English and Technology Class

During the past few weeks we have discussed many aspects of journalism in class. We have learned about advertising, persuasive writing, newspaper targets, online journalism, etc. For your final project you have to create a high school newspaper that incorporates all of these elements. You will be working in groups for this project.  Newspaper Project
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This is the second article you need to comment on. The article is titled “Qaeda is Seen as Restoring Leadership” by Mark Mazzetti.  Qaeda is Seen as Restoring Leadership

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This is the first article you need to comment on. This article is titled “Many Plans – No News” by Thomas Friedman. Many Plans – No News

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In class we have been discussing journalism. So far, we have learnt about persausive arguing and made brochures with the intention of persuading other people to agree with our opinion. Next, we will discuss bias in the media. Over break your assignment is to read articles and write about whether or not you see opinions in [...]

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