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Good morning! Be sure to sign up on the Online Daily News Brief Schedule for a slot each week from now until the end of the semester. Let’s get this filled in today before you leave, please. The idea is … Continue reading →

Can’t believe it’s March already. Today you should be working on several different things: Pep Rally Story – Outline and Draft African American Read-In – Outline and Draft Press Conference Assault story – Outline and Draft Daily News Brief – … Continue reading →

Today I’d like us to work together to create a post about the African American Read-In from last week. Let’s start with what we know, and complete as many of the 5 Ws as possible: Who: What: Where: When: Why: … Continue reading →

Today we’re going to go to the Media Center for the African American Read-in. In addition to enjoying the selections, I’d like you each to write a news brief about it. Take notes. In addition to the basic facts (5Ws) … Continue reading →

Good morning. Mr. Larson is going to come to talk to us today about the altercation that happened on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 here at LHS. I told him that we had been looking at the way the local press … Continue reading →

Good morning! Today I’d like us to do the following things: Show you how to create your Staff Profile page for the Advocate Online in SNO (School Newspapers Online), the company that hosts our site. You’ll write a short bio … Continue reading →

Today we’re going to write a quick News Brief about the Winter Pep Rally. There is a document for this in Classroom. We’ll look at some photos to go with it, and we’ll try to get it posted by the … Continue reading →

Today I want you to go out Foraging for Story Ideas. You will go out individually. Do not pair up or travel in packs. Fan out to cover more ground. You need 10 story ideas EACH.  Look at the world … Continue reading →

Good morning! Welcome back from your four-day weekend! Hope you had a good snow day. Today I’d like to talk about something that is crucial to journalism (and to everyone who reads any stories from news outlets): How to Tell … Continue reading →

Good morning. Today you’ll take the Name Quiz from our Classmate Introduction speeches. Click on this link to take the Quiz.  You need to identify each student by name (spelled correctly) and say one interesting thing that they learned from the presentations. You may … Continue reading →