The Leek Online

Update for 4/29/13

You need to get down to writing this week.  Set aside an hour each day.

Start with some NewSheets

https://sites.google.com/site/theleekonline/The-Leek/2011-newsheets

Then post ideas to the ideas page.  Write your own ideas or take ideas of the page.

https://sites.google.com/a/bvsd.org/the-leek/home/leek-ideas

Your page should like this:

https://sites.google.com/a/bvsd.org/the-leek/home/issue-1-sample-page

Let's get the issue published and then I will talk to you about what will follow.  I'm going to have you all do your own magazine

Some Documents to Review:

Read the Syllabus.

Review the Phase Rubric to see how you'll be graded.

Watch the following video to see how you can get started on the website.

Here are some first steps to go through this week (before Spring Break)

• • Set up your webpage on The Leek Homepage

  • Answer the First Day Writing Questions and attach them to your Webpage

Next: (Start before Spring Break and finish no later than the end of Spring Break)

• • Get set up on Google Reader--watch the following video:

From there...

• • Follow the news--through Google Reader--daily

  • Complete your first NewSheet--you will do two in the first two weeks of class

  • Contribute to The Ideas Page

  • Claim an idea from the Ideas Page and start writing (on your webpage)

  • If you want to see what your page should look like by April 5th, Click Here

After you've done some writing, go through these last steps for Issue #1

• • For Issue #1 you should submit at least 400 words--as one longer piece or several, smaller "news in brief" pieces 

  • Read other people's pages and make comments (on the Leek main page)

You need to complete all this before April 5th or you may be withdrawn from the class.

The Information below is from a previous class--I'm keeping there until it relates to our class. You can ingnore it.

Warm-up Page

Remaining Schedule 

• • Thurs 2/28:  Do NewsSheets: you should have four total

  • Fri 3/1: Take ideas from the Ideas Page.  Do some writing on your webpage

• • Mon 3/4:  Continue writing—pick your favorite stories to develop into your published pieces for Issue  #3

  • Tues 3/5: Read, edit and make comments on other people’s writing. 

  • Wed 3/6:  Check IC and see what you’re missing. Check The Final Sample Page and compare it to your own. 

  •  Thurs 3/7:  Work to get enough work completed for the quarter.

  •  Fri 3/8: Last Day of 3rd Q

  • Mon 3/11: 3rd Q Exhibition Day.  Feel free to check in with Pfouts in person

  • Tues-Thurs 3/12-14: Finish up—extra work can be published in 4th quarter’s issue #1 in order to allow you to pass this quarter.

  •  Fri 3/15: Last day I will accept work

  • Mon 3/18Grades Due

Update for 2/28

• • You should have received a note in Advisory outlining what to do.

  • Review what needs to be done below and make sure you've done it all

Update for Wed. 2/20

After a nice, long weekend, you need to get back into the swing of things. Go through the following list:

• • You should follow the news and complete two NewSheets.  You can find what you need on the NewSheets Page. by Fri 2/22

  • If you want to see what your page should look like by next week, check out this Sample Page.

  • Charter groups--same ones? You decide. Check in and see what the seminar class has started on the Charter Pages.  by Fri 2/22

  • We're making a TCAP Issue. Go to the Ideas Page and contribute and claim ideas. Do this over the weekend.

  • Do some warm ups on your webpage.   Do this over the weekend.

We're going to produce a short, entertaining issue for students taking the TCAP.   After that we will have a more standard Final Issue. 

Next week you will post to a TCAP Issue Page and Issue #3 Page. 

The video I sent you:

Watch this video to get clarity on things you need to do: