Current+Events

4th Quarter

Test 1A



Week 1
Monday April 11 No School

Tuesday, April 12 Wednesday, April 13 1.

Thursday, April 14 Friday, April 15 1. 2.

**Week 2**
Tuesday, April 26 Wednesday, April 27

1. Do Now Headline news story from the Detroit News vs. the Detroit Free Press [|Newspaper Worksheet.doc]

2. CNN Video media type="custom" key="9197540" media type="custom" key="9197570"

3. News Article

4. 5 Parts of a news article worksheet

Thursday, April 28 Friday, April 29

1. Do Now 2. Make-up Assignments

1. Do Now
2. View PowerPoint 3:3 News elements

media type="custom" key="9760118"

3. Fill out combination Notemaking worksheet.

4. The elements of news: · Proximity · Prominence · Timeliness · Consequence · Human interest Define and illustrate each element

1. Do Now


2. Activity 3:2A Recognizing News Elements: Determine which news items are for school, city or both.

1. Do Now:
 * Friday, May 6 **

2. Make-up Assignments

**Week 4**
1. Do Now
 * Monday, May 9**

2. Make-up Assignments

Tuesday, May 10 Wednesday, May 11 1. Do Now 2. Powerpoint 3. Active and Pasive voice
 * Copyediting
 * Target Capitalization
 * Activity 3:1A Active voice vs. Passive Voice WS

Thursday, May 12 Friday, May 13 1. Do Now
 * Copyediting
 * Target: State Abbreviations

2. 3. Active and Passive voice WS
 * Change passive voice sentences to active voice sentences.

4. Review Exercises
 * [|active vs passive voice]
 * Revising Passive Construnctions

**Week 5**
Monday, May 16 Tuesday, May 17 1. Do Now
 * Copyediting
 * Target Active Voice

2. Using Third Person
 * [[file:third-person point of view.doc]]
 * [[file:Third Person Point of View.mht]]

Wednesday, May 18 Thursday, May 19 1. Do Now
 * Copyediting
 * Target Dates and Times

2. Activity 3:1C Using Third Person WS

**Week 6**
1. Do Now
 * Monday, May 23**
 * Tuesday, May 24**
 *  Copyediting
 *  Target: Numbers

2.

3.

Wednesday, May 25 Thursday, May 26
 * 1) Do Now


 * Copyediting
 * Target: Quote Attribution

2. Activity 3:12 Practicing Transitions

**Week 7**
2. Activity 3:13 Ranking the Facts Rank the top 8 facts in order. Type in Activity 3:14 doc. Thursday, June 2 Friday, June 3
 * Tuesday, May 31**
 * Wednesday, June 1**
 * 1) Do Now
 * Copyediting
 * Target: Transpositions
 * 1) Open Sample Copy Form
 * 1) Copy and paste news story about Maxwell Adam Borthmanin Microsoft Office Word.
 * 2) Open Microsoft Office Publisher
 * 3) Click "Newsletter"
 * 4) Choose a Template you like.
 * 5) Copy and paste news article onto front page

=Week 8= Monday, June 6 ** Group A & B ** Mr. Williams What is your idea of a perfect school?



What you will do:
 * 1) Each student will work on their own.
 * 2) Select a school blueprint.
 * 3) If you were given a school with 10 classrooms, which classes would you have for your grade level? (Karate, dance class engineering class, etc....)Label 10 classrooms.
 * 4) Look around at every aspect of the landscape of the area containing your school buildings, gated, basketball courts, grassy hill areas, construction, parking lots, etc..
 * 5) Color your blueprint. Label all areas.

Finished? Complete missing Assignments.

Tuesday, June 7 Wednesday, June 8 Thursday, June 9 Friday, June 10

What you will do:
 * 1) Open your Microsoft Publisher Newsletter.
 * 2) Look at your **Secondary Story Headline** to see how many words will fit in this area.
 * 3) Open Activity 3:12 Practicing Transitions that you saved in your (v) drive. I have copies of this worksheet if you need one.
 * 4) Type "Cheers for Cherry Pie fill gymnasium "in the Sample Style doc..[[file:Resource 3-6 Copy Sample.docx]]
 * 5) Copy and paste in **Secondary Story Headline** of your Publisher.Newsletter.
 * 6) Please change ALL the schools mentioned in the articles to ATA.
 * 7) Open [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://mrsmwilcheski.wikispaces.com/file/view/8D+2010+page1.pub"]] [|8D 2010 page1.pub]
 * 8) Copy and paste the INSIDE THIS ISSUE from the 8D publication to your newsletter. You will have to copy and paste each text box seperately. Be patient.

Complete missing Assignments

Monday, June 13 Tuesday, June 14

Checklist:
 * 1) Open your Microsoft Publisher Newsletter.
 * 2) Newsletter Title → **Anchor News**
 * 3) Lead Story Headline → **Headline for Maxwell Borthman’s Story**
 * **By (your name)**
 * Change Columbia Middle Schoolto **ATA Middle School**
 * **Insert picture**
 * 1) Secondary Story Headline →
 * INSERT a story from newspaper **OR**
 * Copy and Paste Headline: **Cheers for Cherry pie fill gymnasium**
 * Type **(CNN) –** before the lead summary
 * Copy and Paste story from Activity 3:14 doc.
 * 1) In the SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST text box, copy and paste a QUOTE (Google: “Quotable Quotes"} that pertains to the two articles or a poem and picture about the season.
 * 2) Inside This Issue →
 * Inside the Issue (copy from [|8D 2010 page1.pub]
 * Congratulations! **