jan 19, 2011

Notice our catchy new slogan

Finish pages. Look at ladder diagram.

Deadlines. You can work after school.

D lunch should be dismissed at 11:58. Second bell.

Turn in all cameras

Nikon SD cards will be deleted after today. Backups on iMac 1.

Final senior headshot page(s)

Be user names are correct_spelling and formal (the senior name sheet they turned in)

Seniors who did not get a formal photo_Class of 2011

Roy Ewing

Proof names on class officer pages

Basketball team photos

Tennis team photos for yearbook_Brittney?

december 8

sports photos

volunteer_update turned in pages sheet & print out new pages

fccla and drama photos are under links

midterm exam questions? Discussion at 11:45.

"I don't know how to do this" is not an excuse.

deadlines for 12_8, 10 & 14

1. Check the ladder diagram for your name

2. If the pages are not finished, turn in a sheet and explain why. Also explain when the page will be finished. If you do not do this, you will get a zero deadline grade. A zero will void an exemption. Turn this in separately. This does not get turned in inside your folder with your timesheet.

exempt seniors_ pages are still due during exam week

christmas break makeup day is December 29. Email me if you plan to come.

yearbook must be finished on February 10 (also Coming Home day)

december 6

pages 37 and 45?

deadlines for clubs & sports_extended until Friday?

sports photos on Wednesday_how many are set?

cover_Mollie

someone to put the yearbook pages in order int the notebook

do you need photos on Nikons?

jpeg images for midterm

exam_photoshop and indesign

Create a new Photoshop document.

Size: 8.5 x 11 inches

Resolution: 300 ppi.

Click once on one of the JPEG images in the "jpeg images for midterm" post above.

Drag the opened image to the desktop.

Place this image in the Photoshop document.

Repeat with the other image.

Your layout can look like this or you can rearrange the images.

You do not have to have a background color.

Save your Photoshop document. File>Save As>JPEG.

Save the Photoshop document as your first & last name_midterm 2010.

Place this JPEG image in your InDesign page.

Save the InDesign page as your first & last name_midterm 2010.

Create a folder titled your name_midterm exam_2010

Place all the correct documents in this folder.

december 2

Back up your work.

Proof the underclass names and senior names on finished pages. Use the Chancery printouts for underclass. Make corrections on the printouts and correct them on the laptop. I've seen several typos. We may need to let Mollie, Bambino, Brittney, Julia or Ashley make these corrections on the laptop.

All underclass pages should be finished and corrected no later than today.

Look at the pages assigned to you. Do you have everything you need, such as photos, names, etc? What are your needs?

Michalena

Susie

Winter sports team photos should be scheduled.

December 8 set for Boys & Girls Basketball?

Other sports?

Bowling?

Camera_Coach Beard_Andrew?

exam_you will create a Photoshop collage, create a page in InDesign, and write an essay graded using the TCAP rubric

november 30

No food or beverages at the computers today. Thanks.

If a page you have turned in is "X'd" on the ladder diagram, it is finished....unless you need to make changes. Mollie will let you know.

Back up your work. This means pages you are working on or photographs you may need for future pages. If you cause us to miss our final deadline because you failed to back up your work, do you think you should pass this class? I don't.

Print out finished pages_need one or two people.

Proof the underclass names and senior names on finished pages. Use the Chancery printouts for underclass. Make corrections on the printouts and correct them on the laptop. I've seen several typos. We may need to let Mollie, Bambino, Brittney, Julia or Ashley make these corrections on the laptop.

All underclass pages should be finished and corrected no later than Thursday.

Look at the pages assigned to you. Do you have everything you need, such as photos, names, etc? Bring your "needs" to the next meeting.

Finish your pages. Come in after school if necessary.

Winter sports team photos should be scheduled.

Camera_Coach Beard_Andrew?

Check Gradespeed

exam_you will create a Photoshop collage, create a page in InDesign, and write an essay graded using the TCAP rubric

november 23

print out finished pages_need one or two people

turn in timesheets

turn in all possible pages

camera_coach beard

exam_you will create a Photoshop collage, create a page in InDesign, and write an essay graded using the TCAP rubric

WOW_not in folder

backups on to DVDs at 11:45 on all computers

november 19

card reader and flash card left in computer

turn in all finished pages, with a page turn in sheet

november 17

debate photos_another version_see Ms. Hyatt

responsibility for equipment, etc.

