AGENDA for Week 1

Tuesday, August  23 - First Day of School - Meet and Greet, letters to parents
(AUPs, Camera Use Forms, Supply Fee - NEW this year, Yearbook Staff  Workshop info)
Wednesday, August  24 - House Rules
Thursday, August  25 - Journalism Survival Kit - how to log on to the typing program
Friday, August  26 - Mingle to Music - Journalism Video

AGENDA for Week 2

Monday, August 29 - Review House Rules, Return AUP forms, field trip forms and $ and supply fee $ and camera release forms
Crossword Puzzle from Meet and Greet First Day Interview

Tuesday, August 30 - Using J Staff Manual correct Style Matters - an online quiz using the Style Guide on pages 6 & 7. You must enter your first and last name, but you can work with a partner. Why? So, you learn the grammar rules and  journalistic style of writing.

Wednesday, August 31 -  Write important dates in your student agendas (p.9 of your Staff MANUAL). Seek and Find game using the Journalism STUDY GUIDES in our press room ( page 6).

Thursday, September 1 - What’s the Big Idea - Break into group and peruse old yearbooks,  magazines and newspapers. Make a list of possible feature story ideas, polls (they have to be fun and funny), foodie reviews, fashion, movies, fast food, coffee, and me time ideas on tablet paper.
Yearbook Avenue - www.yearbookavenue.com p. 13
Yearbook 9 - pages 1 - 33
Yearbook 7 - pages 34 - 66
Yearbook 9 - pages 67 - 98
Yearbook 7 - pages 99 - 128

Friday, September 2 - Continue with Brainstorming (What’s the Big Idea)

AGENDA for Week 3
Monday, September 5
Labor Day/Holiday

Tuesday, September 6
Intro to Photography and Photo Composition 
REMIND YOUR PARENTS THAT BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT IS TONIGHT AT 6 p.m.

Wednesday, September 7
Photo Graphic Organizer with vocabulary
Camera 101 Use and How to Edit Photos 
Where do I save my photos? How do download them to my personal folder and when can I move the 10 best photos from a beat to the Shared Digital file folder?

Thursday, September 8
All Day Workshop for Yearbook Staff - Yearbook Field Trip Info
Newspaper Staff and YB staff who are staying at school will Hit the Halls WITH your substitute - follow directions for the scavenger hunt. You need to take two photos (any composition) and get two quotes from your subject/s.

Remember if you have to ask if you can enter a classroom, you have already interrupted the teacher and the lesson. You must enter classrooms one photographer at a time and take photos as though you were invisible. Avoid muggers and don’t answer questions about why you are taking photos. Teachers know you will be hitting the halls.

Friday, September 9 - Test over photo composition
Begin working on the ladder (YB) and assignments (NP) and discussion on What’s the Big Idea from last week’s brainstorming sessions.

AGENDA for Week 4
Monday, September 12
7th FB Game
Camera 101 Use and How to Edit Photos 
Where do I save my photos? How do download them to my personal folder and when can I move the 10 best photos from a beat to the Shared Digital file folder?
Application Forms for Yearbook - Responsibilities - Apps can come in anytime. The short written brief is due next Friday, September 23.
Application Forms for Newspaper - Responsibilities - Apps can come in anytime. The short written brief is due next Friday, September 23.

Tuesday, September 13
8th FB Game
Photo Graphic Organizer - Camera Test - Show ME! Practice taking photos in the classroom and downloading them. Show ME how you download and rename photos.
We will use Adobe Bridge to rename your photo files and add captions if the camera software does not allow you to rename when you download.

Wednesday, September 14
Early Release
Parts of the Yearbook
Parts of the Newspaper
TEST OVER THIS MATERIAL ON FRIDAY

Thursday, September 15
Guest speaker - Longhorn photographer, Ron Meredeith
Picture Day (remember your forms and picture money)
Volleyball Games & Theatre Performance tonight

Friday, September 16 -
6th Grade Dance tonight. Turn your cameras in to the office on Monday morning. I cannot meet you at the dance tonight to download.
TAB this afternoon. Wiki shows POD.
YEARBOOK TEST over parts of the yearbook. This is not an open manual or do-it-together test.
NEWSPAPER TEST over parts of the newspaper. This is not an open manual or do-it-together test.
Sign thank you card to Mr. Meredeith.
Keep the handouts that Mr. Meredeith provided yesterday. You will be tested over this material.

