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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Over the course of the poetry unit students created power point presentations where they taught a poem to the class. Below are some exceptional projects from students:
Yana’s Project      Wes’s Project      Fanny’s Project
Rimsha’s Project   Reynaldo’s Project    Tanisha’s Project

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Before you received the project for persuasive writing, we did a lesson on persuasive advertising. We discussed how companies try to persuade you into buying their products by specifically marketing to target groups. These are a few methods that advertisers use in their commercials to grab out attention:

celebrities
models
positive information
coolness
attractiveness
cool features
good deals
etc.

Important information to include when [...]

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Over the course of the past two weeks we have learned about persuasive writing. Through debates, discussions, and writing we have learned methods on how to argue effectively. The key things to remember:

Research – always have facts to support your argument
Research the opponents – always have facts to combat your opponent
Organize – know the order [...]

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Now that we have studied poetry and learned all about how to depict a poem, it is your turn to teach the class a poem. You will receive a poem that you must create a power point presentation on to present to the class. Each person will have a different poem; there will be at [...]

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Alone

by Maya Angelou

Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don’t believe I’m wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

There are some millionaires
With money they [...]

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Dreams

by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

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