81 in Gradespeed

WOW

november 15

do not take advantage of "yearbook staff" status

food from outside must come in through the office

the red flash drive

new page turn in form

there is nothing wrong with turning in pages before deadlines

grades

I will post deadline grades on deadline dates

you can email me on a weekend if you have a problem with a grade you are given

underclass photo pages_friday?

who needs help?

november 11

Get your file folders

Making & turning in pages: How is a digital page folder created and what is inside each one?

What is the sequence - for example, after I create the folder, what do I do next?

9th - 11th grade photos pages. Check and double-check the speling of names. Use the Hillwood Chancery report to confirm spelling.

Mr. Burlingame has more football and band candids.

NHS photos. In library, during advisory. December? We need it before then.

Camera check in_Julia, Jasmine, Brittney. This is a deadline grade.

Due date grades will be entered as they are due. For example, 11_11_10 deadlines will be entered as zeros if they are not met.

skillsUSA

SkillsUSA is a partnership of over 300,000 students and teachers working together with business to ensure America has a skilled work force. It is a national nonprofit organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations. The organization has 13,000 school chapters in 54 state and territorial associations.

Hillwood students enrolled in classes taught by Mr. Burlingame, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Ginsberg may belong to SkillsUSA.

SkillsUSA was formerly known as VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America), and began in Nashville in 1965.

november 9

For academy photos, click on the links.

9th grade_Dieondria Brown.

Who needs a particular computer? Tell us at the beginning of class.

Deadlines are a priority for computer use.

WOW prompt and grades. If you've turned it in, and it's still in your file folder, give it to me again. Sorry.

If you did not write, your grade is a zero. Here is one time offer only - submit 3 ideas for WOW writing topics for a yearbook grade update to 80. The grade I turn in to Dr. Mathews will remain a zero, however.

Turn in your cameras for an inventory check. Due for a deadline grade by next class.

If you have photos on a Nikon, load them onto a computer. These cards will be erased soon.

Back up your own photos if you have lots of them. I can give you a CD or DVD for this.

Topper Time senior advisors?

Communication.

november 3

WOW

Time sheets should be turned in to me. If they are not turned in on the due date, the grade will be a zero.

page instructions

Make a folder

Create an InDesign document

Save the InDesign document in the folder

Put all (but only the JPEG's you will use) the JPEG's in the folder

Place the JPEG's in the InDesign document

page turn in checklist

October 7

Are all your photos loaded onto a computer? The memory cards on the Nikons will be cleared.

Hairspray photos

Pages & deadlines

Turning in pages. Make the folder. Put the jpeg(s) in the folder. Make the InDesign page. Save it into the folder. Place the jpeg(s) in the InDesign layout.

Superlative renominations_when & where?

October 5

Thank you everybody!

Plan to work on yearbook assignments from this point on.

I'm depending on you to do your job. No one backed up on Friday.

Set up a gmail account & learn to send an attachment.

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/open.html

Senior photos in PhotoTracker.

Password is changed. I messed up again! I will log in from now on. Payton & Liza be sure to log out.

I will checkout on October 14.

PhotoTracker is only for seniors to choose their yearbook photo. No one should be looking at any else's photos.

Turning in pages. Make the folder. Put the jpeg(s) in the folder. Make the InDesign page. Save it into the folder. Place the jpeg(s) in the InDesign layout.

p155_cap & hoodie_redo?

Please watch for this.

Tennis & other photos. Freshman football?

Varsity Football photo. Be sure we use the one that has all the Hume-Fogg players.

Give out underclass photos. Two volunteers. It would be helpful if you are also an office worker. Jasmine and Lauren.

Collect photos from Chihuly trip, outside artwork last Friday, speaker in Ms. Berotti's room.

Confidentiality.

Senior Superlatives.

Log out at the end of class!

9_29

Clubs & Organizations

Feel free to back up your own work

Check the senior photos.

How many do we have posted? 89 as of 9_29. Thank you Liza.

Are the poses correct, as in not casual.

Collect photos from Chihuly trip, outside artwork last Friday, speaker in Ms. Berotti's room.

WOW

9_27

Mention problems and ask for help during our time at the first of class.

Senior names for photos & Senior accomplishments.....another approach....another name for this? I need one or two people to coordinate this.

Teacher information forms and typing in information. I need one or two people.

Pages due. Create a folder. Create an InDesign page and place it in the folder.

These instructions and sports page instructions are on this blog. Can you find the instructions?

Sports pages. What to do is on blog, below.

Someone back up each computer today. There are individual flash drives for this, but it looks like we already need to back up on the external hard drive. I need two people to be responsible for this.

