posted Aug 30, 2010 6:45 AM by Natalie Wojinski
Continue working on you All About Me project. You will have today and tomorrow in class to finish the project. Refer back to the instruction document for more information (referenced in Friday's announcements). Please come in the room at lunch (doesn't matter which one) if you need to work or have questions. Wojo's schedule this week: Monday: lunch yes Tuesday: lunch no Wednesday: lunch yes Thursday: lunch and afterschool yes Friday: lunch yes Current
events quiz this Friday. To get into practice, answer the questions
below. No, you don't have to turn them in, but it would be a good idea
to practice with them. Current Events Quiz
Week of Aug. 23 - 27, 2010
Questions:
1. Which state passed a controversial immigration law last spring that is still being challenged in court?
2. A federal judge this week blocked an attempt to expand what type of medical research?
3. Several brands of what food item have been recalled now in more than 14 states due to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning?
4. What athlete, in the news since last November because of his marital
troubles, again made headlines this week because his divorce was
finalized?
5. What Asian country has had 17 million people affected by recent flooding?
6. Sales of what item hit a 15-year low in figures released this week, dropping more than 27 percent since June?
7. "Race to the Top" grant competition gave out more than $4 billion to states this week to help them change and improve what?
Extra credit: Name one that received some of this money.
8. What country is the site of a cave-in that has had 33 miners trapped
underground for almost three weeks although they are now receiving
supplies through a 4-inch-wide tube?
When you finish, go to Wojo's desk to check your answers. The
New York Times is an excellent resource to help you prepare for your
weekly quizzes. Of course you can go to http://www.nytimes.com anytime,
but as a student in journalism (newspaper, online, yearbook) you also
have access to the online e-edition (the print newspaper online): Type
into your Internet Browser: http://eedition.nytimes.com
At
the log in screen, use your Classroom Account Number as Username and Password:
Username:
200278513 Password: 200278513
Then
Click on LOG IN.
When
you get to the Classroom Subscription screen, click on the newspaper image to
launch the E-Edition
You will need to keep these instructions. You can access this from any internet connected computer. |
posted Aug 27, 2010 6:50 AM by Natalie Wojinski
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updated Aug 27, 2010 7:16 AM
]
It's that time again...time for current events! Yes, we will be
doing current events quizzes again this year. You will need to review
the major news stories of the week (think political, social, national
and international events, environmental, some entertainment, etc.). Take
some time to read the news today. Your first quiz is next Friday,
September 3. View these helpful hints to prepare:
- watch the first 10 minutes of the evening news on television. The channel doesn't really matter.
- read respected news sites online. CNN, NYTimes, and other outlets are acceptable. TMZ is not.
- Read the New York Times print edition online. Yes, it's the complete paperUse the code 200278513 and log into http://eedition.nytimes.com
- Stay tuned for information on the SF Chronicle e-edition as well.
2nd period: You will begin your first design assignment, All About Me. View the instructions here.
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posted Aug 26, 2010 6:53 AM by Natalie Wojinski
Remember to check your announcements each day (even if you aren't here at school). Recommendation: bring earphones to class so that you can watch video news or edit stuff that we have. In the goofy-but-makes-you-think department, watch this video comparing the Canon 7D and Video Barbie. Today, we will be reviewing Google Docs. |
posted Jun 4, 2010 6:15 AM by Natalie Wojinski
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updated Jun 4, 2010 6:40 AM
]
Today is the last day that we'll all be together. We'll do cords and certificates and such. " Where Journalism Begins" provides some interesting
food for thought on why high school journalism is important. Read it.
Leave a comment there if you wish. Remember to check your staff email over the summer. |
posted Jun 3, 2010 6:13 AM by Natalie Wojinski
Good job with distribution yesterday! You got through the line VERY quickly. We got about 2/3 of the books out so there aren't that many more to go.
Staff linner today! China House. After school. Bring your book.
Seniors! (and everyone else too) Make sure you
attend class on Friday. There are certificates and honor cords to be
distributed.
Yearbook
distribution continues today and tomorrow. All staff members should be in attendance before school (beginning about 7:45) and at your lunch to help with distribution. Some of you have already contacted me that you cannot attend one of the time because of other classes. Thanks!
1st
Semester Professional Development 2010-2011: We can send 4 staff
members to a workshop at Las Lomas High School August 17-19 8:30-12:30.
You must have your own transportation. You will be in several sessions
each day covering a range of topics from law and ethics to improving
interviewing technique to effective reporting. If you are interested,
please send an email to Wojo. We will need alternates in case one of the
first four cannot attend. |
posted Jun 2, 2010 6:26 AM by Natalie Wojinski
Books should be here today. Yay! Please come to the Career Center during your lunch to help. You are also expected to be here after school today and before school and at lunch tomorrow and Friday.
Staff linner (that's lunch/dinner/afternoon snack thing) Thursday afternoon at China House.
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posted Jun 1, 2010 6:03 AM by Natalie Wojinski
Staff dinner has been rescheduled for Thursday, June 3 at 4 pm.
