TONIGHT'S ASSIGNMENTS*
*NOTE: The following assignments should be completed prior to the next class meeting or by the posted due date. Please read all standards and directions when completing.
I. Organize your notebook. SEE NOTEBOOK STRUCTURE CHART (on blog). AS INDICATED IN CLASS THIS SHOULD BE PRIORITY #1!
II. Obtain ONE recent news article. This article must be recent (i.e. no
older than 3 days). It must be clipped...PLEASE DO THIS BEFORE CLASS;
ARTICLES NOT LABELED OR POSTED NEATLY WILL RECEIVE A -2 PENALTY. NO OPINION PIECES OR MAGAZINE ARTICLES.
Assignment Specs:
1. ARTICLE TYPE: GENERAL INTEREST
2. ARTICLE BEAT ASSIGNMENTS (for Week #33): as discussed in class
3. ARTICLE NEWS ELEMENT: student choice
4. DATE RANGES: 4/21/13 to 4/23/13Assignment Specs:
1. ARTICLE TYPE: GENERAL INTEREST
2. ARTICLE BEAT ASSIGNMENTS (for Week #33): as discussed in class
3. ARTICLE NEWS ELEMENT: student choice
5. SOURCE: Student choice (Source and Date of Publishing MUST be included on page)
6. DUE NEXT CLASS MEETING
III. Familiarize yourself with this week's current events; a GRADED Current Events Quiz (CEQ) will be administered SOON. Use the blog site as a central hub for news and information! CEQ #32 is 4/26/13...PLEASE REVIEW!
IV. Prepare to continue the In-Class Interview Project tomorrow. Review your interview questions.
V. Read Chapter 7 in your textbook. The outline assignment sheet will be distributed later this week and uploaded to Evernote.
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DAILY ASSIGNMENTS*
*NOTE: These are assignments that you should be doing whether we have homework or not. There is a level of expectation that requires you as the student to claim some responsibility for your academic career.
I. Review Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 topics/concepts. Read the outline, supplemental notes, and create study note cards. LEARN THE MATERIAL...DON'T MEMORIZE IT.*
*NOTE: Please review your chapter notes periodically. We are never 'done' with the chapter topics/concepts.
II. Study chapter vocabulary. In addition, students should prepare to work on additional in-class vocabulary assignments by reviewing words nightly. For test/quiz dates see calendar in class or upcoming dates post. To prepare for the in-class study and tests/quizzes, students are encouraged to create 3x5 study cards. STANDARD [JV1]
III. Bring Materials/Supplies to class; this includes textbooks, steno pads, paper, pens, notebooks, writing journals, etc. (NO EXCEPTIONS)
IV. You should conduct a nightly/daily review of the course orientation notes. You will be expected to show adequate mastery and knowledge of all course policies and procedures.
V. You should conduct a nightly/daily review of the course standards. You will be expected to show adequate mastery and knowledge of all course standards.
VI. Review AP (Associated Press) style rules and concepts. Read the style books, supplemental notes, and create study note cards. LEARN THE MATERIAL...DON'T MEMORIZE IT.*
*NOTE: Please review your these periodically. We are never 'done' with the style rule concepts.
VII. IMPORTANT!!!!! READ/WATCH THE NEWS!!! Immerse yourself in the power of current events....remember, "today's current event is tomorrow's history." (~Mr. K 1/26/07)
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UPCOMING DATES*
*ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE OPENING MEETINGS FOR ANY CHANGES.
