Second Semester...here we go!

Hey my sweet Journalism Students,

I hope you're enjoying your Christmas break & New Year's festivities :)

I wanted to give you a heads up on some yearbook info:

1) Deadlines are in! When it's due, it's DUE.

2) Dividers - I want Larry working on ALL divider backgrounds (puzzle pieces). I want Rachel working on ALL divider pictures.

3) Uploading & tagging BCS Facebook pics:

Abigail - upload and tag Black & White ball pics

JonJon - upload and tag Elem Christmas 2010 pics

Matthew - upload and tag BCS Winter Formal Court 2010 pics

Alexis - upload and tag BCS High School Christmas party 2010 pics

Jarret - upload and tag 8th Grade LA History Field Trip pics

We will be working on YB pages from here on out. Every day when you come in, I want you working on yearbook pages. You might OCCASIONALLY have a blog assignment.

Remember, there's ALWAYS something to do in yearbook. If you run out of things to do, ask Mikki or Danielle - they'll give you something to do.

Here's to making a SLAMMIN' 2011 yearbook!

Ms. M

This Week (Dec 13-16)

Hi Students,

This week I want you to work on yearbook pages - every day.

If you have any questions, email me or see Danielle or Mikki.

Happy December,

Ms. M

FYI: You do NOT have a final exam. You will be in Journalism class during exam time working on yearbook pages. THAT will be your final exam grade.

This Week (Dec 6-Dec10)

Hi Students,

This week I want you to work on yearbook pages - every day.

If you have any questions, email me or see Danielle or Mikki.

Happy December,

Ms. M

ALSO, we're handing out NEWSPAPERS tomorrow, Tuesday Dec 7 at lunch. Wear NP t-shirts & jeans and hand out newspapers at beginning of lunch.

Blog Assignment #58

Work on Yearbook pages today! :)

Happy Thursday,

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #57

Hey Students,

Here's blog assignment #57:

1. Think of your favorite Christmas memories and traditions.

2. Write a 6 paragraph feature story (5-7 sentences each JARRET) :)

3. Post to your blog as "blog assignment #57"

Happy 1st Day of December!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #56

Hey Students,

Here's blog assignment #56:

1. Make a list of all of your yearbook page responsibilities

2. Include what you need to do to finish your pages

3. Post this, along with any questions you have about your YB pages to your blog as "blog assignment #56"

4. When you finish, work on your YB pages.

Happy Tuesday!

Ms M

Blog Assignment #55

Hey Students,

Welcome back from Thanksgiving break! Hope you had a great, relaxing time w/your families and friends. Before you know it, this semester will be over! But in the meantime, there's yearbook-ing and newspaper-ing to be done :)

Here's blog assignment #55:

1) Write a 6 paragraph (5-7 sentences each) feature story on your Thanksgiving break

2) Post to your blog as "blog assignment #55"

3) Comment on every one else's feature stories

Happy Monday!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #54

Hey Students,

GREAT job @ LSU Game this past weekend - everyone worked really hard! You make a good team. Special thanks to Danielle's mom, Ian's mom, and Rachel's dad.

Here's blog assignment #54:

1. Work on YB pages ALL week long

2. Upload pics to e-design

3. Insert pics on your YB pages

Having trouble? See Danielle Rachel or Mikki.

Have a great week!

Ms. M

LSU Game this Saturday!

Blog Assignment #53

(Wed - Fri) =

1. Work on Yearbook Pages!

2. Write a 6 paragraph feature story on the topic of your choice.

3. Post to blog as "blog assignment #53"

Info About LSU Game:

We will meet this Saturday at 11:30am at Old Alex Box stadium (across the street from the new LSU baseball stadium). They let us in the gates at 12pm (we'll walk to the football stadium together as a team).

We'll set up the concession stand, sell products, clean up, & go home (in a nutshell, haha). We usually get out around 10-11pm.

Wear a purple shirt, purple hat, jeans & comfy tennis shoes.

Please email me and let me know if you have any questions/concerns!

Happy Wednesday,

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #52

Hey Students,

Here's blog assignment # 52:

1. Go to http://mydesignonline.jsprinting.com/

2. Enter username & password (I've emailed it to you all)

3. Insert your stories (include title & byline)

4. Post "Finished" to your blog when you're done (label it blog assignment #52).

Note: you have Monday & Tuesday to work on this.

Happy New Week!

Ms. M

Facebook Assignment

Students,

I'm looking to receive your Facebook friend requests today for the character you were assigned.
So far I've only received the following:
Mikki (Pocahontas)
Larry (CS Lewis)
Rachel (Jane Austen)
If you are having trouble, email me!
Don't forget to print out your stories and bring them to class on MONDAY!!!!!

