PICK YOUR OWN STORY
There are hundreds of stories all around you. Every person, every school, every community has a story to tell. Just keep Who, What, Where, When and Why in mind as you start off with a great lead, tell the story — maybe throwing in a quote or two — and finish off with an eye-catching headline. To make a REALLY great story, use a photo or a graphic.
To start you thinking, here are some of the stories recently turned in by 4th grade students for their newspaper:
Be Smart! Don't Start Smoking
Is Pluto Really a Planet?
Construction in Our Community
Help Save Asthma Sufferers
The Best Grandmother
People Like Ice-skating
Horseback Riding Dangers
The Funniest Teacher in School
What is a Twin?
The Secrets of Soccer
What It's Like to Be in Middle School
Don't Do Drugs
Sounds of Wind Instruments
A New Teacher
Dangerous Reptiles
Kids' Right to Vote
Harry Potter
Do Students Have Too Much Homework?
A Hero in Our Midst
Nintendo's Next Game
The Best Book Fair
Halloween Safety Rules
The Vice Principal Talks about School
My New Baby Sister
Online Safety
Homemade Costumes
Kids for President
Taking a Look at Space
Homeless (A True Story)
What It's Like to Be a High Schooler
Being the Oldest
What's Your Favorite Sport?
Why is P.E. a Popular Subject?
Abby Wambach: A Great Soccer Player
Where is Celion Dion Now?
What Boys and Girls Like to Wear
Chorus Concert
Going for the Gold
School Clubs
Department News
Give you an idea? Cool. Let's write a newspaper story!
Friday, September 3, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Television News Broadcast Due today/Final on Thursday
Your Video News Broadcast is due at the end of class today.
You should edit your broadcast and export it as a movie. Put it in the drop box.
It is 60% of your grade for this marking period.
On another note, your FINAL EXAM is this Thursday. Be sure to use the review sheet to study for the exam. It counts as 25% of your FINAL AVERAGE!
You should edit your broadcast and export it as a movie. Put it in the drop box.
It is 60% of your grade for this marking period.
On another note, your FINAL EXAM is this Thursday. Be sure to use the review sheet to study for the exam. It counts as 25% of your FINAL AVERAGE!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
High School Broadcast Journalism
What should your broadcast look and sound like?
Visit hsbj.org to see examples of television broadcasts by high school students.
www.hsbj.org
Visit hsbj.org to see examples of television broadcasts by high school students.
www.hsbj.org
Friday, May 14, 2010
Television Broadcast
1. Read the sample scripts from a school broadcast and a community broadcast.
2. Look over the packet on the project.
3. Form groups to do project.
4. Assign roles.
5. Begin writing the broadcast.
Post your groups work for this period.
2. Look over the packet on the project.
3. Form groups to do project.
4. Assign roles.
5. Begin writing the broadcast.
Post your groups work for this period.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Finish Prezi photojournalism presentation
Finish your Prezi presentations to present to the class on Tuesday.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Welcome Back! Dan Eldon and Photojournalism
Please write a personal response to the Dan Eldon video, "Dying to Tell a Story," with at least a page of thoughtful, double-spaced prose that you will print out. Also post your comments for blogging and responding to one another. Try to answer the follow questions:
1. After seeing the video, how has your view of the function of journalism in the world changed, broadened, evolved? Are the journalists/photojournalists who work in conflict zones and report for news agencies simply crazy for risking their lives, or do they perform an important service for us all? Why is it imperative that stories of what is happening in places like Somalia, Sarajevo, and Darfur be told?
2. Do a little research. Find out how many journalists have been killed in the world in the past year? How many reporters have been killed in Iraq? Afghanistan?
3. Work on your photojournalism Prezi!
1. After seeing the video, how has your view of the function of journalism in the world changed, broadened, evolved? Are the journalists/photojournalists who work in conflict zones and report for news agencies simply crazy for risking their lives, or do they perform an important service for us all? Why is it imperative that stories of what is happening in places like Somalia, Sarajevo, and Darfur be told?
2. Do a little research. Find out how many journalists have been killed in the world in the past year? How many reporters have been killed in Iraq? Afghanistan?
