Leek Agendas

Wed 3/6

• Verbs

• Grades.  What's Left.

• Teleplay/Script for TV

• Start filming

• Issue #3--post by Friday

  • Post any of your writing that hasn't been published that you like

  • Read, edit and comment on other people's writing.

  • After Friday no promises on publishing

  • Hand them out Next Thursday--First day of Fourth Q

Thur 2/28

• Verbs

  • Teleplay/Script for TV

  • Issue #3

  • Edit TCAP

Wed. 2/27

Agenda:

• Verbs

  • Fillers/Visuals

  • TCAP Warm ups

  • Split--get drafts for tomorrow

    • TCAP 8, 10 or 12 pages

    • Leek News: Teleplay draft

Tues  2/26:

Content-Language Objective: Students will begin to put together the TCAP issue and formulate plans for The Leek News Video.  

Agenda:

• VerbsCYWTB?

  • TCAP or TV

  • Check Grades

Fri.  2/22:

Agenda:

• VerbsCYWTB?

  •  A Warm-up

  • Commit to a Charter Group

  • On your page, post what you want to contribute:

    • Charter Group

    • TCAP Issue

    • Issue #3

    • Leek News (Video)

Wed 2/20:

Agenda:

• Edit Movies

  •  Anchor Piece 

  • Cutaway to a remote

  • Interviews

  • "Raw" Footage

• Learn iMovie

  • Import

  • Edit

  • Audio

  • Transitions

  • Picture in Picture

  • Advanced Options

After Break:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

• Sample Pages

• Charters

• What's Next

• Writing/Warm-ups

Fri 2/15:

Agenda:

• Leek News?

• Charter groups have a "shoot out" challenge

• We wait for the Online class to catch up while practicing for a potential final

• Today: Shoot and import

  •  Anchor Piece

  • Cutaway to a remote

  • Interviews

  • "Raw" Footage

Tues 2/12

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

  • Tuesday: 

    • Edit draft 

    • Fill holes 

  • Wed final small, changes

  • Thursday: Handout

Fri 2/8

Content-Language Objectives: Students will move towards publishing Issue #2 through collaboration and their own writing.

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

  • Charter Groups: check in

  • Commit to stories

  • Homework: Comment on other people's pages

  • Post for Issue #2 by tomorrow

  • Tuesday: 

    • Edit draft 

    • Fill holes 

  • Wed final small, changes

  • Thursday: Handout

Tues 2/4

Content-Language Objectives: Students will move towards publishing Issue #2.

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

• Homework last night?

• Warm-up: Claim one from the Ideas Page

  • Charter Groups--reach out to on-liners?

  • Warm up

  • Write, write, write

  • Commit to stories by end of class

  • Homework: Comment on other people's pages

Tues 2/4

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

• Issue #1 Debrief

• Process 

• News Patterns

• RSS NewSheet

• Charter Groups

• Lynda.com

Fri 2/1

Agenda:

• Our Draft

  • 1) Editors, 2) Fillers, 3) Look at what's not on

  • Charter Groups

• password manager

• Teacher Quirks, Catch Phrases and Pet Peeves

• Edit our draft

• Graphics and fillers

Wed 1/30:

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

• password manager

• See what we've got

• Question on the street

• Prewriting for next issue (Valentine's, Oscar Preview What else?)

• Picture Warm-ups

• What your site should like

• End at 10:30

Tues 1/29:

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

• See what we've got

• Graphics?

• Make some cuts

• Valentines issue brainstorm

Fri 1/24

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

• Read, comment  and decide what's going in.

• Look at what we've got and see what we need.

• Finish/Publish for Tues/Wed

Wed 1/23

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

  • Graphics for your story

  • Scanning your pages for commas

• Pixlr

  • Features: StatShot, TV listings, Comics, Coupons, Ads, Upcoming Events, 

• Memes

• Crossword Clues

  • Question on the Street

Last Year's Filler Page

Old Fillers Page

Pictures

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Tues 1/22

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

  • Expectations

  • Pyramid

  • Phase Rubric

  • By Tuesday: Have 400 words to publish.

    • Shorter "News in Briefs" 

    • Longer Articles

  • Tuesday Peer Edit

  • Wednesday Visuals: Fillers, Graphics, Crosswords, Embellishment

  • Friday: Proof the final issue.

  • Tues 2/29 Publish Issue #1

Fri 1/18

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

  • Warmup:  Choose from the Ideas Page.

  • Go through everyone's site and comment.

  • Leek Examples: What do we want?

  • By Tuesday: Have 400 words to publish.

    • Shorter "News in Briefs" 

    • Longer Articles

  • Tuesday Peer Edit

  • Wednesday Visuals: Fillers, Graphics, Crosswords, Ebellishment

Wed. 1/16

Content-Language Objectives: Students will move from the pre-writing stage to the drafting stage for Issue #1.

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

  • Let's Make an Active Sentence

• Active Voice Quiz

  • Punctuating Dialogue and Quotes

  • Read your RSS 

    • Do we need to round out what we have?

  • Pictures--wander the school

  • Fillers 

  • Crosswords

• Charter Groups

Tues. 1/15

Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue pre-writing for issue #1 and decide on a charter group. 

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

  • Read your RSS 

  • Do you have two NewSheets?

  • Contribute to the Ideas Page

  • Warm-up Pick something from Ideas Page

  • Comment on other 

  • Join a charter Group

Fri 1/11

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

  • Let's get the Website Set

  • Warm-up

  • Homework for Tuesday

    • Follow the news

    • Add a NewSheet

    • Contribute to Ideas Page

    • Do some writing on your page

Wed 1/9

Content-Language Objectives: Students will get an introduction to the class and get set up on the website.

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

  • • How I do it in other classes

    • How should we do it?

• Getting started with the Website, 

• RSS 

• • Get an Intro to RSS News Feeds

  • Get a tour of Google Reader and sign up

    • Bloglines is also an option or you can find your own

• NewSheets

  • • Post it on your Wiki Page

• Ideas Page

• Charter Groups

• The Onion 

• • Online

  • others like it?

• Twitter Feed for The Leek

Tues 1/8

Content-Language Objectives: Students will get an introduction to the class and the basics of news writing.

Agenda:

• CYWTB?/Verbs

• Writing Questions/Attendance

• News Articles

  • Elements

  • Examples

• Warm-up from Ideas page

• Tomorrow: website, RSS, Charter Groups, NewSheets, The Onion, Twitter