MCOM111 Assignments

R 12/17 - 9-11am Present Symposium
Present your symposium topics to the class.

R 12/10 - Symposium Lab Day
Get together with your groups and work on your symposium presentations.

T 12/8 - Symposium Lab Day
Get together with your groups and work on your symposium presentations. Email a "Minutes Sheet" to Mr. Kizzier detailing your progress.

R 12/3 Symposium Lab Day
Get together with your groups and work on your symposium presentations.

T 12/1 - Symposium Lab Day
Get together with your grouops and work on your symposium presentations.

T 11/24 - Symposium Topic
Bring: Symposium Topic Worksheet completed

R 11/19
Presentations

T 11/17 - No Class
Visit Dundalk campus at 9:30am for Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone

R 11/12 - News Story
Present your CCBC news story (feature or hard news)

R 10/29 - No Class
Quiz: Complete the take-home quiz on Ch. 6 in M/I (sent in email)

T 10/27 - Radio
Read: Ch. 6 in Media/Impact

R 10/22 - Digital Stories
Present: Bring your digital stories ona flash drive (make sure they are either .wmv or .mov file) -- or post your story to youtube. You wil present your story to the class.

T 10/20 - Digital Stories
Present: Bring your digital stories ona flash drive (make sure they are either .wmv or .mov file) -- or post your story to youtube. You wil present your story to the class.

R 10/15 - Lab Day
There will be no regular meeting of the class today. Take the time to work on your digital story -- either by recording yur voiceover with Mr. Kizzier or by editing your story in a video editor.

T 10/13
Revise stories
Record Voiceovers
Read: Ch. 6 - Radio

R 10/8
Write: a story about yourself in 300 words or less. At the beginning, indicate the type of person you are. Use the phrase, "I am the kind of person who..." as a guide -- but don't use the phrase in your story.

T 10/6
Bring three photographs with you – photos that you have taken
or that are from your family collection.
For Each one, write 1.) facts of the photo (5 Ws) 2.) Unseen details (background and context) 3.) Intro lines to a story.

Read: Ch. 6 – Radio

R 10/1 - Final Newsstory
Post: your final newsstory to your blog. Make sure to include some multimedia aspect. In additioon, bring a hard copy of your Works Cited page to class with you.
Link: send the URL of a youtube or podcast that you watch/listen to.

T 9/29
Revise: closing paragraph of your story to connect back to intro.
Read: Chapter 9 in Media/Impact - prepare for quiz

R 9/24
Draft 1: bring the first full draft of your newstory. Complete the Reader Rersponse for your partners' stories.

T 9/22 - News Story 1
Intro Paragraph – vivid description of a routine – bring hardcopy and post to blog
Create your blog at blogger.com and email link to Mr Kizzier
Find two articles relating to your topic and link on your blog – one newspaper and one blog

Read Ch. 9 in Media/Impact

R 9/17
Choose ONE item from your list of happenings in your neighborhood.
Brainstorm possible topics for a news story that relate to the happening
Research the topics

Create a Works Cited page in MLA format with 3 Sources

T 9/15
Read: Ch. 12 in M/I- be ready for quiz

Choose ONE item from your list of happenings in your neighborhood.
Brainstorm possible topics for a news story that relate to the happening
Research the topics

Create a Works Cited page in MLA format with 3 Sources

Email your revised Villain intro to Mr. Kizzier

R 9/10
Revise: Intro to "Villain" profile. Use anecdote and specific examples.
Take Chapter 1 Quiz
Read: Ch. 12 in M/I
Walk/Drive: around your neighborhood and observe. Make a list of 5 things of note happening in your neighborhood.

T 9/8
Reading: Ch.1 and Ch. 12 in Media/Impact
Write: Introductory paragraph to "Self as Villain" profile
Take Chapter 1 Quiz in class

R 9/3 -- Read syllabus , take syllabus quiz

Present Hero Interviews

T 9/1 -- Intro to Course
Hero Project