1. Opinions on tardy sweeps
2. Storytelling through film (Austin Film Festival)
3. book review?
4. student creates new songwritting club after school
5. explaining the barcode thingies for yearbook
Friday, October 7, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Newspaper Stories for First Issue
I will be doing the Storytelling Through Film story. I will be taking the pictures for it also since i have the class anyway. I plan on interviewing Ms. Lefave as well as students in the class. I will probably talk to Jackson King, Whitley Body, Jonathan Perez, and Sarah Romero at a minimum. I may just have everyone in the class answer the questions on a peice of paper if Lefave lets me. As a side bar i can talk about how we are begging for Cannon to donate some really ligit cameras that would really help to improve our short films that we are making next semester or maybe about how there no longer is a Creative Writing Class.
Questions:
Lefave. What inspired you to get the class started? What were the steps taken in order allow the class to be offered to the class? What is your vision for the class? What do you think will be the best part of the class? What do you expect the students to get out of the class?
Students. Why did you decide to take the class? What is your favorite part about the class so far? What do you think will be the best part of the class? What are you looking forward to most in the class? What do you expect to get out of the class?
Another story that i plan on doing will be a story about all the vandalism that has been going on around school. I will be taking pictures of the vandalism as well as interviewing Mr. Gerard, Ms. Seigel, and a number of AJT students about the vandalism happening in the workshop of the theater. A possible side bar could be dates for all the upcoming shows.
Questions:
Why do you feel this is happening? Are there any suspects? (<---Seigel) What do you feel to be the worst part of this situation? What would you like to say to the people doing this?
Questions:
Lefave. What inspired you to get the class started? What were the steps taken in order allow the class to be offered to the class? What is your vision for the class? What do you think will be the best part of the class? What do you expect the students to get out of the class?
Students. Why did you decide to take the class? What is your favorite part about the class so far? What do you think will be the best part of the class? What are you looking forward to most in the class? What do you expect to get out of the class?
Another story that i plan on doing will be a story about all the vandalism that has been going on around school. I will be taking pictures of the vandalism as well as interviewing Mr. Gerard, Ms. Seigel, and a number of AJT students about the vandalism happening in the workshop of the theater. A possible side bar could be dates for all the upcoming shows.
Questions:
Why do you feel this is happening? Are there any suspects? (<---Seigel) What do you feel to be the worst part of this situation? What would you like to say to the people doing this?
Friday, September 2, 2011
NOTES! SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
After You Sign Up:
Step One- Pick story (something you have interest in, if you dont pick then you are assigned something. think of something you are interested in and suggest it so that you can sign up for that story)
Step Two- Brainstorm who you want to interview (make list of people to interview. always interview a student!! keep interviews with adults to a minimum. Think outside the box! Who else is involved that is not a student or a teacher. interview parents more? When people ask you questions tell them what you think)
Step Three- Come up with a set of questions (DONT ask questions that can be answered with yes or no. Questions should be open ended. think about who you are interviewing and maybe have two or three sets of questions depending on who you need to talk to. try to make it a conversation sometimes gotta think on feet still get to other questions)
Step Four- Go to the editor for the section that you are writing about (to make sure that you are giving them what you want, so that they can help you if you have questions, so that you know how much to write average story is about half a page in microsoft word in 10 point font and longer stories can be up to a page and a half)
Step Five- Outline what the story might be about (where you want to see the story go. Quote-Transition <-- makes a great story most of the time statements hard and can use questions to generate statements from questions. TELL A STORY..)
Step Six- Go do interviews
Step Seven- THe story (skip the lead and go straight into the body of the story or at least start piecing together the meat of the story, then you can figure out how to lead and finish)
Step Eight- Write the lead (first 5 words are the most crucial parts of the story!)
Step Nine- Complete the story
DONT MISS DEADLINES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Step One- Pick story (something you have interest in, if you dont pick then you are assigned something. think of something you are interested in and suggest it so that you can sign up for that story)
Step Two- Brainstorm who you want to interview (make list of people to interview. always interview a student!! keep interviews with adults to a minimum. Think outside the box! Who else is involved that is not a student or a teacher. interview parents more? When people ask you questions tell them what you think)
Step Three- Come up with a set of questions (DONT ask questions that can be answered with yes or no. Questions should be open ended. think about who you are interviewing and maybe have two or three sets of questions depending on who you need to talk to. try to make it a conversation sometimes gotta think on feet still get to other questions)
Step Four- Go to the editor for the section that you are writing about (to make sure that you are giving them what you want, so that they can help you if you have questions, so that you know how much to write average story is about half a page in microsoft word in 10 point font and longer stories can be up to a page and a half)
Step Five- Outline what the story might be about (where you want to see the story go. Quote-Transition <-- makes a great story most of the time statements hard and can use questions to generate statements from questions. TELL A STORY..)
Step Six- Go do interviews
Step Seven- THe story (skip the lead and go straight into the body of the story or at least start piecing together the meat of the story, then you can figure out how to lead and finish)
Step Eight- Write the lead (first 5 words are the most crucial parts of the story!)
Step Nine- Complete the story
DONT MISS DEADLINES!!!!!!!!!!!!
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