Course Syllabus
Welcome to Journalism!
https://youtu.be/cO1ynP9KvTg (Links to an external site.)
Your words have power. Your words are your legacy. The words you share can change the world.
- Journalism is both a class and a club where students work together to create the school newspaper, The Kilt.
- It is an entirely student lead class where you get to publish your writing, graphics, and photography once a month and you get to collaborate on how to express what really matters to you.
- But as you see in t (Links to an external site.)his video (Links to an external site.), it is so much more than that! You will make great friends and memories to last a lifetime.
- Have questions? Need anything? Reach out to me at amy.charles@rentonschools.us
Typical month's schedule for this class:
- Week 1: Reflect on previous issue and set goals/ Pitch stories/ Write stories? Interviews
- Week 2: Write stories/ Share stories with each other and edit
- Week 3: Round two edits/graphic designs/ page layouts if in print/ Work night
- Week 4: Publishing
This year we have two new exciting developments: We are creating an on-line paper and we will produce one magazine.
Monday 9/25:
- Finish Pitching
- Editors make section ladder within the main ladder
- Editors make a shared Google doc of banked stories by sections
- Interviews/ Writing/ Research begins
- Check in with Kilt Klusters
Tuesday 9/26-Friday 9/29
- Check laptops for proper installation
- User agreements come out
- Writing/ interviews/ Research
- Editors check in
- Staff gets added to the Google Drive
- Charles and editors refresh on new publishing processes.
Friday 9/29:
- Rough Stories due to Class Google Drive by the end of class
Monday 10/2- Tuesday 10/3
- Google Edit Circles---Everyone must make comments and edits on everyone’s story by the end of 10/3
- Editors make ladder for first and second round publishing
Tuesday 10/5
- Print revised drafts for paper edit circles
- Paper edit circles
- Graphics and photos are assigned for stories
10/6 No School
Monday 10/9
- Story edits to be made
- Review of illustrator and fair use around graphics
- Staff Work night 2:15-4 (dinner theme TBD) to work on final stories and making graphics
- We will also use this time to make promotional materials for advertising the publishing
Tuesday 10/10
- Final drafts of stories due
Wednesday 10/11
- Editors begin to do final checks and approvals (like PDF process)
Thursday 10/12
- Editor Work Night
- Schedule publishing of stories
- Contact Renton reporter with stories to publish
Friday 10/13
- First set of stories come out
- Celebration day if we finish early/ PDFing if we need it
Monday 10/16
- Reflections, celebrations, and shout outs
Tuesday 10/17
- Plus Deltas and Goal setting
Wednesday 10/18-10/25
- Mini unit on page design using our graphics and stories
- Create mini PDF version to publish in a flip book on the website--- publish for distribution??
10/27 or 10/30
- Second round of stories gets published online
- If we make a paper version we would distribute it here.
School Information
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