurs: Presentations
Fri: Watch Something Together? Mon/Tues
Sports Index: Top Documentary Films
Spike Lee's Short Films about Sports
Thurs/Fri 9/14-15
Any Updates I need to check out?
Creative Writing--create a doc in your folder to respond to the poems and story
Casey at the Bat
audio (Keillor included)
Post your Blogger link here and Sports Poem
Who's on First
(predict the ending/aftermath)
Friday:
Get the ending to "He Swung and He Missed"--write your reaction.
"The "Springboard" short discussion
Wed 9/13
Any Updates I need to check out?
Blogger
Wrap-up Your Athlete Profile/Blurb
Find Documentary or film about your person
present next week
Tues 9/12
Content-Language Objectives: Students will reflect on the class so far through writing their first papers.
Grades
Articles and blurbs
Try Blogger
Try to Peer Edit Today at the end--or do it as homework w/a whomie or two
Thurs: Creative Writing (Casey/Who's on First)
9/11
Check Assignments Page & Blog/Blurb List
Rubin Carter Blurb (my example)
Week of 9/4
Watch The Hurricane
Post your Article--due Friday
Michael Bennett (Martellis too)
Women's Tennis
Rockies/WildCard
Check Assignments Page & Blog/Blurb List
9/1
Content Language objectives: Students will finish the video essay unit and move towards their article.
Agenda:
Finish Video Essays
Cover a sporting event this weekend--Articles next week
Types of Sports Pieces--read The Straight-Lede Game Story
The Denver Post--look at sports page types of pieces they write.
If you go to something that's televised, record it. (You don't have to take notes.)
Make a plan to watch an event--tell me your plan.
Don't read any articles until you're done.
Tues-Thurs 8/28-31
Content Language objectives: Students will begin the video essay unit with a warm-up and a web search.
Agenda:
Two more examples
Finish script for your video essay
Find footage for your writing
Put links on the bottom of your doc
KeepVid--how we'll work around
Let's get one clip in you we video account
Finish Video Essays this week
Video Essay Assignment (From Documentaries class)
Mon 8/28
Content Language objectives: Students will begin the video essay unit with a warm-up and a web search.
Agenda:
Monday: Do the warmup/ start the script for your video essay
Find footage for your writing.
Write it and put links on the bottom of your doc
Keep Vid--how to do it
Fri Aug 25
Content Language objectives: Students will polish their columns, proofread and post it.
Agenda:
Proofreading Tricks
Label your column "done"
Video Essays
Short pieces and storyboards
Examples
Monday: Do the warmup/ start the script for your video essay
Find footage for your writing.
Write it and put links on the bottom of your doc
Keep Vid--how to do it
Wed-Thurs 8/23-24
Content Language objectives: Students will do some thinking about the issues they want to write about at start their columns.
Agenda:
Read the daily sports news.
Read what we found: 2017 Links
Generate a list: on Warm-ups Page
A warm-up based on the list we generated
Types of Sports Pieces--make sure your piece fits the description of a column.
Thursday: Work time/Peer edit
Fri: Column Due find video footage for it
Tues 8/22
Content Language objectives: Students will team up to find the places we will look for news in the sporting world.
Agenda:
Read this column on the Little League World Series.
Read the daily sports news. Go out find a column that interests you.
Link it here: 2017 Links
Wed: A warm-up based on the list we generated
Look at Grades
A place to look:
Useful Links (from previous class)
Mon 8/21
Syllabus questions
Chris Long (Article)
Chris Long (Column)
Edge of Sports (Columns)
Warm-up: thought on Kaepernick, Long and Race in the NFL.
Friday 8/18
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get a sense of how the class will work, what makes a sports article and an introduction to how we'll do video.
Agenda:
Intros and favorite sport
Folder Set-Up
Google Team Drive--willing to try?
Info Sheet/Attendance
CYWTB?
What is Sport?
Why do all cultures have sports?
What do you think about sports in 2017? In the US or Worldwide? Their importance?
To what extent to you enjoy them? What bothers you about them?
Syllabus as homework
Monday:
Predictions for fun
Syllabus questions
Mon-Tues 5/21-22
Video editing--make up writing, revisions
Conferences on grades
Watch Final Movies
Make an Exhibition Day Plan
Thurs 5/18
Agenda:
Verbs/CYWTB?
Video editing--make up writing, revisions
Conferences on grades
Thurs 5/17
Agenda:
Verbs/CYWTB?
Video editing--make up writing, revisions
Funky Schedule 8:45-10:15
Mon-Tue 5/14-15
Agenda:
Verbs/CYWTB?
Grades
check them
to do lists
conferences
Final Writing Assignments?
Final Video Begins
handout
rubric
planning
Summer Hype movie
Faith/Donna Movie
Mon 5/7-Thurs 5/10
Agenda:
Verbs/CYWTB?
CopyCats? Show me and we'll watch them.
WWJD? Write and storyboard an intro.
Final Pieces
Hoop Dreams & Documentary Style
Where are we with the blogs?
Grades updated
Tomorrow:
Screenplay writing
More Columnists--storyboards
Final piece Warm ups and support
Thursday: Drafting--peer edit after break
Fri 5/4
Agenda:
Verbs/CYWTB?
CopyCats? Show me and we'll watch them.
Blogs
Finish writing
Read others and edit
Do the scans and consider our agenda
Revise
Thurs 5/3
Content Objectives: We will go over some proofreading tricks and then dive into our research
and study their chosen athletes and get set up with Blogger.
Language Objectives:
Read: my blog
Write: on their own blog
Listen: to instruction and discussion
Speak: offer opinions, ask questions
Agenda:
Verbs
Scanning tricks we haven't covered: CYTWB?