AGENDA for Week 5
Monday, September 19
7th FB Game
BRING OLD MAGAZINES (TRENDY MAGS) TO CLASS THIS WEEK FOR A PHOTO COMPOSITION GAME.
How to Edit Photos - Practice Adjusting Auto Levels and Auto Contrast - also Brightness
Application Forms for Yearbook - Application Due. Your 400 word brief is due NEXT week after we cover Leads and writing a brief.
Application Forms for Newspaper - Applications Due. Your 400 word brief is due NEXT week after we cover Leads and writing a brief.
Sign thank you card for Mr. Meredeith,
Begin Photoshop Unit. You will need the BIG book (Journalism Study Guide) for guide to using Photoshop toolbox and hot keys.
Parts of the Yearbook RETEST
Parts of the Newspaper RETEST

Tuesday, September 20
8th FB Game
Creating the Wash Away effect (page A51 of the Big Study Guide Book). Due Wednesday. Save as a .jpg to the In Box. Naming convention = lastname_firstinitial_washaway

Wednesday, September 21
Cutting Out the Background (cobbing) and sometimes called Clipping Paths using Photoshop. Save as a .tiff to the In Box. Directions are on page A27 of the Big Study Guide Book. Due on Thursday. Naming convention = lastname_firstinitial_cob.

Thursday, September 22
Check out Who’s Who on the Yearbook and Newspaper/News Magazine Staff
Newspaper Staff Assignments online
VB Games
Work on your cobbing, wash away and edit any photos you have taken that have been placed in the Shared Digital Photos folder. Learn to edit color pics to black and white and print a contact sheet of your work.

Friday, September 23
Finalize washaways. Save to the drop box for your class.

AGENDA for Week 6
Monday, September 26
Go Get It Week - PODS -
7th FB Game
BRING OLD MAGAZINES (TRENDY MAGS) TO CLASS THIS WEEK FOR Headline activity and photo comp game next week.
Newspaper and Yearbook staff -  400 word brief is due THIS FRIDAY at the beginning of class.
Use this sample brief as a guide using the QT formula for writing. Here is the rubric for writing an article.
Yearbook Staff will discuss cover and instructions and select 4 photos for use on the cover.

Tuesday, September 27
8th FB Game
Newspaper students will interview teachers today. All news staff needs to take a photo of their teacher or administrator and download to Journalism/Newspaper photos for 1st edition.
Yearbook - Theme and Planning the Ladder
Meeting TUESDAY after school from 3:30 - 4:15 for Business Managers.

Wednesday, September 28
Writing Leads
Meeting WEDNESDAY after school from 3:30 - 4:15 for Editors.
We will begin creating page wizards for pages 1 - 19.
Yearbook Avenue
Come prepared with ideas for polls and stories for spreads.

Thursday, September 29
Work on article/brief in class. Bring interview notes to class.
VB Games

Friday, September 30
Your wash aways are ready. Gallery Walk today.
Articles are due today at the beginning of class.

Next week - Anatomy of a spread and Front Page NEWS layout
You will learn to create a spread using InDesign.
Writing Headlines
Graphic Organizer for Headlines

Second 6 Weeks Begins
Week 7
Monday, October 3
FB7 Game
Anatomy of a Spread for YB
Front Page Newspaper Design for NP
Design Trends
Fonts & Color Design Trends
Find them in a yearbook or newspaper spread.
Graphic Organizer

Tuesday, October 4
FB 8 Game
King Pica and his Kingdom - Crowns today
Script to go with King Pica

Wednesday, October 5
Finish our Cobbing Project today.
You may take a photo of someone in the class and use the black paper (hanging) as your background).
Directions are on page A27 of the Big Study Guide Book. Naming convention = lastname_firstinitial_cob. Be sure to save the photo you want to cob to your 047 BEFORE you begin to cob.

Thursday, October 6
SPOT POD at 7:45 a.m., in the gym
VB Games
Begin InDesign - Bring in a cool spread or select one from a magazine or a yearbook in our classroom(use a SIMPLE spread) so you can recreate it..
Discussion of the toolbox and placeholder text.
Doing it together - We will begin creating a simple spread together before you use your own.
Good sites for royalty FREE images (must be high resolution) are http://www.gettyimages.com or http://www.istockphoto.com (Coffee stains is a good example of a stock image that MAY be free.)

Friday, October 7
7th & 8th grade Dance
Watch Superman episode today. You will need the BIG book after you watch the series. Discussion of page (how to write a story from interview info). Reporting

Week 8
Monday, October 10
Student Holiday - Teacher Workday

Tuesday, October 11
Work on spread.

Wednesday, October 12
Work on spread.
Assignments for NP blog.
Finalized Ladder Assignments for YB.

Thursday, October 13
Work on your spread.

Friday, October 14
Study with a partner using word bank.
Test over design vocabulary.
Finalize your spread. Save it to the YB or NP In Box as lastname_firstinitial_sample spread.
Kiddos - Find 10 great photos for our front endsheet. Place in the endsheet folder once I approve. Must include all grades. Sort through your pics. Delete dups and bad pics.

Week 9
Monday, October 17
We are going to begin selecting photos for your spreads this week.
Once you place photos in the correct photo folder, you must crop and edit auto levels and auto contrast.
Headlines - How to write GREAT headlines. Use a play on words-onomatopoeia, idioms, puns, similes or an oxymoron.
Why these headlines are SO BAD!
Headline Graphic Organizer

Tuesday, October 18
Create a headline word wall.
You may stay after school until 5:00 to work on your spreads if you are in YB.

