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Talk to a well-read person who’s not in this class. Ask them to recommend a book for you to read. Bring that book with you to class on Monday, 3/5.

Today you’ll work with a new collaborator, add links and images to your document, and then publish it. Here are some places to find creative commons images:

• flickr creative commons
• stock exchange
• MorgueFile
• Wikimedia
• Blue Mountains

Today you’ll make your first post on the Youth Voices blog.  Here’s a link to the directions.

Step One.  In class on Tuesday, 2/20, we did the “If you are the Writer” activity where you wrote about your essay’s intended audience, your purpose, and a problem in the draft that you needed help solving.  Then your partner completed #1, “Read for a First Impression.”

Step Two. By Friday, 2/23, complete the activities in the Critical Reading Guide on pages 152-154.  Have your partner respond to each of these prompts:

• Assess whether the concept is clearly explained and focused
• Consider whether the content is appropriate for the intended readers
• Evaluate the organization (beginning, transitions, ending)
• Assess the clarity of definitions
• Evaluate the use of sources
• Evaluate the effectiveness of visuals
• Give the writer your final thoughts

Step Three. For Tuesday, 2/26, complete your revision using the activities on pages 154-159.

Since the Poetry Out Loud class competition will take place during class on Thursday, you’ll have two assignments due for Friday.

1. Read your partner’s draft for a first impression. Follow the prompt #1 on page 153.
2. Read Act 3 Hamlet.  Quiz on Friday.

I came across this resource from the Poynter Institute of Media Studies that every staffer should check out.

Complete the writing activities on pages 147-151 and save your draft to your Google Document for Tuesday, 2/20.

Complete the writing activities on pages 142 & 143 for Tuesday, 2/13.

The printout of the poem you’ve chosen from poetryoutloud.org and the 300-word essay explaining why you chose that poem are due Thursday, 2/8. The poem should be memorized by Monday, 2/12. We’ll begin reciting the poems in class on Tuesday, 2/13.

So far we’ve taken notes and looked at examples of the five types of journalistic writing: news, editorial/opinion, feature, review, column. Now write three different kinds of stories for the following days of class. The stories must be typed and approximately 300 words long. They must also somehow relate to people or events at Judge.

• Thursday, Feb. 8
• Friday, Feb. 9
• Monday, Feb. 12

Don’t forget to bring your vocabulary books to class on Tuesday, Feb. 6.  Unit 7 is due Friday, 2/9.