Aim: How can we take good photographs or videos?

Do Now: Do you like taking photographs?

Do you take good photographs?

What do you suppose are the rules for taking a good photo?
(3-5 min.)

Aim: How can we prepare for a job interview?

Do Now: What sorts of questions do you suppose you would be asked on a job interview?

Write down five questions that you think you would be asked.

Today we will be having mock job interviews.

Aim: What is a resume?

Do Now: What is a resume?
Jot down 5 reasons you might need one in the future?

Aim: How can we create an informative feature for our portfolio?

Do Now: Based on your prior knowledge, which sport do you suppose has the most injuries? Why do you think this? Write a paragraph with a topic sentence explaining your answer. (5 min.)

2.) Whole Class: Today and tomorrow we are going to create the second part of our portfolio- an article that we’ve done many times before, an informative feature.

3.) REVIEW Mini-lesson: Informative feature

This is an Informative Sports Feature – these are stories that report on larger trends in sports and usually rely on research and expert opinion. For example, if a player passes out from dehydration or an NFL player collapses during training camp, the feature will use this event to discuss the importance of proper diet and nutrition.


Who remembers the three times we’ve written these types of articles?

Model: INFORMATIVE FEATURE

Freak Injury Taking Out Players
By Aron Phillips

On Blazers.com, Mike Rice wrote a story a few years back titled, “The New Martell Webster.” After hearing this week that he’ll be out for the year, I’m more concerned with the old one.
While there have been varying reports over the past couple weeks as to the status of Webster and whether or not he’ll play for the Trail Blazers this year, The Oregonian and team trainer Jay Jensen have reported that he will be missing the rest of the regular season.
But why?
When Webster fractured the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot during the preseason, his initial decision surrounded whether or not he would undergo surgery or simply rehabilitate his left foot.
“If the fracture is displaced, then it’s usually better to do surgery,” says Robert A. Sampson, Doctor of Podiatric Medicine in Portland, Oregon. “You reach the point of healing sooner if you do surgery on it. If it is not displaced, then you generally heal fine without surgery.”
Wanting to expedite the process, Webster chose the route of surgery and was supposed to miss at least eight weeks and potentially as many as 20-25 games. But with the hardwood calling his name, Webster returned to the court on December 7 in Toronto.
As you already know, his comeback was short-lived. Five minutes into the game, Webster had re-injured his foot, and a CT scan taken the next day showed the crack in his foot had reopened.
“We lost a piece of this team and I think an important piece,” coach Nate McMillan said at the time in The Oregonian. “He was one of the guys this year who could help us spread the floor and take some of that pressure off the low-post game and (we were) hoping he would have a big year. We’ll have to make adjustments.”
At 23 years old, Webster was slated to be the starting small forward for the Blazers this season. He had just signed a four-year contract extension in October, worth about $20 million and life was good. But while the Blazers say that X-rays of the injury show improvement, and that he has been cleared to begin low-impact workouts, Webster still has to work hard to get back to full strength.
“Once it’s fully healed, you should slowly ramp up your weight bearing activities,” says Dr. Sampson. Also, you usually would have to rehab the soft tissue attachments around the bone with aggressive therapy because they were not in use.”
Webster isn’t the only one that should be taking advice from Sampson. Marquette’s senior guard Dominic James also just fractured the same fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot, and is expected to recover in about 100 days. If he can weather the storm, James may be ready for the NBA pre-draft event in Chicago, which is scheduled to start May 27 – a place where he has to impress if he has any hopes of being drafted this June.
But GMs don’t worry. Unlike a knee injury that may hamper a player for their career (re: Chris Webber), fracturing the fifth metatarsal bone in your foot does not have lasting effects.
“Once it is truly healed, he’s no more at risk than if he had not fractured it,” says Dr. Sampson. “Once it has healed, the bone becomes strong again and you’re good to go.”

Aim: How can we create a story about Muhammad Ali that utilizes our notes?

Wednesday, SWBAT utilize their notes and their graphic organizers to create their Ali story
Aim: How can we create a story about Muhammad Ali that utilizes our notes?

Do Now: Exchange your notes from yesterday with your partner.

Is there anything that he or she wrote down that you missed?

Copy anything that he/she wrote that you think will be important for your story.

(3 min.)

Take out your assignment paper and your notes from yesterday.

Aim: How can we create a portfolio of our work for potential employers?