The books are delayed one day so they won't be here
until Wednesday, June 2 (the day OF distribution). We will have to
reschedule the staff dinner.
Staff shirts are in! If
you have paid you may pick up your shirt today. If you haven't paid,
you will need to do so, then bring a receipt to Wojo to pick up your
shirt. You must wear your shirt Wednesday to participate in
distribution.
Yearbook Mini-Camp is
scheduled for
June 15-17 in H105. We will meet from 9-2 each day (lunch included) and
will cover everything you need to know for the 2010-2011 year. This is
for beginners and veteran staffers. Registration is open for camp.
Please fill
out this form. If you know people who are signed up for staff and
want to come to camp, please give them this URL so they can register:
Don't
forget
Professional Development is due no later than June 1. If you want to
create your own professional development other than what is available at
NewsU, please see Wojo. NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES and
JUNIORS: Sign up to work a two hour shift at the Multicultural
Festival and get your professional development hours. Upside: all
you have to do is talk about the yearbook, and hand out newspapers. Downside:
if you don't show up, you have no professional development hours for
the quarter. |
posted May 28, 2010 6:03 AM by Natalie Wojinski
The books are delayed one day so they won't be here until Wednesday, June 2 (the day OF distribution). We will have to reschedule the staff dinner.
Staff shirts are in! If you have paid you may pick up your shirt today. If you haven't paid, you will need to do so, then bring a receipt to Wojo to pick up your shirt. You must wear your shirt Wednesday to participate in distribution.
Yearbook Mini-Camp is
scheduled for
June 15-17 in H105. We will meet from 9-2 each day (lunch included) and
will cover everything you need to know for the 2010-2011 year. This is
for beginners and veteran staffers. Registration is open for camp.
Please fill
out this form. If you know people who are signed up for staff and
want to come to camp, please give them this URL so they can register:
Don't
forget
Professional Development is due no later than June 1. If you want to
create your own professional development other than what is available at
NewsU, please see Wojo. NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES and
JUNIORS: Sign up to work a two hour shift at the Multicultural
Festival and get your professional development hours. Upside: all
you have to do is talk about the yearbook, and hand out newspapers. Downside:
if you don't show up, you have no professional development hours for
the quarter. |
posted May 27, 2010 6:22 AM by Natalie Wojinski
Today's Assignment: Read the blog post. Comment. Today.
Yes, that's Madonna.
Yearbook Mini-Camp is
scheduled for
June 15-17 in H105. We will meet from 9-2 each day (lunch included) and
will cover everything you need to know for the 2010-2011 year. This is
for beginners and veteran staffers. Registration is open for camp.
Please fill
out this form. If you know people who are signed up for staff and
want to come to camp, please give them this URL so they can register:
Don't
forget
Professional Development is due no later than June 1. If you want to
create your own professional development other than what is available at
NewsU, please see Wojo. NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES and JUNIORS: Sign up to work a two hour shift at the Multicultural Festival and get your professional development hours. Upside: all you have to do is talk about the yearbook, and hand out newspapers. Downside: if you don't show up, you have no professional development hours for the quarter.
Have you paid for your hoody
or t-shirt? Do not delay. Original announcement for pricing below: Final prices
for t's and hoodies:
T-shirt: $18
(except for the
one 2XL shirt which is $22)
Hoodie: $34
They
are rushing the
order so that we can pick it up next week. Please have your payments
(cash, debit or credit) to Mrs. Kakihara by Monday.
No money for
shirts will be taken in class. Please make sure you leave your name with
Mrs. K so that I have the list of who has paid. I will pick up shirts
on Thursday evening. They will be distributed on Friday, May 28. You
should wear them. Note: why is it more than originally planned? We
ordered fewer shirts than expected so each person had to absorb a bit
more of the printing costs.
Speaking of...we
really do need more people on staff. Ch'Kia brought in two new
recruits, but the rest of you are lagging. Please look around your
classes and find new people. We need people who are detail-oriented and
creative types. We need people with a good eye for design AND people who
can write.
TUESDAY, JUNE 1: A period
will become a WASC student focus group. ALL interested students are
invited to attend (even people who aren't on staff). If you are not in A
period and would like to attend, please see Wojo to get a pass (if you
need one). Our purpose is to examine the WASC school/community profile,
then determine the school's critical academic needs. Great
Resume Builder: from the Contra Costa Times
(5/19/10):
We
are accepting applications for the 2010-11 Life in Perspective teen
board. We're looking for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors who
are confident writers. Our goal is to include a wide spectrum of voices
from as many schools as possible. Board members must commit to
attending monthly meetings during the school year in Walnut Creek or
Oakland and to writing occasional stories and columns for the paper and
online. To download the application form, go hereor
here.
If you have questions, or need further assistance, contact
lip@bayareanewsgroup.com. Applications must be postmarked by July 7.
For the remainder of this
week and next
non-staffers will not be in the room at lunch as you finish the last
issue of the paper. Furthermore, if you have assignments that are
outstanding, you are expected to be in the room at lunch working on your
task.