Wednesday, October 19
Find headlines in
You may stay after school until 5:00 to work on your spreads if you are in YB.
Broadcast Team to record Jag News after school -3:30 - 4:15. Others may work on YB spreads.

Thursday, October 20
Some should locate headlines in old yearbooks. Write them down. Others needs to locate and MOVE photos to the digital photos file for their page/s for the yearbook. Use app I to get to YearTech 2012.
NP - Brooke to interview Ms. Kincaid. Sammy to interview ARD facilitator (I will give you his room number today).
Test over headlines.

Friday, October 21
Caption Writing
Find great quotes using the Radical Write. I will give you pages to locate quotes that are priceless and those that aren’t worth a nickel!
Caption Writing Graphic Organizer

Week 10
Monday, October 24
The Inverted Pyramid - Why it’s important for writing for print publications. Find leads on pages  ,  ,l  ,   ,  of the Radical Write. Find redundancy in these stories.
News Elements - What is “evergreen” news?

Tuesday, October 25
Typography - What type are you?
You Tube Font Fight - Ariel vs Helvetica

Wednesday, October 26 - Early Release
Pep Rallys in the morning.
Handout for Font Fight

Thursday, October 27 -
Work on font fight research - YB classes
Guest speaker - Mr. Marcial Guajardo, Managing Editor of the Round Rock Leader, will speak to NP classes.

Friday, October 28
Work on font fight research.
Type info for your font and print it our for Monday’s presentation.
Thank you note to Mr. Guajardo.

Week 11
Monday, October 31
Font Fight - You may dress up as your font and present to class! You must turn in your font research as formatted in the handout.

Tuesday, November 1
Guest Speaker Bobby Hawthorne to speak to all J classes

Wednesday, November 2
Ladder Assignments for YB. Begin production.
Style Guide handout. Why do we need a stylesheet for our yearbook and newspaper?
Photo Planning

Thursday, November 3
Portrait Retakes in the cafeteria during lunches for those who missed picture day
Typography Test
Write thank you letter to Mr. Hawthorne.
Production for Yearbook and Newspaper

Friday, November 4
Caption Writing - View this on your own pc
Production for Yearbook and Newspaper

Week 12
Monday, November 7
Production for Yearbook and Newspaper
Warhol Project
About Andy Warhol
About Color Theory - Why is this still a POPular way to create a graphic?

Tuesday, November 8
Production

Wednesday, November 9
Production

Thursday, November 10
Production

Friday, November 11
Production  - When is the date for YB Deadline 1? What pages do we want to have ready?

Third Six Weeks
Monday, November 14
Typography Pre Test
Please respond to this survey if you have not already.
YB - Production - Deadline 1 and 2 are due Friday - Period 7 - Link all photo files - Delete the ones you are not using and print out a contact sheet so Period 9 will not use your photos.
Our portrait CD is IN. We will mail this overnight to our Jostens rep!
NP - Warhol Project - Due Friday. Use instructions for BIG BOOK. You may take photos of a banana, soup can, high heel shoe or a friend. The photograph must be one image (simplicity is key).

Tuesday, November 15
Typography Test
YB - Production - Deadline 1 and 2 are due Friday - captions to be gathered today and tomorrow
NP - Warhol Project
Caption Writing
Wednesday, November 16
YB - Production - Deadline 1 and 2 are due Friday - Yearbook Group Photo at 1:00 in the library - wear your t-shirts - Period 9 - don’t forget and bring your pass
NP - Warhol Project  - Newspaper Group Photo at 2:50 in the library - wear your t-shirts
Orchestra Performance pm in the cafeteria
Thursday, November 17
YB - Production - Deadline 1 and 2 are due Friday
NP - Warhol Project
Friday, November 18
YB - Production - Deadline 1 and 2 are due Friday
NP - Warhol Project Due
Talent Show Tonight
Stories Due
Work Night for Period 9 - All parents must send me an email if their student is staying after school from 3:30 - 7:00 pm - Please bring a drink and a snack.

Monday, November, 21
Caption Writing Pre-Test - Finalize all copy and photo credits - Deadline 1 and 2 will be submitted today.
Tuesday, November 22
YB and NP - Test over Caption Writing
Test over Writing Quotes
Delete blurry photos you have taken in the Shared Digital Folder (SDF) - delete any unusable photos
NP - Rough Drafts due next Friday
Find needed photos for your stories in Shared Digital Folder (SDF)
Break for Thanksgiving Holidays. Wear your seatbelts. No parachuting.

Monday, November 28 - Friday December 16
NP Assignments
Due Friday, December 2
You will also work on finalizing your Warhol image.
We will create holiday cards and gift tags using InDesign
Workday after school on Monday, December 5 to lay out paper (3:30 - 5:30) Crunch Time includes crunch bars.
Our final will be Friday, December 9  - We will be delivering papers to advisories as soon as everyone has finished the final.
Great job on the first print edition!

