Week 13 2011-12 Expo Comp

Week 13 20111-2012 Expo Comp	Class Work	Homework
Print out for 100 extra credit points by Tuesday class time Visit College Office to plan your individual strategy to get into the best school for you, see if you have any courses you need to take/makeup to realize your career goals/dreams, make sure you know the application deadlines for EOP programs and financial aid).	Grammarama	Senior Project
	Grammarama	Senior Project
	Grammarama	Senior Project
	Grammarama	Senior Project
	SENIOR PROJECTS DUE TODAY	PowerPoint Draft 1 Due on the 9th!

Week 12 Expo Comp 2011-201

Week 12 2011-2012 Expo Comp	Class Work	Homework
Print out for 100 extra credit points by Tuesday class time December 3rd- Last day to take SAT!!!!! Visit College Office to plan your individual strategy to get into the best school for you, see if you have any courses you need to take/makeup to realize your career goals/dreams, make sure you know the application deadlines for EOP programs and financial aid). Keep working on the grammar book; remember the answers are in the book. Come to me if you do not understand the answers.	Version 2 of Value of Life Essay	Senior Project Sketch -out Infographic
	Version 2 of Value of Life essay Submit to Turnitin.com	Senior Project
	Activity 41-reflection	Senior Project
	Tday Vacation
	Vacation

Week 11 Expo Comp 2011-2012

Week 11 20111-2012 Expo Comp	Class Work	Homework
Print out for 100 extra credit points by Tuesday class time December 3rd- Last day to take SAT!!!!! Visit College Office to plan your individual strategy to get into the best school for you, see if you have any courses you need to take/makeup to realize your career goals/dreams, make sure you know the application deadlines for EOP programs and financial aid). Keep working on the grammar book; remember the answers are in the book. Come to me if you do not understand the answers.	Value of Life Activity 29 and 30	Value of Life Essay Week Reading Only Activity 31 and 32 Citation Review Do Activity 33 Analyzing the Assignment Senior Project Topic 3
	Value of Life Activity 34 and 35	Draft of Call to Action due to Turnitin.com by the 18th Read 36, 37, and 38
	Value of Life Timed In-Class Essay Print-out by the time bell rings!	Finish first draft and Bring Print out of Draft to Class tomorrow Value of Life Activity 37 Revise and submit to turnitin.com by Friday 5 PM Draft of Call to Action due to Turnitin.com by the 18th
	Value of Life Activity 39 Peer Review	Value of Life 40 Draft of Call to Action due to Turnitin.com by the 18th  I should be checking content and ideas not typos, grammar errors, or spelling errors.
	Value of Life Activity 40 Draft of Call to Action due to Turnitin.com by the 18th	Value Of Life Activity 41

Week 10 Expo Comp 2011-2012

Week 10 20111-2012 Expo Comp	Class Work	Homework
Print out for 100 extra credit points by Tuesday class time December 3rd- Last day to take SAT!!!!! Visit College Office to plan your individual strategy to get into the best school for you, see if you have any courses you need to take/makeup to realize your career goals/dreams, make sure you know the application deadlines for EOP programs and financial aid). Keep working on the grammar book; remember the answers are in the book. Come to me if you do not understand the answers.	Value of Life Activity 17	Value of Life Activity 18 Senior Project Topic 3 Data Analysis and Draft of Conclusion Due to Turnitin.com by the 11th!
	Value of Life Activity 19	Value of Life Activity 20 and 21 Data Analysis and Draft of Conclusion Due to Turnitin.com by the 11th!
	Value of Life Activity 22	Value of Life Activity 23 Data Analysis and Draft of Conclusion Due to Turnitin.com by the 11th!
	Value of Life Activity 24	Value of Life Activity  25,  26, 27, and 28 due the 14th Senior project Benchmark Due to Turnitin.com Data Analysis and Draft of Conclusion Due to Turnitin.com by the 11th!  I should be checking content and ideas not typos, grammar errors, or spelling errors.
	Veterans Day Holiday	Value of Life Activity 25, 26, 27  and 28 due the 14th Senior project Benchmark Due to Turnitin.com Data Analysis and Draft of Conclusion Due to Turnitin.com by the 11th!  I should be checking content and ideas not typos, grammar errors, or spelling errors.

