10-02-11

Yearbook Homework for the week of October 2:

Plans are subject to change.

Objectives: Students will be able to frame a photograph in the viewfinder, take a good photograph, use yearbook terminology when discussing the book, understand the parts of a yearbook, work as a team.

Monday:

Activity

Assignment

Tuesday:

Activity

  • PR updates - check the Photographer list. We need to make sure we get everything! Do we have Boys Golf - if not, how can we get it??? I have been sent cross country, swimming, and girls golf. We have soccer, football, and volleyball. We need to make sure all events are covered. ***Share our photos with Elizabeth and with journalism using Box.Net (Doug and Mallorie)
  • Photo Essay Assignment 5: students have 20 minutes to copy and paste the text into the blog and upload photos and insert them into the blog
    • Photo Essay Assignment 5: What it's like to be a high school secretary/cafeteria worker/janitor/maintenance person.
      • Follow the Rule of Thirds
      • 3 perfect candid photos of the same subject in different parts of the job with 5w's h & captions - tell a story.
      • You must TALK to the person to get the information for the 5w's +h
      • In your blog entry, write 3-4 sentences giving background information about the person's job experience that answers the 5w's +h
      • In your blog entry, write 3-4 sentences that tell how the person has grown or changed through working in the job.
  • Each student shows his/her blog on the smart board. Be sure to follow the following procedures for Student Critique of each blog post for Assignment 5:
    • yearbook staff: identify what was done well with each photo
    • yearbook staff: identify what might improve each photo
    • yearbook staff: identify what was done well with each caption
    • yearbook staff: identify what might improve each caption
    • yearbook staff: evaluate the 1st paragraph. Does it answer all of the questions? How can it be improved?
    • yearbook staff: evaluate the 2nd paragraph. How does this help us gain insight about the person who is the subject of the photo assignment?

Assignment

Permission Forms for the Walsworth workshop, money ($12 per person) and Pre-Arranged Absence Forms are due to Mr. Langley by Tuesday, October 11. Extra Duty Participation points. Photo assignments. STI will be updated on Thursday and grades turned in for eligibility.

Wednesday:

Activity

Assignment

Thursday:

Activity

  • Turn in Permission form for the Walsworth workshop, workshop fee, and the Pre-Arranged Absence form to Mr. Langley by next class (Tuesday).
  • Pepsi Assembly

Assignment

Extra Duty Participation points. Photo assignments.

Friday:

Activity

Assignment

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Last Class of Last Week:

Activity

  • Photography schedule is almost up-to-date. Someone needs to finish it. Make sure you all get the cameras you need for this weekend - SIGN them out after school.
  • PR updates
  • Photo Essay Assignment 5: What it's like to be a high school secretary/cafeteria worker/janitor/maintenance person.
    • Follow the Rule of Thirds
    • 3 perfect candid photos of the same subject in different parts of the job with 5w's h & captions - tell a story.
    • You must TALK to the person to get the information for the 5w's +h
    • In your blog entry, write 3-4 sentences giving background information about the person's job experience that answers the 5w's +h
    • In your blog entry, write 3-4 sentences that tell how the person has grown or changed through working in the job.

Assignment

Extra Duty Participation points. Photo assignments. Photo Essay Assignment 5 photos AND writing must be completed before next class. I will give students 20 minutes to copy and paste the text into the blog and upload photos and insert them into the blog. If you can do it from home, do it before class.