Thursday, February 17, 2011

Verbatim: 2.17.11

Today students will find an interesting, news worthy quotation to post and comment on. This will be a regular activity in this class as these quotes can be used for our school newspaper. Here's the assignment:

1) Find an interesting quotation.
2) Copy that quotation here in our blog.
3) State who said the quotation and give the SOURCE (where you found the quote).
4) Explain, in your own words, what's significant about this quotation.

Good luck!
Mr. Lawler

Friday, February 11, 2011

2.11.11

Today, students are to post an interview question about their news report for their peers. Write a question and post!

Happy writing!
Mr. Lawler

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

2.9.11: Sharing a strong quotation from your interview

Power House students! Under today's post I am asking you to share a quote from a peer that you interviewed today. Be sure to use quotations, and explain why this quotation is interesting.

Good luck!

Monday, February 7, 2011

February 7: aftermath of snowmaggedon

Today's assignment is to write about why you are interested in your chosen news topic, and to write about a peer's thoughts about your topic, using quotation marks.

I look forward to reading your posts!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Semester 2 ELA Lab students!

Welcome to your class blog. Let's start by sharing your insight on news-worthy topics of the day. And don't forget to comment on your peers' postings! The more feedback we give each other the more our ideas develop.

Mr. Lawler