*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. Obtain TWO recent news articles. These articles 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 -5 PENALTY. NO OPINION PIECES OR MAGAZINE ARTICLES.
Assignment Specs:
1. ARTICLE TYPE: General Interest
2. ARTICLE BEAT ASSIGNMENTS (for Week #18): student choice
3. ARTICLE NEWS ELEMENT: student choice
4. LABEL DATES (this goes in upper right hand corner of page): 1/6/14 an 1/7/14 (Week 18)
5. SOURCE: Student choice (Source and Date of Publishing MUST be included on page)
6. DUE NEXT CLASS MEETING
II. Check www.scpjournalism1.blogspot.com daily for teacher posted AP news stories. DUE DAILY
III. Work on your Ethics Debate tasks.
IV. Start reading Chapter 3 in your textbook. Outline the chapter based on the format sheet (see schoology). DUE 1/13/14
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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, and 3 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 #15, 16, 17)
1/9/14
Informal Assessments
DAILY
LITERARY ANALYSIS/READING
Active Reading (Chapter 3)
DUE 1/13/13
Analysis Outline (Chapter 3)
DUE 1/13/13 (ICC/TIINC)
DISCUSSIONS/LECTURES
Unit Discussion (Chapter 3)
starts 1/13/13
ACTIVITIES
Activity (Current Event Press Conference)
Mondays (or Tuesdays) each week
PROJECTS
Group Debate (Ethics Case Study: Scenario A)
1/7/14
Group Debate (Ethics Case Study: Scenario B)
1/9/14
Writing Assignment (Case Studies #1-3)
DUE 11/12/13
Writing Assignment (Case Studies #4-6)
DUE 11/18/13
Writing Assignment (Case Studies #7-9)
DUE 11/26/13
Writing Assignment (Reflection Essay #3: Media Ethics)
TBA
ACTIVE VIEWING
TBA
TBA
NEW YORK (AP) - CBS ordered "60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan and her producer to take a leave of absence Tuesday following a critical internal review of their handling of the show's October story on the Benghazi raid, based on a report on a supposed witness whose story can't be verified. The review, by CBS News executive Al Ortiz and obtained by The Associated Press, said the "60 Minutes" te... 
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Gettysburg Address is as sacred an American text as "The Star-Spangled Banner." But as immediately recognizable as some of its words are, others are more elusive. There exists no definitive edition of the speech Abraham Lincoln gave to dedicate a cemetery at the Civil War battlefield. Scholars still debate the speech's exact length, usually ranging from 268 to 272 words... 
CHICAGO (AP) - The new World Trade Center tower in New York will replace Chicago's Willis Tower as the nation's tallest building when it is completed next year, an international panel of architects announced Tuesday. The Height Committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat said that because the needle atop the New York skyscraper is a permanent spire and not an antenna it can be co... 
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police say musicians killed in a shooting at their Brooklyn apartment were members of the Iranian indie rock band The Yellow Dogs. The band's manager says the shooter was a member of a different group. Police say he opened fire and killed three people, then went to the roof of the East Williamsburg row house, where he killed himself. Police Commissioner Raymond Kell... 
CHICAGO (AP) - Rising from the ashes of 9/11, the new World Trade Center tower has punched above the New York skyline to reach its powerfully symbolic height of 1,776 feet and become the tallest building in the country. Or has it? A committee of architects recognized as the arbiters on world building heights was meeting Friday to decide whether a design change affecting the skyscraper's 408-foot ... 
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - The few surviving Doolittle Raiders are making their final toast to comrades who died in or since their World War II bombing attack on Japan. The toast grew from reunions led by James "Jimmy" Doolittle, who commanded the daring mission credited with boosting American morale and throwing the Japanese off balance after a string of military successes. Officials at the National M... 
TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) - The central Philippine city of Tacloban was in ruins Saturday, a day after being ravaged by one of the strongest typhoons on record, as horrified residents spoke of storm surges as high as trees and authorities said they were expecting a "very high number of fatalities." At least 138 people were confirmed dead in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which slammed into six...