ASSESSMENTS
Summative Assessment: Current Events Quiz #32
4/26/13
LITERARY ANALYSIS/READING
Active Reading Assignment: Chapter 7
DUE 4/?/13
DISCUSSIONS/LECTURES
Active Discussion: Current Event Press Conference
Weekly...please listen for the dates during the Opening Meetings
Unit Discussion: Chapter 6 Terms and Concepts
begins 4/TBA/13
ACTIVITIES
Active Discussion: Chapter 6 Concepts
DAILY
PROJECTS
Survey Results Presentation
Group 1: TBA
Group 2: TBA
Group 3: TBA
Group 4: TBA
In-Class Interview Project
Day 1: 4/8/13
Day 2: 4/9/13
Day 3: 4/10/13
Day 4: 4/11/13
Day 5: 4/12/13
*additional days may be assigned the following week
WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
Writing Assignment: Chapter 7 Outline
DUE 4/?/13 (ICC/TIINC)
ACTIVE VIEWING
TBA
TBA
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Seconds after the Boston Marathon bombs exploded, David Green pulled out his smartphone and took a photo of the chaos developing a couple hundred yards in front of him - the smoke, the people running in panic. The Jacksonville businessman then put his phone back in his pocket and went to help the injured. It wasn't until Thursday, when officials released surveillanc... 
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) - One of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead after the killing of a university officer and a shootout with police, and a massive manhunt is underway for the other, authorities said early Friday. Residents of Watertown, a Boston suburb, have been advised by police to keep their doors locked and not let anyone in. "We believe this to be a terrorist," said Boston... 
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday, accused of sending letters to President Barack Obama and a senator that tested positive for poisonous ricin and set the nation's capital on edge a day after the Boston Marathon bombings. Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, was arrested at 5:15 p.m. at his apartment in Corinth, near the Tennessee state line about 100 miles east of Memphis, said FBI... 
BOSTON (AP) - In what could be major break in the Boston Marathon case, investigators are on the hunt for a man seen in a department store surveillance video dropping off a bag at the site of the bombings, a local politician said Wednesday. Separately, a law enforcement official confirmed that authorities have found an image of a potential suspect but don't know his name. The development - less th... 
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut's Senate on Wednesday approved sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large-capacity magazines, a response to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting that would give the state some of the country's tightest gun control laws. The December massacre of 26 people inside Sandy Hook Elementary School, which reignited a national debate on gun control, se... 
DENVER (AP) - Authorities investigating the death of Colorado's prisons chief told law enforcement officers Wednesday to be on the lookout for two known associates of a white supremacist prison gang. James Lohr, 47, and Thomas Guolee, 31, aren't being called suspects in the death of Colorado Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements, but their names have surfaced during the investigation, El Pa... 
NEW YORK (AP) - After two initial replays, CBS stopped showing footage Sunday of Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware breaking his leg during the first half of his team's NCAA men's tournament game against Duke. The injury during the nationally televised game, and the shocked reaction of Ware's fellow players, called to mind the gruesome broken leg suffered by Washington Redskins quarterback Jo... 
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Writhing on the ground, his leg splintered, Kevin Ware had only one thing to say to his heartsick Louisville teammates. "Just go win the game." The Cardinals did, exploding for a 13-2 run early in the second half that sealed their 85-63 victory over Duke. Now they're headed for Atlanta with their eyes on the national title and Ware's words echoing in their heads. Top-seeded Lou... 
WASHINGTON (AP) - Big business and big labor have settled on a political framework for an immigration overhaul. Now, the lawmakers writing bipartisan legislation need to resolve the nitty-gritty - and keep their parties' political flanks mollified. Business and labor negotiators late last week agreed on a deal that would allow tens of thousands of low-skilled workers into the country and pay them ... 
KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) - Two months after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down, a north Texas district attorney and his wife were found killed in their home, authorities said. The bodies of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found in their home Saturday, Kaufman County sheriff's Lt. Justin Lewis said. Authorities would not comment on a motive. "Eve... 
ATLANTA (AP) - Juwanna Guffie was sitting in her fifth-grade classroom taking a standardized test when, authorities say, the teacher came around offering information and asking the students to rewrite their answers. Juwanna rejected the help. "I don't want your answers, I want to take my own test," Juwanna told her teacher, according to Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard. On Friday, Juwan...