Trash photos that are not ever going to be used.

sports pages

yearbook sports pages

page #_______ due date:________ your name:______________________

sport:________________________________________________________

Coach(s):_____________________________________________________

to do:

____get schedule

____get rosters

____type copy on pages in computer

____proof everything you type

____get group photo taken

photographer_____________________________________

date & time of photo___________ location of photos______________________

____get candid photos taken

photographer___________________________________________________

date & time of photo_____________________________________________

location of photos_______________________________________________

september 23 photos

september 23

sports photos

One or two coordinators needed

The photographer will be here around 1:30. Brittney and Susie will help during B8.

Volleyball_2:10 large gym

Cross Country_2:20 field

Girls Soccer_2:30 field

Cheerleading_2:40 field

Golf_3:00 field

Football_3:20 field

Freshman cheerleaders?

Double check to see if it's OK to use gym at 2:10

What time can photographer set up?

Coordinate other team shots in large gym or football field.

Be sure we can use football field.

What time?

If you are doing a sport, I will have order forms for the team and individual photos. Be sure you get those from me and you give them to the coaches by September 22.

I am confirming the schedule with Lifetouch after school today.

I have some sports schedules. You should put those in your folders.

senior portrait selections

One, two, or three needed

Supervise selections on Phototracker

Final checkout of selections on October 14.

9_15 WOW & updates

I have the volleyball schedule & player names

I also have the soccer schedule

Update on underclass photos

Update on September 23

WOW Rewrites

Use the checklists below and or refer to the Persuasion Map links

Persuasive Writing

Checklist

Student Name:_________________________ Academy:____________

I clearly state my position or argument in the introduction.

I begin with a lead/introduction that grabs the reader’s interest.

I give 3 reasons to support my position.

In each body paragraph, I support my position or argument with some of these:

Present interesting facts/statements, relevant information,

facts, expert opinions, statistics, quotes, examples and/or statistics

Tell a story related to my position or argument

Alarm the reader by presenting “what ifs” or questions

I tell the readers everything they need to know to convince them of my position.

I tell things in a logical order that makes sense—I place the most convincing evidence where it best supports my position.

I use words that persuade or convince the reader to think or act a certain way.

I end with a strong conclusion that is interesting, convincing, and suggests action.

I sound knowledgeable and authoritative.

Persuasive Writing

Checklist

Student Name: ______________________________________ Academy:____________

Introduction:

____ I followed the writing prompt directions for writing the persuasive essay.

____ I begin with a lead/introduction that grabs the reader’s interest such as

· Present interesting facts/statement

· Tell a story related to my position or argument

____ I clearly state my position (pro or con) with a thesis statement in the introduction.

____ I transition smoothly and effectively to the reasons.

Body Paragraphs (3):

____ I begin each body paragraph with a transition word and a topic sentence that states a reason that supports my position.

____ I support my reasons with some of these: facts, expert opinions, statistics, quotes, and examples in each body paragraph.

____ I connect each of my reasons with smooth and effective transitions.

____ I state, support and defend my position in the body of the writing.

____ I place the most convincing evidence where it best supports my argument.

Conclusion:

____ I end with a strong conclusion that restates the thesis and my arguments.

____ I appeal to the reader to agree with my stand and I suggest action.

To receive a "4", the paper must have:

1. A clear position statement (1-sentence) in the introduction

2. Three different reasons (each reason written as the topic sentence of each body paragraph (3), supporting examples ( at least 3) for each reason

3. A conclusion paragraph that calls for action.

If a student’s paper does not contain the requirements mentioned above, he/she should not receive a “4”.

To receive a “5”, the student should have all attributes of a “4” paper; in addition, to syntactical variety denoted by well written sentences that vary in structure.

Volume or length of paper does not constitute a score of a “4” or a “5” without the requirements stated above.

your grade

Your grade each week is determined by your work individually and as part of a group. You should document the work you do using a time sheet. There are also grades for page deadlines. 

If you want to make an "A", you must work on and complete pages and complete them correctly. You earn the opportunity to work on pages. If we can depend on you to complete pages correctly and on time, you may be assigned additional pages. If you are not dependable, you will not be assigned additional pages. This means that your grade will be a "B" or less. If you do not do pages and you do not contribute to the yearbook, your maximum grade will be 70.

I use the rubric below to determine your grades based on standards. 

Yearbook Weekly Grading Rubric

4 (100-93) Advanced performance of standards. Work is documented.

3 (92-85) Proficient performance of standards. 

2 (84-75) Basic performance of standards.