Monday, January 2 - Student Holiday/Teacher Workday
Tuesday, January 3 - Holiday Interviews/Share - p. 12
Wednesday, January 4 - Crossword Puzzle (answers to holiday interviews) - Review YB assignments and deadlines, advertising and sales - NP staff to decide on articles for 4th blogged edition - See production schedules below. Begin polls/infographics lesson on p. 35 & 36. You will interview those in our class on a specific question.
Thursday, January 5 - Polls/Infographics - You will interview those in our class and allow for different answers. You will use this information to create a graph, p. 35 & 36
Friday, January 6 - Test your skills at graphing to create an infographic (You will receive data to create a spreadsheet and graph.)
Doodle Day -

Monday, January 9 - Production all week - Read All About It Quiz - Portrait Page Proofs are in - after school workday for those who worked on the people section.
Tuesday, January 10 - Production
Wednesday, January 11 - Production - Broadcast News to be recorded during period 6 - Indexers to index pages already submitted.
Thursday, January 12 - SPOT at 7:45 a.m. in the gym, Production
Friday, January 13 - You Gotta Have Style Performance Handout - Matters of Style Guide Reference Guide for Assignments
You will each be assigned an AP Style from our workbook OR a style from
the YB or NP styles. You may bring props for the STYLE SHOW.

Monday, January 16 - School Holiday (MLK Day)
Tuesday, January 17 - Production
Wednesday, January 18 - Production
Thursday, January 19 - Production - NP/Reviewing A&E, Editorial & Sports Writing
Friday, January 20 - Yearbook Associated Press (AP) Style Test
Newspaper Associated Press (AP) Style Test
Read All About It Quiz
All NP articles and YB D3 spreads due next Friday, January 27 - workdays after school next week M - TH until 5:00

Monday, January 23 - BBB vs. GRISHAM 8TH V/7TH H 5:30 - 7th Jenni Malone & Kelsi Bray & 8th Breanne Potral
Those who didn’t turn in their Associated Press Style Show paper should refer to the following link.
AP Style and finish this today. Grades are due.
Prepare to learn how to create videos that move the world - 2011 in Review & clip from Love Actually- After school workday for yearbook
BBB game 7th home - POD
Possible Topics for Video Story Telling Project - draft due Friday, February 3, final due Friday, February 10
Overview of Video Story Telling
Production/Theme and Scripts must be written and turned in before you begin photo collections and videotaping

Tuesday, January 24 - Production/Organization of Canvases/Slides using MovieMaker - After school workday for yearbook D3
Photo Story HELP? Guide - You must start with a plan and have a beginning, middle and end.
Wednesday, January 25 - Production/Begin copying photos to your 047 for your advertisement/movie. After school workday for yearbook D3

Thursday, January 26 - Production/Write down photos you will need for your advertisment/movie. Write down script you
want to be included in your movie. This can be recorded in sections for your movie.
GBB Game vs Grisham - 7th home - Alexa & Taylor POD -
After school workday for yearbook D3.

Friday, January 27 - All NP articles and YB D3 spreads due today. Peer edit/proof. Dance - POD Taylor, Reilly, Abby & Jackie S.
A fun link about fonts.
Idea links for digital storytelling:
National Geographic - Dog Wash
National Geographic - How to Make Cake Pops
Link to capturing video from your pc - http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screen_recorder

Monday, January 30 - POD - Anna Katz - BBB8 Home

Link to sports scores - for staff reporting on BBB, GBB, Track & Soccer

Please check out POD listings here for Feb. - Need one 7th and one 8th grade POD for Pep Rally on Wed.
Videos/Story Telling Project - Bring digital photos, music and video on flash drives - Work on this all week.
DUE Friday, February 3 -  (photos and canvases formatted)
Completed project with video due Friday, February 10
Link to capturing video from your pc - http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screen_recorder
2011 in Review - Review for Ideas on using video with photos
Possible Topics for Video Story Telling Project
Overview of Video Story Telling
Organization of Canvases/Slides
Photo Story HELP? Guide

Tuesday, January 31 - After school workday for yearbook D3
Jenni, Kelsey & Emily to complete copy this week for Orgs Division (copy and wordle)
Mackenzie, Taryn, Kelsey to complete colophon by Friday
Jenna & Hannah to place Che Bella Ad
Dylan & Daniel to index pages 104 - 115
Holly H. & Bailey to complete Winter Division by Friday - Wordle, copy and photos placed

Wednesday, February 1 - POD Pep Rally 7 - POD Pep Rally 8 - Buddy Pics during lunches
Early Release - After school workday for yearbook D3
Emma, Anais, Taylor M. & Kelsi to work on Buddy Pics pages
Jenni, Kelsey & Emily to complete copy this week for Orgs Division (copy and wordle)
Mackenzie, Taryn, Kelsey to complete colophon by Friday
Holly H. & Bailey to complete Winter Division by Friday - Wordle, copy and photos placed
Dylan & Daniel to index pages 104 - 115