Week 9 Expo Comp 2011-12

Week 9 2011-2012 Expo Comp	Class Work	Homework
Print out for 100 extra credit points by Tuesday class time Visit College Office to plan your individual strategy to get into the best school for you, see if you have any courses you need to take/makeup to realize your career goals/dreams, make sure you know the application deadlines for EOP programs and financial aid). Keep working on the grammar book; remember the answers are in the book. Come to me if you do not understand the answers.	Value of Life Activity 10	Senior Project    Make sure you have turned in all Senior project forms! 1.   The Expert Interview is due by Friday 5 PM I should be checking content and ideas not typos, grammar errors, or spelling errors. 2. Incorporate your expert’s comments into your Topics 1,2, and 3. Highlight and bring in your revised Senior Project Draft on a flash drive for Peer Review on Turnitin.com Friday.
	Value of Life Activity 11	Senior Project Expert Interview
	Value of Life Activity 12	Senior Project Expert Interview
	Value of Life Activity 13	Senior Project Benchmark Due to Turnitin.com  PM Remember: I should be checking content and ideas not typos, grammar errors, or spelling errors.
	Peer Review of Drafts on Turnitin.com	Senior Project Activity 14, 15 and 16

Week 8 2011-2012

Week 8 20111-2012 Expo Comp	Class Work	Homework
Print out for 100 extra credit points by Monday class time CSUN Presentation (Brown) Date: 10/26/2011 Time: 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Location: College Center  Visit College Office to plan your individual strategy to get into the best school for you, see if you have any courses you need to take/makeup to realize your career goals/dreams, make sure you know the application deadlines for EOP programs and financial aid). Keep working on the grammar book; remember the answers are in the book. Come to me if you do not understand the answers.	Hamlet Video Kennneth Branaugh "To be or not to be" Laurence Olivier " To be or Not to Be" Richard Burton "To be or Not to be" David Tennant "To Be or Not to Be" Value of Life Activity 5	Senior Project Topic 3 Make sure you have turned in all Senior project forms and met the benchmarks! Gradewindow opens November 3rd!  Mentor Log ( Handout) Midway Project Form Mentor Form ( Handout) Letter of Intent/Plagiarism form ( page 8). Senior Porject Consent Form( Page 17 and 18) Physical Project Log ( if completed)  p.14 of SPSGuide Revised Introduction Revised Topic 1 Revised Topic 2 Topic 3 ( due Friday) Revised MLA Format references
	Value of Life Activity 6	Senior Project Topic 3
	Value of Life Activity 7	Senior Project
	Value of Life Activity 8 Thinking Critically	Senior project Benchmark Due to Turnitin.com  by Friday 5 PM I should be checking content and ideas not typos, grammar errors, or spelling errors.
	Activity 9	Senior Project Edit Topics 1 and 2 Post to Revision sections in Turnitin.com by Sunday 5 PM.

Interviewing Techniques: New York Times

 New York Times Learning Network Article on Interviewing

"Interviewing Techniques

Interviewing is almost certainly the most important way that reporters get the information that forms the basis of their articles. Like playing the piano or guessing well on multiple-choice exams, some people seem to have a gift for it, while others do not. Yet for all these activities, there are basic principles to learn, and those who spend the time learning them will be better than those who do not. Being a brilliant interviewer may be an art form; being a competent one is not.
Here are some tips for student journalists preparing for that most fundamental of all reporting methods, the interview:
· If your deadline allows it, call ahead or send e-mail to schedule an interview. And if you think ahead, deadlines almost always allow it. Even on daily newspapers, most articles are not written the day and hour an event occurs.
· Identify yourself by name and publication. Give the nature of the article. Trying to trick people into telling you things they shouldn't is almost always a recipe for disaster. There are occasions for relying on subterfuge and misdirection in gaining information, but they are few and are always the absolutely last resort. Any dishonesty in reporting - which includes misleading your source both by not stating clearly what the article is about as well as by not identifying yourself as a reporter - cheapens and diminishes whatever article you get. If you think a straightforward approach won't work, get advice from your editors and your faculty adviser.
· Respect your subject's time. It is probably as valuable as your own. Try to schedule an interview at the source's convenience. Frequently, accompanying a source on scheduled rounds is a way to minimize the inconvenience for your source. There is an added bonus to that strategy: You are almost always able to see the source interact with someone. That's a plus.
· For the same reason, be punctual. If the appointment is for 2 p.m., be there at 1:55. Sources become irritated when they are kept waiting, and it makes a good impression to be just a few minutes early.
· Do your homework. There is very little more embarrassing than arriving for an interview and not knowing what has already been written about your subject. A question on the order of, "Well, Mr. Jones, have you been teaching here long?" almost guarantees a poor interview. Mr. Jones almost immediately begins to look at his watch to try to figure out a way to get out of this. A far better question, in the same area, may be, "Can we talk about the changes that have occurred during your eight years here at Central?" Or: "You were at East High for a number of years before coming here. Why did you move? Are glad you did?" Or, "What are the major differences between East High, where you taught before coming here, and our school?"
· Dress with respect for the person you are interviewing. That does not necessarily mean that you should wear dressy clothes - although for an interview with, say, the president of the school board or the mayor, that is not a bad idea - but it does mean that you should not show up for an interview with torn jeans and a T-shirt from the Head-Bangers World Tour.
With the mechanics of setting up and dressing for the interview taken care of, it is time to consider how to conduct the interview itself. Planning is important here. Give some serious thought to the information you want to get from the news source and how to elicit those answers. But don't be so focused on the point of the interview that you jump right in with substantive questions. An interview is also a social interaction; the best ones start with a minute or two of polite small talk about the weather, last night's game or whatever.
You might want to write down some of the questions, but reading from a list of questions guarantees a mediocre interview. It is one of the clearest signs of a beginner when a reporter arrives with questions all written out and three lines or so left between questions to write down the answers. It is far better to let the conversation follow its own path, with a little steering and nudging from the interviewer. You need to listen to the response to one question - while taking judicious notes and not trying to transcribe the entire interview - while framing the next one in your mind. It sounds harder than it is. Anybody who's ever done homework while watching television, listening to music and fielding instant messages that pop up on the screen every two minutes can master it." 