Happy Friday,
Ms. M

Update

Hey Students,

Hope you've had a great week so far :)

Your stories are looking great. Once you finish your mock FB page, posting your stories, and commenting on everyone else's stories, work on your yearbook pages.

I sent you all an e-mail with your username and password info for www.hjedesign.com

Please let me know if you have any questions,

Happy Friday & Happy Weekend!

Ms. M

Special Announcement

We will be working the Nov. 13 LSU game instead of Nov. 20.

Please mark your calendars.

I need adults to work with us - so please recruit your parents, big sisters/brothers, older friends, etc.

You + 2 People (14 or older) @ the LSU Nov. 13 game to raise $ for newspaper/yearbook = 150 points

Blog Assignment #51 (week long blog assignment)

Hey Students,

Hope you had a restful & relaxing weekend. Guess what? You're off Tuesday - hip hip hooray!

Here's blog assignment #51 (which you have ALL week to work on)

1. FINISH writing your newspaper stories

2. Post them to your blog

3. Comment on EVERYONE else's stories on their page

4. Work on your yearbook pages (www.hjedesign.com)

5. Create a mock social media profile (a Facebook page). Here's what you need to do - create a real FB page for the person you are assigned, including profile pictures, photo albums, interests, birthday, schools attended, etc. After you create the page, have your person add me as a friend on FB. See below for who you are assigned:

Social Media Profile Assignments:

Matthew C. - MacGyver

Abigail - Dorothea Lange

Larry - CS Lewis

Wesley - J. Hudson Taylor

Rachel - Jane Austen

Ethan - Luke Skywalker

Jon Jon - Steve Carell

Alexis - Mrs. Clause (Santa's wife)

Jarret - Dwayne Wade

Ian - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Danielle - Buddy the Elf

Mikki -Pocahontas

Have a wonderful week!

Ms. M

Matthew - December Comic (Use This To Draw)

Students,

Please read your blogs - I left comments on your stories. Revise your stories and re-post. After you finish that, read EVERYONE else's stories and LEAVE A COMMENT.

After you finish that, see me for your yearbook instructions!

Happy Friday,

Ms. M

December Issue Newspaper Assignments

Hey Students,

Here is your assignment for the next week, due by next Friday (all of these should be posted to your blog by Friday, November 5). Remember, you're OFF Tuesday, Nov. 2.

Here are your story assignments:

Be sure to write GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT stories!

After you post all of your story assignments, COMMENT on everyone else's stories.

Alexis:

Online Classes VS. Traditional Classes (Pros/Cons)

Christmas feature story (topic of your choice)

Fun Things To Do Over Christmas Break

Southern University - Fun Facts

Mikki:

That's Crazy

On Average Facts

Commercials Louder Than Show

Tips for Studying ACT

Jarret:

World's Most Fascinating Places - 7 Wonders of World

How To Save $

The History of the Candy Cane

Ethan:

Wacky Laws

How To Eat Sushi

Lesser Known Wars

Why Jets Work

Foreign Foods

Matthew C:

History of Thanksgiving

Christmas feature story (topic of your choice)

Lesser Known Holidays

BCS Lion's Roar Staff Christmas Comic

Tweety Bird

Wesley:

HS Devotional

Google Earth - all about

Games to play without equipment

The Beginning of Music

Danielle:

Letter from Editor

Black & White Ball

Christmas

Rachel:

Tips for scholarship apps

MYSTERY TEACHER/STUDENT (NEW)

Classic Christmas movies

How Dirty Is Money

Abigail:

Photography Part 2

Christmas Jokes

Larry:

iTunes/Ebay/Amazon comparison

How to be funny

Jobs in High school (tips & balancing)

Taking physics, calculus, & english

JonJon:

Good Pets VS Bad Pets

Monster VS Coffee

History of Sticky Notes

Things to do over Christmas Break

Ian:

Famous phrases & why they're famous

Wolves/Foxes/Dingos

Jokes that aren't funny

What is tartar sauce?

Blog Assignment #49-50

Hey Journalism Students!

We have some exciting things coming up this week:

1) This blog (#49-50) is a 3-day blog assignment. This should give you more than enough time to finish it.

2) We'll tentatively meet on Tuesday as a class to assign yearbook pages (very exciting!)

Reminder: We are working the Nov. 20 game (you need to bring 2 people with you to work this game - preferably 1 parent/1 friend).

See you soon!

Ms. M

Here's blog #49-50:

1) Post 50 newspaper ideas to your blog

2) Pick 3 of those ideas

3) Write 3 feature stories (4 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences each)

4) Post each to your blog.

5) These are due by Wed at midnight.

