Lessons for Contemporary Publishing - Last updated:

Lessons for Contemporary Publishing - Last updated: Thursday, December 25, 2008
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Monday

  1. Daily Prompt
  2. Watch sample video interview: List one question and explain how long and the content of the interviewee's answer.
  3. Email Mr. McCarthy using your class email.
    Subject should always begin: 4th Hour: (example)
    Send me your birth date
    Always place your name and today's date at the top, such as:
    John McCarthy - September 20

    Birth date - November 10, 1998
  4. Bookmark the sites listed in the Notes section.
    Sign-up your email with The Case.com.

Tuesday

  1. Daily Prompt
  2. Read profile articles.
  3. Explain and label for each: Big idea, copy a paragraph that uses a quote, copy a paragraph that describes an experience. 

Wednesday

  1. Daily Prompt
  2. Write rough draft of role model profile. 600 words minimum.  See Details.
    Include 3 personal experiences about you and/or your role model and 4 quotes.
    Due Thursday (tomorrow)

Thursday

  1. Daily Prompt
  2. Mini-Lesson review on Engaging Openings and Closings
    intriguing question
    startling statement
    facts or statistics    		 background information
    experience or example
    thesis statement
  3. Revise rough drafts to include the above.

Friday

  1. Daily Prompt
  2. Mini-Lesson review on body paragraph style and quote use
  3. Revise pieces by Monday See Details.
    -label big idea, main idea, and layered details
    -cut 50 words (no more than 20 in one spot)
    -rephrase 5 sentences
    -add 3 sentences