Thursday, February 2 - POD GBB - Buddy Pics during lunches
After school workday for yearbook D3
Emma, Anais, Taylor M. & Kelsi to work on Buddy Pics pages
Jenni, Kelsey & Emily to complete copy this week for Orgs Division (copy and wordle)
Mackenzie, Taryn, Kelsey to complete colophon by Friday
Holly H. & Bailey to complete Winter Division by Friday - Wordle, copy and photos placed
Dylan & Daniel to index pages 104 - 115

Friday, February 3 - POD - Aina K. - Cultural Fair
View others photos and canvases
Emma, Anais, Taylor M. & Kelsi to work on Buddy Pics pages
Jenni, Kelsey & Emily to complete copy this week for Orgs Division (copy and wordle)
Mackenzie, Taryn, Kelsey to complete colophon by Friday
Holly H. & Bailey to complete Winter Division by Friday - Wordle, copy and photos placed
Dylan & Daniel to index pages 104 - 115
Deadline 3 Due to Jostens

Yearbook Production Assignments
Students who do not show up for after school work days to complete spreads may receive a failing grade.
When you do not complete your spread, another student must do the work for you.
Deadlines are tight and needed so our book can be distributed at the end of May.
All students in deadline 4 must stay after school twice a week during the weeks of February 6 and February 13. Those who are on deadline 3 should have come in this week to finalize their spreads.

Monday, February 6 - Finalize movies this week. Due at the end of the period on Thursday, February 9. We will show movies on Friday. Rubric for Digital Storytelling
BBB HERNANDEZ 8TH Away/7TH H 5:30 - 7th Danielle & Alexa - 8th Jenna & Anna K. POD

Link to BBB sports scores - for staff reporting on BBB, GBB, Track & Soccer
Check Coach Petty’s website for scores for GBB games

If you have finished your movie AND published it (I must review it), then you may work on these fun Photoshop projects. A drop box is available on the Shared Journalism Folder for each PS project. When finished save as lastname_firstname_project1 etc.
Another great Photoshop Activity using the Twirl tool.

Yearbook students who need to stay after school this week and next include:

1. Catherine & Noah - Veterans’ Day & Intersection Dance
2. Holly & Bailey - Winter Section Divider - More or Less
3. Natalia & Aby & Mackenzie - report on FAC BB game, Souper Bowl of Caring, Giving Tree, Coats for Kids, After School field trip, FCA BB game, Partners in PE, Jag Java Joint, Dell Childrens’ Hospital Library Campaign/Chocolate Fountain
4. Jordan & Lauren - Pajama Day, Mr. Lankford/gorilla/get the story from Mackenzie, Cultural Fair, List of New Year’s Resolutions, Digital Learning Day, Breakfast with the Principal
5. Jenna & Anna K - BBB8 - enter scores, select photos, crop and edit photos before placing
6. Danielle & Alexa - BBB7 - enter scores, select photos, crop and edit photos before placing
7. Sabira & Breanne - GBB8 - enter scores, select photos, crop and edit photos before placing
8. Abby & Reilly - GBB7 - enter scores, select photos, crop and edit photos before placing
9. Taylor & Kaitlyn - Art & Soul - Chalk Walk & Empty Bowl (teachers will be creating bowls on February 28 after school)
10. Skylr, Brianna, Laura - Annie & sidebar (Talent Show)
11. Loren & Amy - take academic photos (add Track and Soccer once these sports begin)
12. Jackie T. Sydney & Holly - That’s Going on Facebook - plan an outing to Domain/Target/etc. and take friends (fashion/Charmin Charlies/Forever 21/ Lucky/Anthropologie/Macys, Starbucks/caffeine poll, electronics/ Apple store and music/movie/book favs/Barnes & Nobles)
13. Summer, Sonali & Reagan - use chalk font, photos of those with Biggest Regrets
14. Track - Taryn & Anna VZ

After school time to finalize movies.
Newspaper students will write an editorial this week based on the recent homicide and what is available to the public.

Tuesday, February 7 - Photo Editing Day - Clean out unusable photos/blurry/duplicates/those that do not tell a story

Wednesday, February 8 - FAC BB game - Aby & Mackenzie POD - 10 - noon
Work on finalizing movies

Thursday, February 9 - GBB vs Hernandez 8th V/7th H - Abby & Reilly H & Breanne & Sabira Away POD
Finalize Movies

Friday, February 10 - 7th & 8th grade dance - Catherine POD
Show movies to class.

Saturday, February 11 - Lauren J POD for UIL Competition at Chisholm Trail (starts at 9)

Link to BBB sports scores - for staff reporting on BBB, GBB, Track & Soccer

Link to capturing video from your pc - http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screen_recorder
2011 in Review

Yearbook Production Assignments - Production Rubric Deadline 4
Students who do not show up for after school work days to complete spreads may receive a failing grade.
When you do not complete your spread, another student must do the work for you.
Deadlines are tight and needed so our book can be distributed at the end of May.
All students in deadline 4 must stay after school twice a week during the weeks of February 6 and February 13.

