The Highlight

Even though I am out, you should still be working on your group broadcasts!! At this point, your show outline and story ideas should be finalized. I expect that you are in the process of researching and filming your stories!

Broadcast News Review: Due 11/5

Write a one page review of the broadcast news you have viewed over the past two weeks. The review should summarize the news shows, style of the news shows and aspects you noticed such as: length of stories, formality of language, type of shots, etc.

The review should be typed, 12 size, Ariel or Times font. Be sure to have a proper heading on the paper.

Due Monday, November 5th.

10/22: Good work today!

Whether you had a typed article or were filming, everyone put their best effort into their work today! This is the kind of work ethic we need to see EVERY DAY!!

We'll finish up filming and importing your news story tomorrow, so that we can all view them :)

Typed articles due tomorrow!

Both the articles from page 42 in your packet are due tomorrow. Articles should be typed! If you prefer, email me the articles at lgrosselfinger@wjps.org.

10-16-07

Today we went over strong and weak leads, and then drafted an article for #1 on page 41. We are spending time practicing writing news articles for print, to insure that we are expert writers. THEN we will work on turning our news articles into broadcast news stories to be filmed! It is very important that you take this writing process seriously. A quality broadcast starts with quality writing!!

For homework, you are to make a comment on this blog. You may comment about anything related to our current work in class. This is a public educational space, be aware of your audience.

Tonight's HW

Using the notes from today's packet on page 41, pull out the 5ws & H, plot and inverted pyramid and write an effective lead (in your Writer's Source Book).

Active Voice

Active and Passive Voice
Sentences can be written or spoken in the active or passive voice. In the active voice, the subject of the sentence acts upon something or someone (the doer). In the passive voice, the subject is acted upon (is done to).

For example:
Active Voice: The twister left a path of destruction.

Passive Voice: A path of destruction was left by the twister.

Writers should usually use the active voice rather than the passive. It’s considered to be a more powerful and straightforward form of expression. The active voice also uses less words to convey the same message.