English 3 Honors

• Completed
  • Finished In-Class Reading of Gatsby I Ch 1-this is the ONLY Class we will read the full Ch in Class
  • Completed the Ch 1 Questions-Attach in reading Section of NB
  • Viewed Clips from the film for Comparison
• Submitted
  • Nothing in class today
• Homework
  • Read and Annotate Ch 2 (Like the Primary Picture Above

Journalism 1

• Completed
  • Bell Ringer: Intro Game as to the Most Interesting Headline 
  • Reviewed Ch 6 Notes for how to create a lead
  • Viewing of  Revision of a boring Intro to a story

• • • Original Text:

      "Good morning! I'm speaking to you live from the West Wing of the White House. Today we have a very unique opportunity to take part live in an extremely historic event which..."

    • Notes:

      "Unique" means "one of a kind." Something can't be very unique, nor can it be extremely historic. While we're at it, do we have to use the word "live" twice in the first two sentences like we just cracked the technology?

    • Revision & Improvement:

      "Good morning. Eleven months ago a 1200 pound
      spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Eighteen hours ago it landed on the planet Mars. You, me, and 60,000 of your fellow students across the country along with astro-scientists and engineers from the Jet Propulsion Lab in Southern California, NASA Houston, and right here, at the White House,
      are going to be the first to see what it sees, and to chronicle an extraordinary voyage of an unmanned ship
      called Galileo V."

      • Specific Details are what make us know what’s happening
      • Elevated vocabulary is what makes it important
      • THIS IS WHAT WE ARE STRIVING FOR!!! You CAN do this too!
  • Submitted
    • Ch 6 Notes (Scan to Focus)
  • Homework
    • Review Poll Results for Write up on Friday!