If you have finished your movie AND published it (I must review it), then you may work on these fun Photoshop projects.
Another great Photoshop Activity using the Twirl tool.

Yearbook students who need to stay after school this week include:

Catherine & Noah - Veterans’ Day & Intersection Dance
Holly & Bailey - Winter Section Divider - More or Less
Natalia & Aby & Mackenzie - report on FAC BB game/Multicultural Day, Souper Bowl of Caring, Giving Tree, Coats for Kids, After School field trip, FCA BB game, Partners in PE, Jag Java Joint, Dell Childrens’ Hospital Library Campaign
Jordan & Lauren - Valentines’ Day/
Jenna & Anna K - BBB8 - enter scores, select photos, crop and edit photos before placing
Danielle & Alexa - BBB7 - enter scores, select photos, crop and edit photos before placing
Sabira & Breanne - GBB8 - enter scores, select photos, crop and edit photos before placing
Abby & Reilly - GBB7 - enter scores, select photos, crop and edit photos before placing
Taylor & Kaitlyn - Art & Soul - Chalk Walk & Empty Bowl (teachers will be creating bowls on February 28 after school)
Skylr, Brianna, Laura - Annie & sidebar (Talent Show)
Loren & Amy - take academic photos (add Track and Soccer once these sports begin)
Sydney & Holly - That’s Going on Facebook - plan an outing to Domain/Target/etc. and take friends (fashion/Charmin Charlies/Forever 21/ Lucky/Anthropologie/Macys, Starbucks/caffeine poll, electronics/ Apple store and music/movie/book favs/Barnes & Nobles)
Summer, Sonali & Reagan - use chalk font, photos of those with Biggest Regrets
Track - Taryn & Anna VZ
Soccer - Haley & Jullian - Due April 6
Newspaper students will write an editorial this week based on the recent homicide and what is available to the public.
Monday - February 13 - Photoshop Project - Valentines’ Project - Love the One You’re With - work on D4 spreads - after school workday
Lauren J, Jordan & Aina UIL party at 3 in cafeteria
Last BBB games - vs HOPEWELL 8TH H/7TH V 5:30 - 7th Danielle & Alexa
8th Anna K. & Jenna POD

Tuesday - February 14 - Chocolate Fountain Fundraiser
Sonali & Skylr/Kelly/Kaitlyn & Anna K./Haley & Kelsey POD
Track Tryouts after school - Taryn POD
Photoshop Tricks of the Trade - work on D4 spreads - after school workday

Wednesday, February 15 - Deadline 4 DUE - You may work after school
Parents’ Night - POD from 6 - 7/Noah
Photoshop Tricks of the Trade

Thursday, February 16 - Photoshop Review
Annie Performance - POD Skylr
Last GBB games - vs Hopewell 8th H 7th V- Abby & Reilly Away & Breanne & Sabira Home POD

Friday, February 17 - Ketchup Day
Annie Performance - POD Laura & Brianna - Have wordles finished and photo boxes and captions prepared. You will send this in for D4 but continue to work on spread. Need the advisories updated on our YBA listing. HELP!

Monday, February 20 - Professional Development - No School for Students

Tuesday, February 21 - YB - All deadlines are in. We will receive proofs on panel pages and Deadline 4. We have not turned in our Index or Soccer Spreads yet. Track, BB and Annie (Theatre pages can be worked on during class time).
Bingo Game Photoshop Review

Wednesday, February 22 - Writing an editorial  based on the recent homicide and what is available to the public. See page 38 wkbk.
Yearbook students - Photoshop Colorize - p. A33 wkbk & Image in Type p. A37 wkbk.

Thursday, February 23 - SPOT - POD - Emma, Allanah & Abby POD at 7:45
Track Meet vs Ridgeview & Grisham at McNeil - Taryn & Anna VZ POD
YB - Photoshop - Picture in a Story A52 & A53 wkbk
NP - Writing a REVIEW - Sample review from the newspaper

Friday, February 24 - Retake this Test over Photoshop if you want to improve your first attempt. You may only take the test one time.
Current Events Quiz for the week
I have your Jostens Wolfe photos ready. You must get student and parent signatures by next Tuesday.

Monday, February 27 - Create a magazine cover this week - page 29 - 30 wkbk. - Due next Monday
Mail Jostens Photo Contest entries on Wednesday.

Tuesday, February 28 - Learn to convert text to outlines (art)

Wednesday, February 29 - Add masthead, coverlines, dateline, selling line, model credit, main cover line and barcode

Thursday, March 1 - Finalize text on magazine cover
Track Meet vs Hopewell, Hernandez & CD Fulkes - Taryn & Anna VZ POD

Friday, March 2 - Test over Current Events for week of March 1.
Pretest over parts of a magazine cover. Work on your magazine coverlines.
If you were absent last Friday - take the Current Events Test and the Test over Photoshop.

