Quarter Two

Week Ten: Jan. 12th - 16th *End of the quarter and semester

Monday: "All the President's Men" assessment. Assignment: the Final Project - this will be your final exam for the semester. 

Tuesday - Wednesday: Working on final projects. 

Thursday - Friday: Sharing of projects.

Week Nine: Jan. 5th - 9th

Monday: Journalism unit continued. Watergate webquest and vocabulary. 

Tuesday: Presentation. Google Form - Watergate scandal information. Movie guide and lesson. 

Wednesday: Begin viewing of "All the President's Men". Complete the viewing guide. Pause during the slide presentation to discuss important journalistic elements. 

Thursday - Friday: Continue film/discussion.

Dec. 29th - Jan. 2nd - No School, Winter Break

Week Eight: Dec. 22nd - 26th

Monday: Personality Profiles due. 

Tuesday: No Class - early dismissal. 

Wednesday - Friday: No School - Winter Break

Week Seven: Dec. 14th - 19th

Monday: Ethics in Journalism - What Would You Do? - lesson and activity.

Tuesday: Writing a personality profile of a classmate. 

Wednesday - Friday: Watching a film about ethics in journalism, "Shattered Glass."

Week Six: Dec. 8th - 12th (Wed. is NEW midterm)

Monday: Guide to everything online presentation and activity. 

Tuesday: *Updated - early release, snow day.

Wednesday: Choose ANY article from an online publication. Complete the handout and use the link on GC to see where your source lines up politically

Thursday: Evaluating websites - lesson and assignment. Use the checklist.. 

Friday: DWhich One is Real? Do the lesson and assignment on GC. 

Week Five: Dec. 1st - 5th

Monday: Clicks for cash - discussion and activity online. 

Tuesday: Define/review media literacy and fake news. (handout). Do the assignment on GC for banner news. 

Wednesday: Sharing our banners from yesterday with the class. Fake or Real? Start the Fake News assignment on GC. 

Thursday: Finishing Fake news assignment and starting our own Fake News writing. 

Friday: Complete Fake news story - due at the end of the day Friday.

Week Four: Nov. 24th -28th

Monday: Update on assignments missing. Understanding confirmation bias. Lesson and video. 

Tuesday: Whose Fake news and Clicks for Cash presentation. 

Wednesday: Creating fake news stories to share. 

Thursday - Friday: No School

Week Three: Nov. 17th - 21st *Florida trip

Monday: How to Read the News handout: Understanding and identifying facts, truth, bias, and fabrication in the news. Media Checklist handout. 

Tuesday: Completing "How to Read the News" handout: 1-6 using an online article. 

Wednesday: Presentations - Facts/Lie and Two Truths and a Lie slide. Working on yesterday's assignment. 

Thursday - Friday: Two Truths and a Lie presentation and sharing with peers.

Week Two: Nov. 10th - 14th

Monday: No School 

Tuesday: "The Social Dilemma" viewing. 

Wednesday: Finish viewing the film and completing the handout. 

Thursday: Writing a response to the film. Explain next week for the Florida trip. 

Friday: No School

Week One: Nov. 3rd - 7th

Monday: Sharig commercial videos. Begin Social Media unit. Social Media Webquest, part 1 (on Google Classroom). 

Tuesday: Social Media Webquest part 2. 

Wednesday: Social Media and Confirmation Bias presentation. Before you watch activity "The Social Dilemma". 

Thursday - Friday: Begin film, "The Social Dilemma," and fill in the Active Viewing guide.

Quarter One

Week Nine: Oct. 27th - 31st **End of the Quarter**

Monday - Wednesday: Working on final commercial project. 

Thursday: projects due: all paperwork and sharing of the video with peers. Evaluations. 

Friday: No clas - end of qarter one activity. 

Week Eight: Oct. 20th - 24th

Monday: Commercial history presentation and assignment. Advertising techniques slideshow and assignmetn #2. 

Tuesday: Review techniques nad assignments for tomorrow.

Wednesday: Working on advertsiing techniques and commercialhsitory assignments. Thursday: Deconstructio a commercial. 

Friday: Planning, creating and recording an actual commercial.

Week Seven: Oct. 13th - 17th

Monday: Stepsister speaks out assingment (GC) - understanding parody. 

Tuesday - Wednesay: Satire Writing, news story - see example and complete on GC.  Creative writing - satire tale "From the other side". 

Thursday - Friday: No School, MEA Break

Week Six: Oct. 6th -10th

Monday: Parody work - sharing at the end of the hour. 

Tuesday: Creating our own Print Ad. Working thorugh the idea packet and planning. 

Wednesday: Creating ad. 

Thursday: Sharing ad. 

Friday: 

Week Five: Sept. 29th - Oct. 3rd *Midterms Wed @ 8am

Monday: Early vs Contemporary advertisements - assignment on GC.

Tuesday: Music as media - assignment on GC.

Wednesday: Parody lesson and assignment.

Thursday - Friday: Creating a parody ad assignment. Presentation and handout. 

Week Four: Sept. 22nd - 26th *Fall Festival Week

Monday: Video ad evaluations (slides on GC). 

Tuesday: Sharing our presentations. 

Wednesday: Deconstructing media (GC). Lesson (Heinz ad) and practice. 

Thursday: Sharing ads. 

Friday: No class - powder puff.  

Week Three: Sept 15th - 19th

Monday - Tuesday: Evaluating print ads (GC). 

Tuesday: Target market lesson/presentation. 

Wednesday: Target market assignment (GC) 

Thursday - Friday: Print ad evaluation (GC), persuasive techniques, and target market.

Week Two: Sept. 8th - 12th

Monday: Review Friday's assignment and discuss our media use. Consider weekend vs weekday. 

Tuesday:  Deconstructing Google Form - complete and discuss.  Jingles and slogans - identifying and finding our own to share. 

Wednesday: Sharing our slogans/jingles. 

Thursday: Review persuasive techniques handout (keep for future use). Identifying persuasive techniques used - assignment.  

Friday: News today. Evaluating a commercial and print ad assignments.

Week One: Sept 1st - 5th

Monday: No School 

Tuesday: Introduction to the class, join Google Classroom. Reviewing expectations. Intro activity: Can you spot the fake news? Discuss. 

Wednesday: Real or Fake news quiz as a group. 2 truth headlines and a lie created with a partner - share with class. 

Thursday: Famous logos and faces activity. Understanding Media Literacy. Watching a video and taking notes on the 5 key questions. Video. 

Friday: What is media presentation/discussion. Assignment on GC, fill out the slides on your media use.