Blog Assignment #48

Hey Journalism Students,

Here's blog assignment #48:

1) Make a list of your top 5 favorite things to do (hobbies)

2) Write 1 paragraph (5 sentences) about each hobby & why you like to do it

3) Post a picture that represents each hobby and post to your blog as "Blog assignment #48"

Have fun,

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #47

Hey Journalism Students,

Here's blog assignment #47:

1) Make a list of your top 5 favorite books

2) Write 1 paragraph (5 sentences) about each book & why you like it

3) Post a picture of each book to your blog as "Blog assignment #47"

Have fun,

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #46

Hey Journalism Students,

Here's blog assignment #46:

1) Make a list of your top 5 favorite movies

2) Write 1 paragraph (5 sentences) about each movie & why you like it

3) Post a picture of each movie to your blog as "Blog assignment #46"

Have fun,

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #45 (Dress down on Friday to hand out newspapers!)

Hey Journalism Students,

Before you start on this blog, the newspaper was just sent off to print (HOORAY!) We will be handing newspapers out THIS Friday at lunch. Danielle, the papers are coming in Thursday. It will be your responsibility to get them from Mrs. DeeDee and have the staff pass them out on Friday @ lunch. Everyone should meet Danielle outside of Sweetie's at the beginning of lunch (you will not be called out of class). Hand out newspapers at lunch AND bring them to the elementary TEACHERS to hand out to their students. Have fun and you may wear your newspaper t-shirts and jeans this Friday, Oct 22 (no holes in jeans - school rules still apply).

Here's blog assignment #45:

1) Make a list of your top 5 favorite bands

2) Write 1 paragraph (5 sentences) about each band & why you like their music.

3) Post a picture of each band to your blog as "Blog assignment #45"

Have fun,

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #44

Hey Journalism Students,

Here's blog assignment #44:

1) Write a 4-paragraph (5-7 sent each) summary of your weekend (your blogs are very entertaining by the way. You should read each other's blogs when you get a chance)

2) Write down 10 goals for you to accomplish by the end of the school year.

3) Post to blog as "blog assignment #44"

Have a great weekend,

Ms. M

Lion's Roar ISSUE 1

Newspaper stories being plugged in TODAY!

We'll take our group photo for the next issue since some of you are out today for Redemption Day!

Check back here - I'm going to post soon which day you need to wear your NP shirts & jeans!

Blog Assignment #43

Hey Journalism Students,
Here is blog assignment #43:
1) Find 3 articles that interest you on http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
2) Read the articles
3) Post the title, web link, and 5 W's and H of each to your blog.
Have fun,
MS. M

Blog Assignment #42

Hey Journalism Students,

Note: If you don't finish a blog assignment for that day, post what you did (even if it's just a little), and move on to the next blog assignment.

Here is blog assignment #42:

1) Find 3 articles that interest you on http://english.aljazeera.net/

2) Read the articles

3) Post the title, web link, and 5 W's and H of each to your blog.

4) Find 3 articles that interest you on http://www.athensnews.gr/

5) Read the articles

6) Post the title, web link, and 5 W's and H of each to your blog.

7) Find 3 articles that interest you on http://www.icenews.is/

8) Read the articles

9) Post the title, web link, and 5 W's and H of each to your blog.

Have fun, let me know if you have any questions,

Ms. M :)

Blog Assignment #41

Hey Journalism Students,

Here is your assignment today:

1) Find 3 articles that interest you on http://news.bbc.co.uk/

2) Read the articles

3) Post the title, web link, and 5 W's and H of each to your blog.

4) Find 3 articles that interest you on http://abcnews.go.com/

5) Read the articles

6) Post the title, web link, and 5 W's and H of each to your blog.

Have fun,

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #40

Hey Journalism Students,

Here is your blog assignment today:

1) Write a 6-paragraph feature story on the topic of your choice (5-7 sentences each paragraph)

2) Post this to your blog as "blog assignment #40".

Happy Monday,

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #39

Hey Journalism Students,

It's Friday, aren't you glad??? :)

Here's blog assignment #39:

1) Make a list of all the yearbook ADS you sold (include business/senior name & $). Write TOTAL AMOUNT SOLD underneath.

2) Post to your blog as "Ad Sales Sold"

3) Make a list of all the places/people you tried to sell yearbook ADS to, but didn't succeed. Tell me what their response was, how you tried to sell (example: called, visited the store, etc)

4) Post to your blog as "I tried..."

5) Turn in ALL yearbook AD sales + $ to Danielle.

Have a WONDERFUL & RELAXING weekend,

You earned it!

Ms. M :)

Blog Assignment #38

Hey Journalism Students,

I know you're glad it's almost the weekend, right? :)

Here's blog assignment #38:

1) Make a list of 10 websites you visit often.