Monday, March 5 - Test over names of the parts of a magazine’s cover.

Tuesday, March 6 - Headshots - May use for magazine cover main image.

Wednesday, March 7 - Journalism Celebration - Ice Cream Party! Yearbook is finished minus Track and Soccer! The book is awesome and so is my staff! Finalize magazine covers and pdf them. Turn them into In Box.

Thursday, March 8 -  Magazine Gallery Walk - Use Handout to Peer Edit
If you were absent for these tests - take them today.
Test over Photoshop
Current Events Quiz for the week February 24
Current Events Quiz for week of March 1

Friday, March 9 - Doodle Day and Newspaper Staff Articles Due - Save to In Box. Review Track Spread during YB.

Monday, March 19 - Begin The First Amendment and Censorship Unit - p. 106 - 107 Unit Organizer - Use this to study for the test on Friday.

Tuesday, March 20 - Tinker vs Des Moines - Use graphic organizer + black arm bands
Link to the Tinker Case - Video

Wednesday, March 21 - Bethel vs Fraser
Link to the Bethel Case - Video

Would you have wanted to sit and listen to this guy named Fraser?

Link to Renactments Guide - TBP on Monday
EXPLAIN YOUR Rights as the STUDENT PRESS by breaking into teacher directed groups. Discuss as a group. Then share.

Thursday, March 22 - Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeier
Link to the Hazelwood Case - Video

Friday, March 23 - Warm-up - What’s going on in the news?

Pre-Test - First Amendment and Censorship

Test over First Amendment and Supreme Court Cases

Write scripts for Supreme Court reenactments on Monday - Bring props and/or costumes

Monday, March 26 - Reenactments of Supreme Court Cases - Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier, Bether vs. Fraser & Tinker vs. Des Moines

Tuesday, March 27 - STARR Testing - no classes

Wednesday, March 28 - STARR Testing - 8th and 9th periods only
Forrest Gump - the movie - Graphic Organizer - The 60s (pop culture and history)

Thursday, March 29 - Forrest Gump -

Friday, March 30 - Forrest Gump

Monday, April 2 -

Tuesday, April 3 - 7th grade project - for 8th grade awards assembly

Graphic Organizer - Q&As over Forrest Gump and the 60s and 70s using Graphic Organizer - The 60s (pop culture and history

Wednesday, April 4 - Seasonal Game - Edit this summary of Forrest Gump.

Thursday, April 5- Quiz over The 60s and Catch Phrases

Friday, April 6 - Student Holiday

Monday, April 9 - Complete Adobe InDesign Contest forms.
Wkbk pg. 60 - 61 - How to create a crossword puzzle.

Tuesday, April 10 - Field Trip - Jostens Workshop for students taking Yearbook next year (all day at RRHS)
Wkbk pg. 60 - 61 - Create your own crossword puzzle using puzzlemaker.com and the Q and As from last week’s graphic organizer or use Template for bumper stickers is on the Students/AJournalism/Read Only Journalism Files/bumpersticker.ind - save the InDesign file to your 047 and name it last name_bumpersticker - 7th graders to get videos of teachers for 8th grade assembly
After school workday for newspaper staff - 3:30 - 5:00

Thursday, April 12- SPOT - POD - Haley, Kelsey & Skylr
Work on bumper stickers. Select two catch phrases and create two bumper stickers with a partner.
Soccer - Haley & Jillian - spread due to press

Friday, April 13 - Work on bumper stickers. If you are participating in the bookbinding photo documentary project after school next Tuesday, remember that photos must be developed by as 4 X 6s. Bring photos to class next Tuesday.
Newspaper class party after school - The Hunger Games at Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek - Meet at 4 pm at the Lake Creek Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Pick-up time is 6:30 pm at the Cinema.

Monday, April 16-
PP over Marketing wkbk pg. 62 - 63 - To Market We Go (branding and logos) -
Graphic Organizer for Marketing - Test over Marketing on Friday.

Tuesday, April 17 - Work on your bumper stickers. Once you finish, .pdf the stickers and save to the In Box. These are due Friday.
Photo Documentary Bookbinding Project - After school today from 3:30 - 5:00 - You must have your photos developed as 4 X 6s to do this project. All supplies provided.
Seventh graders will be videotaping teachers during class and advisory periods on T, W and TH.

Wednesday, April 18- Begin creating your logo and include the slogan.
Some of your marketing logos will be shown at FAN on Tuesday, May 1, from 6:15 - 7:45. Email if you would like to be a model for FAN (shopper).

Thursday, April 19- Work on logo. Create a second logo after you finish that looks just like the real one. Change the words so we can use this logo as a guessing game at FAN NIGHT. 
You can have more time to complete these next week.

