Students finish viewing Close Encounters; explain orally themes, characterization and degree of characterization, motivation, portrayal of aliens, of scientists.
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Demonstration of understanding of sci fi due by 3:10 on Feb. 5: either compare the degree of characterization in early sci fi vs. more recent sci fi movies or complete another topic with teacher approval. I will be out of class on day C; use this time to complete the project.
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Students begin newspaper project. Students examine general newspapers, report on categories of articles in a daily newspaper; determine the proportion of kinds of articles .
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From actual articles and from textbook by Hall, evaluate the effect, in law and in a reader’s mind, of such words as said, allegedly, source, is reported, according to as an attempt to reproduce truth.
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Evaluate the section “Rights and Responsibilities” in Hall (pp. 11-24) for discussion of p. 21, #5 and p. 22, #7: what should the newspaper have done; what should it do now.
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Evaluate the editorial (handout) based on Wiener. Evaluate the paragraphs (read aloud to students) from Hall’s workbook , 11-12; defend or criticize the paragraphs.
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Debate the solutions to the legal cases cited by Hall’s handbook, pp. 14-15.
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Explain whether Hall’s workbook exercises on sports writing contain opinion or fact (pp. 26-27).
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By examining professional news articles, determine the common structure of different kinds of articles.
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Students pick general editor, after defining responsibilities; set due date for first edition. Students start research for articles.
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