3. Work on your photojournalism Prezi!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Dying to Tell the Story
Suggested Activities
Responses to War
Conflict zones are filled simultaneously with humanity’s most brutal treatment of itself and its most compassionate responses. Photojournalists interviewed in Dying to Tell the Story, along with the film clips and photographs found in the documentary, develop the theme of men and women responding with courage and compassion in the most dangerous places on earth.
WRITING SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDENTS:
* What traits does it take to be a good photojournalist or war correspondent? Explain your answer.
* Describe a time in which you have been in a frightening situation that required immediate attention (such as a fight or a bad injury requiring emergency room attention). How did you respond and feel?
* Think and write about a time in which you responded compassionately to someone who
treated you unfairly or unkindly.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
* Do you have preconceived ideas about people involved in wars: terrorists, soldiers, relief workers, journalists? About war in general? What are they, and how do you think you arrived at your opinion?
* Do you tend to stereotype the traits of courage and compassion by gender? Give examples, then look for examples in Dying to Tell the Story that override the stereotypes.
After Viewing: Suggested Activities and Discussion Questions
1. COURAGE
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
* Carlos Mavroleon and Des Wright discuss the image of the "cowboy photographer." What is meant by this term? How does one draw the line between true courage and foolhardy bravery? In what ways do the many journalists interviewed dispel the cowboy image? Consider BBC war correspondent Martin Bell’s refusal to wear his protective flak jacket when interviewing civilians caught in the Bosnian crisis. Defend his contention that he is courageous and not foolhardy in this action.
* Acts of courage are discussed and portrayed throughout Dying to Tell the Story. Who is courageous in conflict zones? What does it take to be brave? Can anyone be courageous? When have you been especially brave? How does it feel? Does courage involve fear? In what ways?
* What in the documentary illustrates Dan Eldon’s courage? Amy Eldon’s?
2. COMPASSION
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
* Consider the negative stereotype that photojournalists must be cold to film victims of war rather than reaching out to help them. In what ways does Dying to Tell the Story dispel that stereotype? Discuss clips of Dan Eldon, Peter Magubane, and Mohamed Shafi that illustrate their compassion.
Responses to War
Conflict zones are filled simultaneously with humanity’s most brutal treatment of itself and its most compassionate responses. Photojournalists interviewed in Dying to Tell the Story, along with the film clips and photographs found in the documentary, develop the theme of men and women responding with courage and compassion in the most dangerous places on earth.
WRITING SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDENTS:
* What traits does it take to be a good photojournalist or war correspondent? Explain your answer.
* Describe a time in which you have been in a frightening situation that required immediate attention (such as a fight or a bad injury requiring emergency room attention). How did you respond and feel?
* Think and write about a time in which you responded compassionately to someone who
treated you unfairly or unkindly.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
* Do you have preconceived ideas about people involved in wars: terrorists, soldiers, relief workers, journalists? About war in general? What are they, and how do you think you arrived at your opinion?
* Do you tend to stereotype the traits of courage and compassion by gender? Give examples, then look for examples in Dying to Tell the Story that override the stereotypes.
After Viewing: Suggested Activities and Discussion Questions
1. COURAGE
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
* Carlos Mavroleon and Des Wright discuss the image of the "cowboy photographer." What is meant by this term? How does one draw the line between true courage and foolhardy bravery? In what ways do the many journalists interviewed dispel the cowboy image? Consider BBC war correspondent Martin Bell’s refusal to wear his protective flak jacket when interviewing civilians caught in the Bosnian crisis. Defend his contention that he is courageous and not foolhardy in this action.
* Acts of courage are discussed and portrayed throughout Dying to Tell the Story. Who is courageous in conflict zones? What does it take to be brave? Can anyone be courageous? When have you been especially brave? How does it feel? Does courage involve fear? In what ways?
* What in the documentary illustrates Dan Eldon’s courage? Amy Eldon’s?
2. COMPASSION
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
* Consider the negative stereotype that photojournalists must be cold to film victims of war rather than reaching out to help them. In what ways does Dying to Tell the Story dispel that stereotype? Discuss clips of Dan Eldon, Peter Magubane, and Mohamed Shafi that illustrate their compassion.
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