2) Under each website, write 5 sentences about why you visit that website.

3) Post to blog as "blog assignment #38".

Have a great day!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #37

Hey Journalism Students!

Here's blog assignment #37:

1) Write a 5 paragraph (5-7 sentences each) feature story on Facebook.

2) What is it? Why do we use it? How do we use it? When do we use it? How's it beneficial? How can it be harmful? Really put some thought into your feature story.

3) Post to blog as "Blog assignment #37"

Have fun,

Ms. M

AD Sales Note: The grade showing in Renweb is not your final grade. You have until this Friday to get more ADs in. We will talk one on one after this Friday to see where everyone stands. Thanks for all your hard work :)

Blog Assignment #36

Hey Journalism Students!

Here's blog assignment #36:

1) Find 20 pictures online that you feel reflect what's in the news right now

2) Post to your blog as "blog assignment #36"

Happy News-ing!

Ms. M

Note from Ms. M - AD Sales

Hi Guys,

Here are the top sellers for ADS (as of today):

1. Rachel - $335

2. Ethan - $325

3. Mikki - $300

Congratulations to RACHEL! She will be receiving a $50 check for having the most ADS sold/turned in on time!

I have entered your AD sales grades in Renweb. But don't worry if it's a "0"! You have until THIS Friday to turn in all of your ADS + $ to get that grade up!

Happy Monday!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #35

Hey Journalism Students,

After you've emailed Danielle & I your newspaper stories, and turned in your ADS to me, get started on blog assignment #35:

1) Read Romans 8:28 (go to biblegateway.com to look up the scripture)

2) Find 10 pictures online that you feel reflect this scripture

3) Post to your blog as "blog assignment #35 part 1"

4) Read 1 Peter 5:7

5) Find 10 pictures online that you feel reflect this scripture

6) Post to your blog as "blog assignment #35 part 2"

Have fun!

Ms. M

NP Stories

Newspaper stories should be e-mailed to Danielle & I by Monday.

jenny.melancon@mybcsmail.com

danielle.mallett@mybcsmail.com

Make sure you EDIT your story before you send it. Limit length to 3 (really good) paragraphs.

I'll pick up AD sales on Monday!

Have a great weekend!

Note from Ms. M

Hey Guys,

A few reminders: All blogs should be completed through #33 by Saturday.

1) Ad sales are due this Monday (Joey A. just informed me he's buying an AD but doesn't know from who yet - heads up! Just don't attack him to get the sale first) :) If it is a senior AD you are selling, I just need the AD size & money now...we'll collect their pictures later.

DID I MENTION THE TOP SELLER GETS A $50 CHECK????????????

2) Great job on blogs for the most part. Be sure to post your blog whether it's finished or not. That way I can see you are at least progressing. 5 points is better than 0.

3) Check your blogs for comments from me.

Have a WONDERFUL weekend,

Revise your stories,

Bring them to school MONDAY :)

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #34

Hey Journalism Students,

Don't forget: All AD SALES due MONDAY, October 4th! $300 = 150 points. SELL, SELL, SELL!

Here's blog assignment #34:

1) Write a 5-paragraph (5-7 sentences each) feature story on Sarah Palin (be sure to put it in your own words!)

2) Post 10 pictures of Sarah Palin (younger years & older years)

3) Post to blog as "blog assignment #34"

Have fun!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #33

Hey Journalism Students,

Don't forget: All AD SALES are due THIS MONDAY, October 4th! $300 = 150 points. SELL, SELL, SELL!

Here's blog assignment #33:

1) Write a 6 paragraph (5-7 sentences each) story on this week. How's the week been? Some high points/low points? What are you most looking forward to this weekend? (Do not give any specific information about where you've been/where you're going - remember internet safety!)

Have a great day!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #32

Hey Journalism Students!

Here's your blog assignment for today:

1) Find 3 news websites from 3 different countries of your choice

2) Find an interesting story about that culture on their news website

3) Post the 5 W's and H of each story to your blog

4) Title it "blog assignment #32"

Have fun!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #31

Hey Journalism Students!

Since we are meeting today during class to plan out Issue 1 of the Lion's Roar, this blog assignment will be short.

Write a 2-paragraph summary (5-7 sentences each) about our newspaper planning meeting today. What does this tell you about how newspapers are organized and put together?

Also, AD SALES are due THIS MONDAY, October 4th (1 week). $300 = 150 points. SELL, SELL, SELL!

Have fun!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #30

Hey Journalism Students!

Here's blog assignment #30:

1) Find 20 pictures (not of yourself) that tell me about you. Your likes/dislikes/hobbies/interests/etc. Post these 20 pics to your blog as "Blog assignment #30".