Attention Photographers:
John Scott, professional photojournalist and yearbook adviser at Thomas
Downey HS in Modesto, will be doing a photography track at Yearbook Camp
at the end of July. He is a demanding, but outstanding instructor and
your photography skills will grow by leaps and bounds in just two and a
half days. He works with beginning, intermediate and advanced
photographers. Photojournalism is photojournalism so it doesn't matter
if you're more interested in newspaper or yearbook photography. If you
are interested in attending camp July 30-August 1, see Wojo. Cost to
current staffers will be about $100. The offer is open to incoming
staffers as well, but they will need to see Wojo for pricing. |
posted May 26, 2010 6:03 AM by Natalie Wojinski
[
updated May 26, 2010 9:16 AM
]
Have you paid for your hoody or t-shirt? Do not delay. Original announcement for pricing below: Final prices
for t's and hoodies:
T-shirt: $18
(except for the
one 2XL shirt which is $22)
Hoodie: $34
They
are rushing the
order so that we can pick it up next week. Please have your payments
(cash, debit or credit) to Mrs. Kakihara by Monday.
No money for
shirts will be taken in class. Please make sure you leave your name with
Mrs. K so that I have the list of who has paid. I will pick up shirts
on Thursday evening. They will be distributed on Friday, May 28. You
should wear them. Note: why is it more than originally planned? We
ordered fewer shirts than expected so each person had to absorb a bit
more of the printing costs.
Yearbook Mini-Camp is scheduled for
June 15-17 in H105. We will meet from 9-2 each day (lunch included) and
will cover everything you need to know for the 2010-2011 year. This is
for beginners and veteran staffers. Registration is open for camp.
Please fill
out this form. If you know people who are signed up for staff and
want to come to camp, please give them this URL so they can register:
Speaking of...we really do need more people on staff. Ch'Kia has brought in two new recruits, but the rest of you are lagging. Please look around your classes and find new people. We need people who are detail-oriented and creative types. We need people with a good eye for design AND people who can write.
Don't
forget
Professional Development is due no later than June 1. If you want to
create your own professional development other than what is available at
NewsU, please see Wojo. TUESDAY, JUNE 1: A period
will become a WASC student focus group. ALL interested students are
invited to attend (even people who aren't on staff). If you are not in A
period and would like to attend, please see Wojo to get a pass (if you
need one). Our purpose is to examine the WASC school/community profile,
then determine the school's critical academic needs. Great
Resume Builder: from the Contra Costa Times
(5/19/10):
We
are accepting applications for the 2010-11 Life in Perspective teen
board. We're looking for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors who
are confident writers. Our goal is to include a wide spectrum of voices
from as many schools as possible. Board members must commit to
attending monthly meetings during the school year in Walnut Creek or
Oakland and to writing occasional stories and columns for the paper and
online. To download the application form, go hereor
here.
If you have questions, or need further assistance, contact
lip@bayareanewsgroup.com. Applications must be postmarked by July 7.
Help
the Hercules Community Garden: MO
brings us this chance to help out the Hercules Community Garden. The
garden allows Hercules families to rent space to grow their own fruits
and vegetables, but it takes money to keep it operational. Follow these
instructions to help out. - go to http://www.communitiestakeroot.com/plant/index
- click
on 'list by state'
- click on Hercules Community Garden under CA
- enter
your first and last name and email address, then type the security
words into the blanks
- the
site will send you an email, and you'll have to click on the link to
finalize the voting process--it will open the website again and confirm
your vote.
- you can vote once each day
Help the
Community Garden!
For the remainder of this
week and next
non-staffers will not be in the room at lunch as you finish the last
issue of the paper. Furthermore, if you have assignments that are
outstanding, you are expected to be in the room at lunch working on your
task.
Photographers, make sure images are put in the
folder for the issue so page editors don't have to go looking for them.
This should be done during class and at lunch, if necessary. Page
editors, please check your email for instructions. Plan to be in
class at lunch each day to work on your page. Tuesday, when I
looked at the Story Assignment spreadsheet, I noticed that
several of
the stories are not in the editing process. I know that some of you have
received emails asking for your stories. We have NO wiggle room on this
last deadline. If your story isn't written or through the editing
process, you will earn a zero on that assignment. There is no way to
make it up. Editors: make sure you are responding to stories for editing
in LESS THAN 24 hours. Attention Photographers:
John Scott, professional photojournalist and yearbook adviser at Thomas
Downey HS in Modesto, will be doing a photography track at Yearbook Camp
at the end of July. He is a demanding, but outstanding instructor and
your photography skills will grow by leaps and bounds in just two and a
half days. He works with beginning, intermediate and advanced
photographers. Photojournalism is photojournalism so it doesn't matter
if you're more interested in newspaper or yearbook photography. If you
are interested in attending camp July 30-August 1, see Wojo. Cost to
current staffers will be about $100. The offer is open to incoming
staffers as well, but they will need to see Wojo for pricing. |
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