Jan. 29 - Scavenger shot activity postponed

Due to the weather and the late start, we will pick this up next week as block is cancelled for this week.

Today, today and tomorrow finish your bocce ball min. video.

I will come around and talk to you about your PSA idea.

Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md.

Jan. 27 - Stuff for this week

Assignments this week

1. Public Service Announcement - 30 seconds or 1 minute EXACTLY (60 pts summative)

Create a public service announcement (PSA) for the competition with all original materials, intended to educate, inform or persuade a target audience

Examples: Don’t drive and text, or don’t smoke or get in shape or give to a charity or animal rights or be a vegetarian or don’t abuse others or support mental health initiatives, etc.

Today, we will go over possibilities for subject matter. You will start researching. This can be a music video, a rap, an animation, etc.

Planning sheet: 15 pts. Due Wednesday/Thursday

2. Block Day – Scavenger Hunt with video shots (60 pts formative)

This will be so that you can practice the way your visuals look. You will work with a partner.

3. Current Events Quiz on Friday

Jan. 24 - Today film shot homework AND current events quiz

Why? Current events quizzes are your friend. They will help you be more interesting, improve your comedy, make you a better conversationalist and develop your powers of empathy. They will also make you a deeper reporter and artist.

Think of them as power juice for journalism super heroes. I AM NOT KIDDING.

They will happen every Friday. Look at the news everyday like old ladies do their knitting. Pick it up every day like a habit.

Next, start working on your powers of perception. Look at the following to help you with your work next week. You will be doing these shots, so heads up.

Also, you may be one who can draw or sculpt and want to work with animation. Talk to me. In the meantime, check out this site by a very ambitious animator.

Monday, all about shots.

Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md.

Jan. 7 -- Baby it's cold outside . . .

I want you to look at this link.

Then read this piece by the dancer. Then I want you to read the article I copied for you.

Write two paragraphs about your project and why it did or did not happen. (15 pts formative)

Turn in at end of class today.

Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md.

Jan. 2 - 20 Hour Project updated

We will present on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Today, you need to upload all of your data, video, journaling about your process to your computer and begin editing your video presentation. We will add the video of your show-and-tell to the end of it.

Remember, these videos are going in the longer documentary about our project.

Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md.