Also, AD SALES are due THIS MONDAY, October 4th (1 week). $300 = 150 points. SELL, SELL, SELL!

Have a great day!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #29

Hey Journalism Students!

Reminder - Bring your newspaper stories typed and printed out this Wed, Sep 29. VERY IMPORTANT! We will be planning issue 1 of our school newspaper, "The Lion's Roar".

Here is blog assignment #29:

1) You are a reporter. Search the web for other high schools with newspapers (state-wide, nation-wide, or internationally).

2) Find at least 5 schools with high school newspapers. For each school, post:

a. Name and location of school

b. Name of the newspaper

c. If they have a website, the web address.

d. Any other lagniappe info about the newspaper.

Happy Writing!

Ms. M

YouTube

My apologies about Blog #27 and Youtube - didn't realize it was not accessible from school computers. Don't worry about blog #27.

I have posted Blog Assignment #28 in its place.

Happy Friday!

Ms. M

All blogs thru #28 should be completed by Saturday night.

Blog Assignment #28

Hey Journalism Students!

Here's blog assignment #28:

1. Find 10 pictures that portray America's past (pick what you feel are the biggest moments in America's history - people, places, or things). Post these pictures to your blog. Write a 2-paragraph (5-7 sentences each) summary on America's past (in your own words). Post to blog.

2. Find 10 pictures that portray America's present (pick what you feel are the biggest things going on in our nation right now - people, places, or things). Post these pictures to your blog. Write a 2 paragraph (5-7 sentences each) summary on America's present. Post to blog.

3. Find 10 pictures that portray America's future (where do you think we're headed? show me in pictures - people, places, or things). Post these pictures to your blog. Write a 1 paragraph summary on America's future. Where do you think we're headed? Post to blog.

Ms. M

Yearbook Distribution - GREAT JOB GUYS! :)

Yearbook Distribution - GREAT JOB GUYS! :)

Blog Assignment #26

Hey Journalism Students!

Your feature stories look great! Make sure you comment on everyone's stories this week.

Bring paper copies with you to school next Wednesday (we will share them).

Here's blog assignment #25:

1) Research the internet for information on our President, Barack Obama.

2) Post a 5-paragraph feature story to your blog about his life (think family, background, college education, responsibilities as president, etc.)

3) Make sure it's in your own words.

4) Post to your blog, titled "blog assignment #25"

5) Post a picture of the president and his family to your blog as well.

Have fun!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #25

Hey Journalism Students!

I hope you had a great weekend. Awesome job @ the yearbook assembly. You guys really worked well together. I'm proud of you.

Here's blog assignment #25:

1) Write all of your newspaper stories. Each story should be at least 5 paragraphs long (5-7 sentences each).

2) See Danielle if you don't remember what you're supposed to write about.

3) Post your stories to your blog with their title (Example: "Sharks Aren't So Scary")

4) Read and comment on every other classmate's stories (each person should have 2-3 stories). This should take a few days. Leave a comment that provides constructive criticism about their story. Was it interesting? Any grammatical errors? Etc.

This should take a couple of days to complete.

Happy Monday,

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #24

Hey Journalism Students,

Here is blog assignment #24 (not due until next week):

1) Post 10 more wacky "e-how" topics to your blog, titled "Blog assignment #24"

2) Post 10 phrases having to do with the eighties to your blog

3) Post 10 pictures having to do with the eighties to your blog

4) Comment on 3 other students' e-how or eighties blogs

Have fun!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #23

Hey Journalism Students!

Note: You should have blog assignments completed through #23 by Friday.

Here's blog assignment # 23:

1) Go to http://happynews.com/news/10262009/knowledge-power-ehowcom.htm

2) Watch the video about "e-how"

3) Go to http://www.ehow.com/

4) Find 15 WACKY/ODD "how to" topics on this site.

5) Post them to your blog, titled "blog assignment #23"

Have fun exploring!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #22

Hey Journalism Students,

Here is blog assignment #22:

1) Go to http://cybersmart.org/africa/storytelling/gallery/

2) Watch 3 of the videos

3) Post a 2-paragraph summary (5-7 sentences each) about each video

4) Title it "blog assignment #22"

Have fun learning about another culture!

Ms .M

Blog Assignment #21

Hey Journalism Students,

JOURNALISM T-SHIRT MONEY DUE TOMORROW (Wed, Sep 15) - $10!

Here is your blog assignment #21:

1) Find 2 stories online where you feel media crossed the line (think celebrities/lack of privacy). Consider the following while you're searching for your stories:

How Much Is Too Much?

How Important is Privacy in Media?

Are Media Outlets Accountable for their Actions?

How Is Privacy Respected in the Media (or is it)?

Would you say that we live in a media-frenzied world?

