Blues' News Discussion

With review in hand, gather in a group around the tables. During this discussion everyone will share their review. You are not required to read your review, but you need to share what you think were the major problems/successes and your suggestions for the next edition. After the discussion, place your reviews in your portfolios.

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Our guest editors, Will & Anthony, are responsible for leading the meeting. They are to ensure that everyone shares their opinion and suggestions. They also need to make sure the discussion is brief and on topic. In addition, they must consider every suggestion. If one student suggests that there needs to be less pictures, the guest editors should get the opinion of the rest of the news team and then decide whether to accept or decline the suggestion. Not all decisions can be made immediately. For example, if someone suggestions we print on a different type of paper, you will need to see if its possible before accepting their suggestion. Best of luck.

First Publication Review

After the discussion with the rest of the news team, write a review of the first publication. In your review identify the major successes and difficulties with the first publication. In addition, make at least three suggestions for the next edition (i.e. make less copies, include more film reviews). Your review only needs to be 100 words but should be thoughtful.

I don't expect you to take the entire class to write your review so use the rest of the time to work on your independent project for English.

Due Date: Tomorrow (October 23, 2008)

Our First Publication

So we've had our first publication and it is now being distributed to the students. Unfortunately, I'm not there to see how well it is going. It is up to you as the news team to evaluate the success of the newspaper: its publication, its distribution and its reception. After reading this post, gather around the table and discuss the success of the newspaper. Here's some questions to ask yourselves:
Publication

• Comment on the newspaper's appearance
• Comment on the newspaper's size
• Comment on the difficulty of the printing (i.e. maybe we should consider printing off-site)

Distribution

• Were the newspaper distributed fairly
• Were the students happy with its distribution
• Were all the copies we made read
• Were there enough copies
  
• Should we consider another way to distribute the newspaper

Response of Students and Staff

• Did the students enjoy the newspaper articles
• What was popular/unpopular
• What did the staff think of the newspaper
• What feedback did the newspaper receive
• What can we do for the December edition
  

Discuss these in a group. Our guest editors should be taking notes because it is their responsibility to address these issues for the next edition.

Second Article

The secondary articles for Blues' News have now been assigned.
Due Date: Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Simple Sentences, Please

Rewrite the following sentence using clear, short sentences.
Amy Shannon, former Velera Township police sergeant, who was dropped from the force in 1999 for failing to appear at a departmental hearing, has won an out-of-court settlement in a libel suit she filed in June 1997 against Style Magazine, which, it was charged, published “false and malicious statements” in an article (published in the March 1996 issue) that linked Shannon and half a dozen other officers to an illegal silver smelting business.