Vacation Homework Due Monday, January 5th!

Your assignment over vacation is to start and complete an article of your choice for the Personal Newspaper Project (full assignment is in the post below this one). If you have any questions or need help getting started, please feel free to email me at mr.donohue@gmail.com.

Have a great vacation!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Monday, December 23rd!

For Monday, come prepared with an idea for your next article.

Research material that will help you get started. Your choices are below.

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Personal Newspaper Project
Assignment: All assignments are to be completed on Microsoft Publisher. You will be responsible for 100 points worth of work at the end of the marking period unless told otherwise (some individual’s goals will be adjusted). Once an article is written, you will have until the end of the marking period to adjust it. Due at your final exam.

OPTIONS:

Game Story: 25 points each. Write a game story on one of the L.E.C. teams (if you’re on a team, write about another team). To obtain a full 25 points, you must include the following:
• All 5Ws and the H
• Information Displayed in the Inverted Pyramid Form
• Lead & Headline
• 2-3 Quotes
• Writing: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Paragraph Separation

Sports Column: 20 points each. Choose a sports topic and answer a main question like “Did Michael Vick deserve jail time for dog fighting?” Please check topics with me for approval. You will be graded in the following areas:
• Lead & Headline
• Clear and sustained opinion
• 4-6 pieces of evidence to support your opinion
• Use of Hammer (opinion at start of story) or Velvet Glove (build to opinion at the end)
• Writing: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Paragraph Separation

Profile: 20 points each. Choose an athlete or student-athlete to profile. Please ask if you are not sure whether the person you choose will count for credit. Grading:
• Lead & Headline
• 3-4 pieces of Current News about your subject
• 5-7 Historical Facts about your subject
• 1-2 quotes BY your subject, 2-3 quotes ABOUT your subject
• Writing: Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Paragraph Separation

Revised Work: 10 points each. Substantial improvements need to be made to a piece of old work. Original work must be submitted with revision.

Homework For Thursday & Friday, December 18th & 19th!

For Thursday and Friday, work on your Plaxico Burress column (175-225 words) and be ready to have a draft finished in class by Friday.

Remember, you are answering the question: Should Burress go to jail for owning an illegal handgun?

Please email if you are having trouble: mr.donohue@gmail.com

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework Due Tuesday, December 15th!

For Tuesday, put together an outline of your Burress column.

The main question you are trying to answer in this column is: Should Burress serve jail time?


The outline should include:
*A lead and a headline
*Your Opinion
*2-3 reasons to support your opinion
*1-2 arguments against your opinion

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Week of Monday, December 8th - Friday, December 12th!

This week you must prepare one page of notes for your final. Additionally, you are responsible for the mini-profile with an extended deadline of Monday, December 8th.

For the final, you may use the Final Exam Form provided in class or a page of your own notes. The Final Exam Form is posted below.

Good luck!

-Mr. Donohue

Sports Journalism Final Exam Form

Task: Write a profile about a pro athlete or student-athlete of your choice. Be sure to follow the rubric guidelines below. 350-450 words.

Athlete/Student Athlete covered:_________________________

Exam Rubric:
*Lead & Headline = 5 points
*3-4 pieces of news on the subject of your profile = 5 points
*5-7 pieces of history on your subject = 5 points
*Quotes: 1-3 by your subject, and 2-4 about you subject = 5 points
Note: quotes cannot be longer than 18 words in length. If you are using a source for quotes on a pro athlete, please note what source you used in the body of your article.
*Writing Quality (Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Paragraph Separation) = 5 Points


1) 3-4 pieces of news on the subject of your profile:



2) 5-7 pieces of history on your subject:



3) Quotes: 1-3 by your subject, and 2-4 about your subject:

HW Due Thursday & Friday, December 4th & 5th!

Your "mini-profile" on a classmate is due on Friday. The rubric is once again posted below. Please email with questions: mr.donohue@gmail.com

Good luck!

-Mr. Donohue

-Rubric for 275-325 word mini-profile (25 points total, each area graded on a scale of 1-5)
*Lead (20-25 words) and Headline (1-5 words)
*3-4 current facts about your subject (blended into article, not listed)
*4-5 historical facts about your subject (blended in)
*2-3 quotes about your subject, 1-2 quotes by your subject (15-word max per quote)
*Writing: Spelling, grammar, punctuation & paragraph separation

HW For Wednesday, December 3rd!

For Wednesday, work on your mini-profile and gather any information from your partner that you still need. Tomorrow's class will be dedicated to writing your classmate's profile.

If you have any questions, please email me at mr.donohue@gmail.com

See you in class!

-Mr.Donohue

Homework #6, Due Tuesday, December 2nd!

For Tuesday, obtain 4-5 quotes about your profile subject that you can use in your article.

The rubric for the assignment due Friday is below:

-Rubric for 275-325 word mini-profile (25 points total, each area graded on a scale of 1-5)
*Lead (20-25 words) and Headline (1-5 words)
*3-4 current facts about your subject (blended into article, not listed)
*4-5 historical facts about your subject (blended in)
*2-3 quotes about your subject, 1-2 quotes by your subject (15-word max per quote)
*Writing: Spelling, grammar, punctuation & paragraph separation