Aim: How can we create a portfolio of our work for potential employers?
Do Now: Reflection: Of all the articles and projects we’ve learned how to do in this class, which one was your favorite and why?
THIS WILL BE COLLECTED! (3 min.)
Materials:
• Portfolio assignment
• Essay assembly graphic organizer
• Ali faux Regents listening passage assignment
• Paper, pens
• Macs, class blog
Procedures:
1.) Elicit Do Now responses-


3.) Mini-lesson: review, note taking-
We’ve taken notes many times throughout the year to get important information for our stories.
This first part of your portfolio is to see how well you can take notes.
THINK for 30 seconds and review, for you, what is the best way for you to take notes?
(30 sec.)

Now turn and talk to your partner, what is your most preferred way to take great notes?

Share Out: I’m going to call on three people randomly.


Sports Management
Portfolio Project
Directions: For the next two weeks, culminating on the day after Memorial Day, June 1st, you will produce the six parts that will make up your portfolio for your future career as a sports professional.
You will be responsible for the following parts of your portfolio:

• A story that is based on your note taking skills
• A story based on research and your knowledge of stats and charts
• A collection of photographs that are beautifully composed
• A resume
• A press release about yourself
• A game story based on an actual game that you witness
FOR EXTRA CREDIT:
• Create an original PowerPoint presentation, (5 slides) must be printed out as SLIDES
• Or two additional pages in magazine or fanzine format
• Or two additional pages in screenplay format
• Or create two additional pages that show your understanding of Photoshop
Rules for Assignment:
All parts of project must be bound in a plastic folder, (like the one that I provided for the magazine project) and assembled by you for a grade by June 1st, 2010.
You must purchase the folder for your project. These can be easily purchased at any Staples or stores like Rite Aid, Duane Reade, etc.
All papers must go through the revision process and be a second draft.
Grading:
Parts 1 through 6:
15 points each
Properly bound in plastic folder:
10 Points

Aim: How can we contribute to the overall graphic look of our fanzine?

Wednesday, SWBAT create two additional pages for their fanzine projects.

Aim: How can we contribute to the overall graphic look of our fanzine?

Do Now: What is the theme you are trying to achieve with your fanzine?

Jot down five ideas about the theme of your fanzine.

What is the look you are trying to achieve with your fanzine?

Describe the look you are trying to go for with your fanzine project.

One paper per group, if you are working with a partner.

THIS WILL BE COLLECTED!

(5 MIN.)

Materials:
• Paper, pens
• Art supplies
• Macs, class blog
• Articles, covers
• 8 page zine template, page examples
1.) Procedures:

Elicit Do Now responses- AR:

(5 min.)

2.) Whole class:

Q: The important question to ask yourselves is: “How can we achieve the graphic look we want?”

Most of us are familiar with designing the layouts for internet pages, like MySpace, or Twitter.

How is a graphic look achieved with internet sites?


Good. That is exactly how you achieve a graphic look on the printed page.
You can also achieve this with borders and wingnuts, these can all be generated on Microsoft Word and later manipulated either by copying and pasting, or printing them out and actually cutting and pasting, like it was done back in the day. (3-5 min.)

3.) Mini-lesson: graphic look.

Distribute page examples.

As you can see from example one and example two, the graphic look of your fanzine can be anything you can imagine.
Things like borders, back grounds, and images are the tools you need to create the look you want.

Turn and talk to your partner, what does the graphic look of example one seem to be going for?
(30 sec.)

I’m going to call on someone randomly.

Turn and talk to your partner, what does the graphic look of example two seem to be going for?
(30 sec.)

I’m going to call on someone randomly.

So, the sky’s the limit. You can make these as creative as you can be.

Have fun with the layout part, guys. This is where the fanzine becomes a very personal thing.

(5-7 min.)

4.) Independent Practice/Group work:
Now get back into your groups and start to assemble the next two pages, and/or put the finishing touches on your final articles and content.

You should have all four or five of your pieces here, two in final draft, two or three in rough draft.

If you need to use the internet for research you can research for only five minutes today.
I’m starting the timer now, please take notes for anything else you need to do.

(15 min.)

5.) Summary: Q: so how can achieve the graphic look we want?
AR: Through our imagination, creativity and things like backgrounds, borders, images, and photos.

6.) HOME WORK: Tomorrow will be the day when we have a final assembly of all eight pages.
EVERY article needs to be in final draft.

Your homework tonight is to make sure you can successfully layout all remaining pages.

Print out all articles, in final draft.

Print out any background graphics you might want to put behind your layouts.

Have all photos you want to include in your layouts.