1 (74 and below) Below basic performance of standards

0 No work completed

Time sheets should be completed each week and kept in your folders.

Journalism (3008): Grades 9-12

Content Standard:

The student will understand and utilize oral, written, and visual communication.

Goal Statement:

The primary goal of any journalism program should be for students to improve oral and written

communication skills. Many high school students seek opportunities to explore career possibilities in the

media. Journalism programs should offer students many opportunities to excel in a variety of areas.

Learning Expectations:

Oral

• Demonstrate speaking, listening, and research skills which will facilitate interviewing and other

oral communication activities.

• Demonstrate appropriate language skills, demeanor, and attire to cultivate success and good

public relations.

• Demonstrate appropriate interviewing techniques.

• Apply terms and expressions common to the industry to speaking, listening, and writing

activities.

• Apply legal and ethical journalistic standards to all journalism activities.

Written

• Demonstrate appropriate language usage skills and research techniques.

• Demonstrate appropriate journalistic writing style for various media.

• Recognize the difference between fact and opinion and its appropriate use in media production.

• Use computers (if available) to compose, edit, and revise work for publication.

• Write for an intended (prescribed) audience, recognizing the importance of ethics in information

gathering and reporting.

• Demonstrate editing and revision techniques to produce work suitable for publication/

production.

Visual

• Exhibit a working knowledge for roles and procedures of management and production of various

media.

• Demonstrate knowledge of business management including advertising, circulation, and/or

bookkeeping procedures.

• Understand and utilize standard principles of related areas to enhance visual appeal.

• Create visual effects by utilizing graphic designs, either technologically generated (if available)

or original work.

• Demonstrate knowledge of layout and design procedures by incorporating consistency of style

using a desktop publishing system (if available), traditional methods, or a combination of both

techniques.

Note: These learning expectations for journalism reflect student performance requirements for grades 9-

12. Students in grades 6-8 may participate in programs with similar learning expectations with minor

adaptations.

Yearbook grades for pages

Missing deadlines and incorrect pages:

Missing a deadline will result in a grade of 50 for each page assigned. 

Yearbook Pages Grade

Page number________Name___________________________________________________

Due date______________Date turned in________________

____Page is completed by assigned deadline. 50 points possible. 0 points for missing deadline.

____All photos are correctly exposed. 10 points possible. 2 point deduction for each error or correction.

      

____All photos are in focus. 10 points possible. 2 point deduction for each error or correction.

____Page layout completed correctly. 10 points possible. 2 point deduction for each error or correction.

____Photos are well-cropped and positioned in picture box. 10 points possible. 2 point deduction for each error or correction.

  

____All copy and typography is correct. 10 points possible. 2 point deduction for each error or correction.

_______Total score

If page is late, explain why:

click on the image to enlarge it

yearbook pacing guide

yearbook pacing guide

2010-2011

week 1

week ending: 8/20

assign editors, teams & individual responsibilities

discuss what a yearbook is

ladder diagram

discuss photography

assign individual pages

assign fall sports

standards:

written & visual

assessment:

weekly time sheets

individual production grade

group production grade

production rubric

week 2

week ending: 8/27

what is journalism?

create ladder diagram

develop theme

sports & candid pages

page layout_learn & use photoshop for collage candid pages

assign underclass photo scheduling team

week 3

week ending: 9/3

journalistic writing

assign senior superlative team

sport & candid pages

week 4

week ending: 9/10

sport & candid pages

teams for underclass photos

week 5

week ending: 9/17

assign club & organization pages

sport & candid pages

cover design

assign senior accomplishment pages

week 6

week ending: 9/24

club & organization pages

sport & candid pages

week 7

week ending: 10/1

club & organization pages

sport & candid pages

week 8

week ending: 10/8

club & organization pages

sport & candid pages

underclass pages

week 9

week ending: 10/15

club & organization pages

sport & candid pages

underclass pages

Fall Break 10/18-22

week 10

week ending 10/29

club & organization pages

sport & candid pages

underclass pages

week 11

week ending: 11/5

club & organization pages

sport & candid pages

underclass pages

week 12

week ending: 11/12

club & organization pages

sport & candid pages

underclass pages

senior pages

week 13

week ending: 11/20

club & organization pages

sport & candid pages

underclass pages

senior pages

week 14

Nov. 22 & 23 only - Thanksgiving

week 15

week ending: 12/3

ad pages

club & organization pages

compltete:

sport & candid pages

underclass pages

senior pages

senior accomplishment pages

week 16

week ending: 12/1

Exam review

week 17

week ending: 12/17

Exams