Keynote PowerPoint Oral Presentation Rubric

ORAL PRESENTATION RUBRIC

Technical/Keynote/PowerPoint Presentation: 

	Excellent-4	Good-3	Satisfactory-2	Needs Improvement (fail) -1
Content and Presentation of Information	Covers topic in depth, is clear, elaborative and includes details.	Includes essential information, does not elaborate or include details.	Includes some essential information but topic is vague.	Hard to understand how the slides support the topic.
Content Accuracy	All content throughout the presentation is accurate. There are no factual errors.	Most of the content is accurate	The content is generally accurate, but one piece of information is clearly inaccurate.	Content confusing or contains more than one factual error.
Sequencing of Information	Information is organized in a clear, logical way, starting with the title page.  It is easy to anticipate the next slide. Has6- 8 slides (not including title and bibliography/works cited list  slides)	Most information is organized in a clear, logical way. One slide or piece of information seems out of place.    Has 6-8 slides (not including title and bibliography/works cited list  slides)	Some information is logically sequenced. An occasional slide or piece of information seems out of place.  Includes 6-8 slides  (not including title and bibliography/works cited list  slides).	There is no clear plan for the organization of information. Has less than 6 slides or more than 10 slides. No works cited list.
Use of Graphics and Visual Aids	All graphics are attractive (size and colors) and support the topic of the presentation.	Most graphics are attractive and all support the topic of the presentation.	All or some of the graphics are attractive support of mostly support the topic of the presentation.	Several graphics are unattractive AND detract from the content of the presentation.
Text - Font Choice & Formatting	Font formats (color, bold, italic) have been carefully planned to enhance readability and content.	Font formats have been carefully planned to enhance readability.	Font formatting has been carefully planned to complement the content. It may be a little hard to read.	Font formatting makes it very difficult to read the material.
Spelling and Grammar	Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors.	Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors.	Presentation has 1 grammatical error or misspelling.	Presentation has more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling errors.
Bibliography/ Footnotes	All of the sources were appropriately referenced in MLA format.	Most of the sources were referenced in MLA format.	Some of the sources were referenced.	Student did not include a bibliography or foot/endnotes.

Oral Presentation:

Oral Presentation and Delivery	Students presented using proper grammar.  Speech was consistently related to the presentation. Students made appropriate eye contact and used effective and appropriate gestures.  Student used appropriate tone (varied voice) to engage audience and effectively generated mood.	Student used mostly proper grammar and/or speech was mostly topic related. Student made eye contact with the audience and used some effective and appropriate gestures. Student varied voice occasionally to deliver appropriate tone and mood.	Student spoke with poor grammar and/or the oral presentation was not aligned to the topic. Students made limited eye contact and did not use effective and appropriate gestures.   Student occasionally varied tone but not enough to generate appropriate mood in audience.	Student did not enhance keynote presentation with an oral presentation. Student stared at notes or floor. Student spoke inaudibly, in a monotone, or failed to complete presentation.
Subject Knowledge	Student was prepared and gave the oral presentation with little or no help of notes.	Students used their notes some of the time	Students had to read 1-2 sentences from their notes.	Students had to read more than 3 sentences from their notes.