Friday, April 20 - Current Events Quiz. Marketing Test.
Work on logos and include the “tag line” or catch phrase for your product. Save InDesign Files to your 047 and again to the Drop Box for marketing. Also save AS A .PDF. Once you have finalized your logo create a second one exactly the same, but with a different name. Why? To see if those attending FAN (night) can identify your logo by the colors, fonts and illustrations/graphics. Do not include the slogan. Save in the FAKE LOGO in box.
View Inspirational Photos.

Monday, April 23 -  PowerPoint over Broadcast Journalism. Take notes on your graphic organizer.
Handout - Broadcast Journalism Graphic Organizer - wkbk pgs. 91 - 92

Tuesday, April 24 - STARR Math 6 & 7 -   No Classes Today.

Wednesday, April 25 - STARR Reading 6 & 7 - Prepare Adobe InDesign spreads for contest.

Thursday, April 26 - STARR Science 8 -

Friday, April 27 - STARR Social Studies 8
Test over Broadcast Journalism. Finalize your marketing TAGS for Fine Arts Night (FAN), Tuesday, May 1, from 6:15 - 7:45. Here is the information about FAN.
All Adobe InDesign spreads must be packaged by TODAY so we can enter them into the Adobe Contest.

Monday, April 30 - Photography 101
Graphic Organizer - Refresher for you.
white space
aperture
shutter speed
ISO
shallow depth of field
zoom feature with tightly framed photos
Mail Adobe InDesign Contest files.

Tuesday, May 1 - Fine Arts Night (FAN) Journalism students will have their marketing tags and photo documentaries on display in the library. Prepare window display.
Organize photos using www.yearbookavenue.com - See replayit.com handout.
Three students to create video for 8th grade.

Wednesday, May 2- Early Release - Parent and student help needed sorting books after school! 1:30 - 3:30
Finalize organizing and uploading your photos to YBA.
POD needed for Career Day!

Thursday, May 3- Write letters to next year’s staff.
View YouTube video of Jostens 2012 Photo Winners.
View Winners here too.
Yearbook Dinner Period 9 at Maggiano’s at the Domain from 6 to 8 pm

Friday, May 4- Decorate envelopes and reflect and share day.
Yearbook Dinner Period 7 at The Cheesecake Factory at the Arboretum from 6 to 8 pm

Saturday, May 5 - 8th grade end of year formal dance 7 - 10 pm - POD needed

Newspaper Staff Story Assignments Revisions due Thursday, April 5 - Workday, Wednesday, April 11, after school 3:30 - 5:00 - Layout the paper for the May edition
Story/Feature	Assigned to	BEAT	POSITION
Plastic Bag City Ordinance Editorial	Joey	BAND	MANAGING EDITOR
Theatre Performance	Brooke	ORCHESTRA	ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR
	Alan	EDITORIALS	EDITORIAL EDITOR
Erase the R Word Symposium Article	Delenn	CHOIR	EDITOR IN CHIEF
Art Sculptures - The Duct Tape Men	Sabrina	CHEERLEADING	SPORTS GIRLS 7 & 8 & FEATURES
Multicultural Fair	Aina	FRENCH CLUB	A&E & ADS MANAGER
Teacher of the Year - Mrs. Humphries	Zach	SPORTS	SPORTS EDITOR 8TH
Annie Jr. - I have the program and info from Ms. RDC	Victoria	THEATRE	LIFESTYLES
Interview Mrs. Cordova - Instructional Asst. of the Year	Ryan	CLUBS	EDITORIAL EDITOR
Graffitti on our school walls	Elton	CLUBS	LIFESTYLES
TBD	Caleb	SPORTS	SPORTS BOYS 7TH
Dell Childrens Hospital Library Community Fundraiser	Kelly	ACADEMICS	DESIGN EDITOR
Emtpy Bowls Project - Get photos from Ms. O’Leary	Jessie	ART	A&E
New Apple Products announced this week	Sammy	SPANISH CLUB	PHOTO EDITOR
MathCounts Competition, UIL Awards, Dance Awards, Scoreboards, Hunger Games Cookbook in Library after school on March 9	PRESS RELEASES
HomeSchooling - Feature Article	Kelly & Victoria
Pennies for Patients	TBD
Guest Author Jordan Sonnenblick 5/8	Laura Wimmer
The Hunger Games Party in the Library and review by a newspaper reporter after we go to the movie	TBD
Spring Show - Dance	Kelly & Victoria

Monday, May 7 - Creating an animated .gif.
Photography 101 - 1/2 the class will hit the halls this week to gather 4 photos of:
headshot, shallow depth of field, tightly framed and action/reaction composition shot.
Save to the drop box in YB or NP called hitting the halls. Create a folder with your name (only download the 4 best pics).
white space
aperture
shutter speed
ISO
shallow depth of field
zoom feature with tightly framed photos

Tuesday, May 8 - Dance Spring Show - Taylor POD
Create an animated .gif using a photo from the read only folder.
Workday for newspaper editors - complete layout of paper.

Wednesday, May 9 - Finalize animated .gifs

site created by Nikki Dowd
last modified Friday, May 18, 2012