2) Post a 5-paragraph feature story about your findings/opinion on the matter. Title it "blog assignment #21"

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #20

Hey Journalism Students!

Here is blog assignment #20:

Find a copy of the Declaration of Independence online. Read it and answer the following questions.

Declaration of Independence Questions:

1. Find a copy of the Declaration of Independence online and review it for its main ideas. How are the core values of American democracy incorporated into the Declaration?

2. Throughout these core values, the relationship between citizen and government is described.What responsibilities does the government have to honoring these core values?What responsibilities do individual citizens have to preserve these core values?

3. How might some or all of these core values be important to the preservation of a free and independent press?

4. Identify the core values of American constitutional democracy that allow private citizens to collect, edit and further distribute information to others and how the values help drive these actions.

5. What responsibilities do producers of information have to these core values and their fellow citizens when distributing information?

Post to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #20"

Happy Monday!

Ms. M

Journalism T-shirt! $9.25 due Wed, Sep 15!

Note from Ms. M

Journalism Students,

Excellent job on blogs! Please make sure you have blogs completed through #18 by Friday.

ADS: make sure you're contacting those businesses I told you about. AD sales are worth 150 points (that's a big chunk of your grade). Each student needs to sell $300 in ADS by the first week of October. Please don't wait until the last minute. Think SENIORS & people you know who own their own business. Turn AD $ and sheets in to me, Danielle, or Mikki.

T-Shirts: I will be posting a pic of our t-shirt tomorrow. T-shirts will be $9.25 each and this money is due by Wednesday, Sep. 15 (that's when I'm placing the order). Make checks payable to BCS.

T.G.I.F.,

Ms. M :)

Blog Assignment #19

Hey Journalism Students,

Here is blog assignment #19:

1) Write a feature story on Marie Antoinette (3 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences each). Who was she? What did she do? Why is she important in history? Your thoughts on her life? What are some of her quotes? (Please do not copy & paste information, put it in your own beautiful words)

2) Post your feature story to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #19"

3) Post 5 pictures pertaining to Marie's life to your blog.

Have fun,

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #18

Hey Journalism Students!

Here is blog assignment #18:

1) Go to ABCnews.com

2) Find 3 stories that interest you

3) Post the 5 W's and H of each to your blog, titled "blog assignment #18 - part 1"

4) Go to BBCnews.com

5) Find 3 stories that interest you

6) Post the 5 W's and H of each to your blog, titled "blog assignment #18 - part 2"

7) Go to ESPN.com

8) Find 3 stories that interest you

9) Post the 5 W's and H of each to your blog, titled "blog assignment #18 - part 3"

Have fun,

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #17

Hey Journalism Students,

Here is blog assignment #17:

1) Write a feature story on George Muller (3 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences each). Who was he? What did he do? Why is he important in history? Your thoughts on his life? What are some of his quotes?

2) Post your feature story to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #17"

3) Post 5 pictures pertaining to Muller's life to your blog.

Have fun,

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #16

Hey Journalism Students,

Welcome back to school, hope you had a great Labor Day weekend!

Here is blog assignment #16:

1) Write a feature story on the topic/person you are assigned. Give me the 5 W's and H in your story. The feature story should be light, entertaining, informative and 5 paragraphs (5-7 sentences each).
2) Post your feature story to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #16"
3) Post 5 pictures about your topic to your blog.

Topic Assignments:

Matthew C. - Carman (the Christian rap artist)

Abigail - Maya Angelou

Hannah - Polly Pockets

Larry - Saved By the Bell Cast - where are they now?

Wesley - Missions

Rachel - All About Adventure Scouts (your group)

Ethan - Dangerous Fish

Jon Jon - Things to do at Disney World

Alexis - Space Camp @ NASA

Jarret - Athlete of your choice

Ian - Topic of your choice

Danielle & Mikki - finish up yearbook pages (please make sure to put the title on the page somewhere, including dividers)

Have fun,
Ms. M

Blog Assignment #15

Journalism Students,

After you finish blog assignments 13 and 14, get started on 15 (see below):

Find 5 news articles about anything you want (your choice).

Give me the link to the article, as well as the 5 w's and h of each story.

Post to your blog titled "Blog Assignment #15"

Happy Friday!

Ms. M

Thursday & Friday

Hey Journalism Students,

Today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday) you should be working on Blog Assignment #13 and #14.

Make sure you have all the blogs from this week posted to your blog by Saturday.

Happy Thursday,

Ms. M :)

Blog Assignment #14

Hey Journalism Students!