Reactions to The Hurricane
My Blog
Your People
Start reading
Get set up on Blogger
Start writing
Send me your link
Tues. 5/1
Agenda
Finish The Hurricane
If time permits
Verbs/CYWTB?
Choose an athlete from the list--or on your own
Check out my blog as an example
Mon 4/30
Content Objectives: We will wrap up our last unit--copy cat videos and Piece #2--and begin our next unit on historical sports figures.
Agenda
Verbs/CYWTB?
Stuff back--grades. Make a plan.
Start The Hurricane
Some people will start researching--some will finish the CopyCat
Tomorrow:
We watch the CopyCats--and review what we know
Finish The Hurricane
Check out my blog as an example
Check out and choose from the list
Previous Class' Work on the next project
Thurs- Fri 4/26-4/27
Content Objectives: We will advance our video skills by doing the Copy Cat Project
Agenda
Verbs/CYWTB?
Finish planning your CopyCat
Complete Storyboard
Start Filming
Finish by end of class Friday
Mon 4/23:
Peer Edit--Piece #2 get a grade learn another trick
Show me your notebook
West Lab--draft due at break
Midterm grades due today
After break mapping out your Field of Dreams Copycat
Thurs 4/19:
Day of Silence--Homophobia and Sports
Piece #2
West Lab and decide what we're doing.
Tues 4/17:
Field of Dreams
Mon. 4/16
Content Objectives: We will continue with our next writing unit--looking at short stories and poems.
Verbs/CYWTB?
"He Swung and He Missed" discussion/ending
Poetry warm ups
Springboard type poem
Acrostic
Parodies
"Who's on First?"
Dialogue (with partner?)
Short Stories for tomorrow
Fri 4/13
Content Objectives: We will move into our next writing unit and wrap up/review what we've learned about video production.
Agenda:
Verbs/CYWTB?
Watch videos that are done.
"He Swung and He Missed"/editing time
Poetry
"Springboard"
Metaphor warm-up
"Casey at the Bat"
parodies
Mon-Thurs: 4/9-4/12
Video Essays
Thurs 4/5
Content Objectives: We will get back into the class, catch up on what's going on in sports and see what we're doing next.
Agenda:
Verbs/CYWTB?
Review our writing Piece #1
Active Writing
Peer edit
Sentence Starts
Peer Edit
Video #2 Your script for it. Start the process.
Fri 4/6
Verbs/CYWTB?
The Sports Page
How actively do they write?
Turn in Storyboards
Watch/critique examples
Questions on Mini-Essay Handout
Warm up: Give each other a motivational poster topic.
Get going on Piece #2
Monday: review our writing Piece #1:
Active Writing
Peer edit
Sentence Starts
Peer Edit
Thurs 4/5
Content Objectives: We will get back into the class, catch up on what's going on in sports and see what we're doing next.
Verbs/CYWTB?
Brackets?
Two new issues and readings:
Trayvon Martin
Active Writing--do they do it?
How is the piece organized?
Finish/Watch our videos
What's next with video--Video Collage
Read a few and storyboard--watch examples
Mini-Essay Handout
Fri 3/23
Verbs
Brackets
Active Writing
Peer edit
Sentence Starts
Peer Edit
Piece #1 due
Finish/Watch our videos
What's next with video--Video Collage
Thurs 3/22
Verbs/CYWTB?
Thursday--work time (six cpus, seven/eight study center some)
Read columns and articles
Friday: Piece #1 due
Writing instruction and peer edit
watch our videos
Mon-Tues 3/19-3/20
Content Objectives: Students will further consider what makes a sports article and get into the first video project, which will get them used to the software, the concepts of shots and force them to learn their classmates names. We will begin to look at columns
Language Objectives:
Read: columns
Write: a warm up
Listen: to instruction, discussion and group members
Speak: to a partner, ask questions, for the video project
Agenda:
Verbs/CYWTB?
Bracket update
Warm-up:
3/18-19 Warmup Choose one:
Should college athletes be paid? Is a scholarship enough?
What's your opinion on Peyton Manning coming to the Broncos?
First Video
Remember the goals
Show me your notebook
Look online for some columns
Draft of Article and Column due Friday
Homework:
check out these pages--read and write
Thursday--work time
Friday: Piece #1 due
writing instruction and peer edit.
Fri 3/16
Content Objectives: Students will
Language Objectives:
Read: some of today's sports page
Write: a warm up
Listen: to instruction, discussion and group members
Speak: to a partner, ask questions, for the video project
Agenda:
Verbs/CYWTB?
Bracket update
Warm-up:
3/16 warmup:
What do you think of Boulder as a sports town?
How connected do you feel to CU?
Syllabus Questions
Today's Sports Page
What makes a sports article
Article Assignment Coming
Homework: cover a sporting event
First Video Project
Thurs 3/15
Content Objectives: Students will get a sense of how the class will work, what makes a sports article and an introduction to how we'll do video.
Language Objectives:
Read: some of today's sports page
Write: on the info sheet, a warm up
Listen: to instruction, discussion and group members
Speak: to a partner, ask questions, for the video project
Agenda:
Info Sheet/Attendance
Verbs/CYWTB?
Warm-up:
What is Sport?
Why do all cultures have sports?
What do you think about sports in 2012? In the US or Worldwide? Their importance?
To what extent to you enjoy them? What bothers you about them?
Brackets
Today's Sports Page
What makes a sports article
First Video Project
Syllabus as homework
Tomorrow:
Syllabus questions
Bracket update
Articles review
What makes a column
Some examples
Get going with video