1. Plug in your computer and report any issues at the end of class.
9/19/16 Sign out your computer Go to Edmodo.com Read your directions. Complete the Analyzing Front Page News Assignment. Turn in what you have finished at the end of class.
Plug in your computer and report any issues at the end of class.

2. 9/20/16 Bear Time : Journal Prompt
What is the most significant piece of news you have heard about lately? How will it / does it affect your life? If you could change something about/because of it, what it be and how?
Use this journal prompt to talk about the news. If you haven’t heard any news – about anything – I feel sorry for you.

3. 9/20/16 Mini – Lesson : Supporting Details
Name my detail sentences

4. Writing Workshop : Work Together
Use the following line as the first line in a story:

5. 9/21/16 Bear Time: Journal Prompt Topic : Social Media
Think about social media. How does your generation use it to stay informed? How can social media change / enhance our news experience? What kinds of news, ideas, genres can be shared through this media?

6. 9/21 Mini – Lesson : Gallery Walk
Go to each story posted on the walls.
Label each sentence to tell what kind of detail is being presented.

7. 9/21 Writing Workshop : Anchor Chart
Create an Anchor Chart in the back of your notebook for Kind of Details, or Where My Deets At? Or Where Are My Details Located?
More Practice: Read the article and label the kinds of details.
Add these to your Anchor Chart List

8. 9/22/16 Bear Time: Journal Prompt Topic : First Day of Fall
The seasons change. The time falls back. Holidays approach. What does it all mean to you?

9. 9/22 Mini – Lesson http://communication.gsu.edu/programs/ba-jour- pr/
If you could talk to a college student majoring in Journalism – say at Georgia State University – what would you ask? (NOTHING is not an option, Tanny)
Create 5 questions for a student of journalism. Turn them in.

10. 9/22 Writing Workshop
More Practice: Read the articles and label the kinds of details.
Add these to your Anchor Chart List