Here blog assignment #14:

1. Go to http://www.pocketcalculatorshow.com/boombox/

2. Give me the 5 W's and H of this website. Your thoughts? Post 5 pics from this website to your blog.

3. Go to http://www.searchslate.com/default.ashx

4. Decorate your google homepage and set as homepage on the computer.

5. Go to http://www.insanewiches.com/

6. Give me the 5 W's and H of this website. Your thoughts?

7. Post 5 pics from this website to your blog.

Have fun!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #13

Hey Journalism Students,

Here is blog assignment #13:

Go to http://www.thephotoargus.com/inspiration/35-extraordinarily-clever-examples-of-toy-photography/
Post 10 of your favorite pictures to your blog. Post the 5 W's and H of this website to your blog.

Go to http://ispot.org.uk/
Give me the 5 W's and H of this website. Post it to your blog.
Post a bird, plant, fish, and mammal picture from this site to your blog.

Have fun!

T-shirt (decisions, decisions)

Comment on this blog what color t-shirt YOU would like for journalism! (just the t-shirt, NOT the writing on the shirt, that's next)

Blog Assignment #12

Hey Journalism Students!

Here is blog assignment #12:

1. Go to http://www.smilebox.com/ (you will need to download Smilebox) - see Danielle Mallett, Mikki McClendon, Hannah Bell, or Rachel Hecht if you are having trouble.

2. Click on "Scrapbooks". Each of you will need to create a scrapbook. It can be a scrapbook about you, your family, your friends, or even a theme

3. You will need to add pictures, text & music to your scrapbook. Remember, always select theFREE designs & music! (use headphones in computer lab!)

4. E-mail your Smilebox scrapbook to me. (jenny.melancon@mybcsmail.com)

5. Post a 2-paragraph summary about your smilebox to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #12"

Have fun, and let me know if you have any questions!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #11

Hey Journalism Students!

Here's blog assignment #11:

1) Go to http://www.edheads.org/

2) On this site, you need to do the following (you will need headphones):
- Design a cell phone

- Crash Scene
- The Odd Machine
- Weather

You may do - Deep Brain Stimulation, Virtual Hip Resurfacing and Replacement & Virtual Knee Surgery if you have a strong stomach :)

3) Write a 1 paragraph summary about each and post it to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #11"

Have fun!

Ms. M

Journalism T-Shirts

Hey Journalism Students,

It's the time you've all been waiting for - we need to finalize and order our t-shirts!

Please leave a comment on THIS post (aka our class blog) and tell me your t-shirt size.

Thanks,

Ms. M

PS Details about t-shirt color & design TBA.

Blog Assignment #10

Hey Journalism Students!

Here's blog assignment #10:

1. Surf the web for 10 cool websites for kids.
2. Post these 10 websites to your blog, titled "Website #1, #2" etc.
3. Next to each website - give me the 5 W's and H of the website. What is it? What does it help kids do? Why should kids use it? Is it an educational website? Is it an entertainment website? How can a student use it? What's offered on the website? Would you use it? Would you encourage BCS students to use this website? Why? Be specific!


Have fun,
Ms. M

Blog Assignment #8 - #9

Hey Journalism Students:

Here's blog assignment #8:

1) Finish blog assignment #7, post to blog.

2) Find 5 news articles online about NEWS

3) Post the 5 W's and H of each article to your blog (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)

4) Post to your blog as "Blog Assignment #8"

Here's blog assignment #9:
4) Go to www.flickr.com
5) Click on "Explore"
6) Find 15 pictures that you like.

7) Save them to your desktop.
8) Post them to your blog, one at at time, titled "Picture #1, 2, etc".

9) Include a 1-paragraph summary with each picture explaining WHY you like that picture.

Have fun!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #7

Hey Journalism Students,

WRITE THIS DOWN: We will be working the LSU v. Ole Miss game on SATURDAY, NOV. 20. Each student should bring 1 adult + 1 friend with them to work the game. This will be worth 150 points.

Here's blog assignment #7:

1) Finish blog assignment #6

2) Post to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #6"

3) Pick 2 more of your newspaper ideas.

4) Write 2 more feature stories (5 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences each)

5) Post this to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #7".

Happy Monday!

Ms. M

Friday, August 20

Hey Journalism Students,

1 week down, quite a few more to go! Good job on your blogs so far. Some of you are still missing some blogs so here's what you need to do today:

1) Finish blog assignments #1-5

2) Post EACH one to your blog (I'm grading them tomorrow)

3) After you finish blogs 1-5, work on blog assignment #6. This includes writing 2 feature stories. (A feature story is a story about a person, place, or thing).

4) Post what you finish to your blog.

Have a great weekend!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #6

Hey Journalism Students,

Great job so far - pages & blogs look good!

Here's blog assignment #6:

1. Think of 10 people you know who would buy a Yearbook AD from you.

FYI - every student in this class must sell at least $300 worth of ADS. We'll talk more about that later. (Think business owners, senior ADS, etc.)

