Journalism & Porfolio

This week we will not have class during your Math exams. For the next two days, please complete the following prompts/activities:

learn this JOURNALISM vocabulary:

Headlines: the attention grabbing title of an article
Masthead: the name of the newspaper/magazine (usually designed, but doesn't change)
Article: a specific story/narrative/non-fiction writing about a specific topic
Body: refers to the text of an article
Hook: Every article starts off with an attention grabbing sentence.

1.     Using a NEWSLETTER or BROCHURE template from the word processing program, alone or with one partner, create your own newsletter/magazine. Decide what topic or subject you would like your “magazine” to be about—for example: fashion, sports, news, cooking, teenage problems, vampires, etc.

2.     Interview a parent, neighbor, or student and write out the interview as if you were a reporter. See this link for ideas how to set up and conduct an interview.

 

3.     OPTIONAL: Film/Book/Theater Review: watch a film, read a book, go see a theater or musical production and review the event. Review a book you read this year either for pleasure or for English class.

WEBSITES to gain more ideas for writing projects:

http://www.teenink.com

http://www.layouth.com

http://www.reporter.org

A variety of journalism websites: http://www.threesixtyjournalism.org/audience/students/websites

HELP/ADVICE WRITING ARTICLES:

If you need HELP writing journalism articles, check this website out for advice!