Society for the prevention of misused apostrophes

Sorry, I seem to have gotten a little blog happy, but this is awesome.

It's a blog dedicated to pictures of misused, and clearly abused apostrophes--check it out.

MLA Citation

Here is an awesome site for MLA citations. I really love the color coding. You are lucky, because our database does most of the hard work for you; however, if you are using sources from elsewhere this guide can help.

Research Paper

Hi AP students, here I am with your cyber homework.

A lot of you have complained that you don't understand what I'm asking for nd thus are having problems getting started. The OWL at Purdue is an awesome writing guide, probably the best on the net. They have a super great guide to what a research paper is and in order for you to get a better idea you need to read it.

For Thursday I want you to read through all the material here.

Then you need to write me a comment about how it helped you. Do not use your full name when commenting.

AP Central

Hi!

As promised here is the link to the AP central website, where you can access old tests and sample essays: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_questions/2001.html

Grammar Girl

Hi.

Since we've been talking about run-ons and comma splices I though this might be helpful.

Grammar girl is free and it's a nice way to relax and get some awesome grammar instruction at the same time. I use it, and I'm already a black belt in grammar. Just kidding.

Happy Learning.

Hello students!

Thanks for visiting the blog. Remember to aomment if you want extra credit.

Tomorrow we'll talk about MLA paper formatting. Just in case here's a link to a really great site.

This will help you if you're struggling or if you can't find your notes.

Thanks for visiting, see you in the real world.

Journalism Quiz

Here are the concepts that will be covered on the quiz:

The first amendment.
In which countries is press freedom endangered?
What is the state of Press freedom in the U.S.?
The responsibilities and purpose of the media
What is News? (what makes something news)
How much Freedom do student Journalists have?
Describe the Supreme Court decisions that limit Student Freedom of Speech?
What are the five w's?
What is the nut-graph?
What is a feature article?
What is an Editorial?
What is Libel? How can you be punished for it? How can you avoid it?
How do you write a caption? What verb tense should it be in?

Journalism Quiz

Persepolis Webquest

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1063


everything for the project is obtained from this website.

Have fun!

Honors Journalism

First Amendment Project

Assigned 3/27/08

Due 4/4/08

Each individual or pair has been assigned a country where Freedom of the Press is threatened, non-existent or declining. It is your job to This project is worth 1/3 of your quarter grade. You will create both a multi-media presentation (power-point) and a feature article reporting on the state of Press freedom in your country. You will use the internet to obtain all of the information for this project. You will also document all your sources using MLA style guides. If you plagiarize so much as a sentence, you will receive a ZERO.

You feature article and presentation must cover the following:

The country's form of government;

the degree of political influence over the news media;

the level of access journalists have to information and news sources;

evidence of censorship or intimidation of journalists by the state or others;

government pressures on media through licensing and advertising funds;

Based on your research findings, student groups should assign their country one of the following press freedom ratings: Free, Partly Free or Not Free.

History of Press freedom in your country

How does the absence of a free press affect your country's citizens?

Anecdotal stories of reporter's experiences.

What steps need to be taken to achieve press freedom and how can they be accomplished.

Your presentation must also include excerpts from your country's news media (video clips, newspapers, etc.) and pictures to illustrate the above. Any audio or video enrichment you can find would be an awesome bonus

Confused? Here are some great places to start your research:

BBC News

Google: your Country name Press Freedom

Extra Credit

When you receive your grades on Monday, many of you will be upset. Perhaps you will ask for extra credit.

I will tell you to apply for a scholarship- for which you will receive 100 bonus points!

Here's the link:

http://www.chooseyourfuture.org/scholarships

These deadlines are approaching, and thus this is a time sensitive project.

Thesis Statements

Despite weeks of instruction, some of you are still having a difficulty with creating and identifying thesis statements.

Here is a link that should help.

Remember to comment for extra credit.