2. Post their first names to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #6 - Yearbook ADS"

3. Post 50 newspaper ideas to your blog. Yes, 50, titled "Blog Assignment #6 - Newspaper Ideas"

4. After you've posted 50 ideas, pick 2 of those ideas.

5. Write 2 feature stories for our first newspaper (stories should be 5 paragraphs, 5-7 sentences each)

6. Post these to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #6 - Feature Stories"

Note, this is not due until Monday, but you should get started on it now.

Happy Thursday!

Ms. M

Blog Assignment #5

Hey Journalism Students!

Here's blog assignment #5:

1. Finish up your yearbook page - make it look NICE & PROFESSIONAL!

(Put your name somewhere on your yearbook page)

2. Go look at everyone else's pages in e-design (see list below)

3. Write a 1 paragraph summary about each person's yearbook page (5-7 sentences each)

4. Post this to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #5"

You can work on this today & tomorrow

Page Assignments:

Pages 2-3 Jarret

Pages 4-5 Ethan

Pages 6-7 Frank

Pages 8-9 Alexis

Pages 10-11 Wesley

Pages 12-13 Joel

Pages 14-15 Hannah

Pages 16-17 Matthew

Pages 18-19 Abigail

Pages 20-21 Rachel

Pages 22-23 Ian

Pages 24-25 Danielle

Pages 26-27 Larry

Blog Assignment #4

Hey Journalism Students!

So far so good, everyone's doing a great job. Keep up the good work!

Please make sure you have posted Blog Assignments #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 to YOUR blog by this Friday. These are worth 10 points each. I will post grades on Friday.

Here's blog assignment #4:

1. Go to www.hjedesign.com

2. Log in to e-design

3. Go to your assigned page (page assignments below in RED)

4. Continue working on your yearbook page! Draw the boxes, insert the text, insert the pictures, and DESIGN (pick any theme - the page can be about sports, yourself, a hobby - it's your choice!)

5. At the end of class today, write a 1 paragraph summary (5-7 sentences) about what you did to your yearbook page today.

6. Post this to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #4"

Reminder - this is due Friday.

Have fun,

Ms. M

Page Assignments:

Pages 2-3 Jarret

Pages 4-5 Ethan

Pages 6-7 Frank

Pages 8-9 Alexis

Pages 10-11 Wesley

Pages 12-13 Joel

Pages 14-15 Hannah

Pages 16-17 Matthew

Pages 18-19 Abigail

Pages 20-21 Rachel

Pages 22-23 Ian

Pages 24-25 Danielle

Pages 26-27 Larry

Blog Assignment #3

Hey Journalism Students!

Please finish blog assignment #1 and #2 if you have not already. Post these to your blog.

Here's blog assignment #3:

1. Go to www.hjedesign.com

2. Log in to e-design (your username is firstnamelastname; your password is bethany)

3. Click on "Book" at the top, and go to your assigned page (page assignments below in RED)

4. Create a yearbook page! Draw the boxes, insert the text, insert the pictures, and DESIGN (pick any theme - the page can be about sports, yourself, a hobby - it's your choice!)

5. At the end of class today, write a 1 paragraph summary (5-7 sentences) about what you did to your yearbook page today.

6. Post this to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #3"

This is due Friday.

Have fun,

Ms. M

Page Assignments:

Pages 2-3 Jarret

Pages 4-5 Ethan

Pages 6-7 Frank

Pages 8-9 Alexis

Pages 10-11 Wesley

Pages 12-13 Joel

Pages 14-15 Hannah

Pages 16-17 Matthew

Pages 18-19 Abigail

Pages 20-21 Rachel

Pages 22-23 Ian

Pages 24-25 Danielle

Pages 26-27 Larry

Blog Assignment #2

Hey Journalism Students!

Note: Please email me blog assignment #1 and #2 if you have not yet created your blog (create your blog this weekend, you will have to verify your blog via a text message)

Here's blog assignment #2:

1. Go to http://www.punoftheday.com/

2. Post 10 of your favorite "puns" to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #2 - Puns"

3. Go to http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

4. Post 10 new words & their definitions to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #2 - Dictionary"

5. Go to http://www.happynews.com/

6. Write a 2 paragraph (5-7 sentences each) summary about two articles that interest you and post it to your blog, titled "Blog Assignment #2 - Happy News"

Do this at home this weekend:

-Go to blogger.com to create your blog

-Display name should be: "Danielle's Blog" (your name)

-URL should be http://bcsjournalismdanielle.blogspot.com (your name where danielle's is)

-Make sure you FOLLOW our class blog

Have fun!

Ms. M