Today’s Agenda Compose Beat Articles #2 Peer edit and revise articles Have Mr. Novak look over

drafts The First Amendment

Five Rights Critical Engagement Questions

[answer on own, submit, & discuss]

HOMEWORK: submit articles by tomorrow’s

class bring peer-edited articles to

class tomorrow for submission

I like waking up to the smell of bacon. Sue me. And since I don't have a butler, I have to do it

myself. So, most nights before I go to bed, I will lay out 6 strips of bacon out on my Foreman

Grill. Then, I go to sleep. When I wake up I plug in the grill. I go back to sleep again. Then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon. It is delicious. It's good for me. It's a perfect way to start the

day. Today I got up, I stepped on to the grill and it clamped on to my foot. That's it. I don't see

what's so hard to believe about that.

THE OFFICE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

A FEW QUICK THINGS! If working with someone, you BOTH must write articles. DETERMINE WHAT IS NEWSWORTHY ABOUT THE EVENT

YOU COVERED! Format Handout Consider rules 1-28 of “66 News Writing Tips”

Good lead Follow inverted pyramid

5 paragraphs in length Need to have at least one attributed quote. [can not be from

someone in this class!] Remember that you are composing this to be published on

the school website. If it is not something that can be published or it is not submitted on time, your grade will be affected significantly.

1. Look at their lead. Have they included what makes the story newsworthy? [refer to 66 News Tips 1-7 – especially #7!]

2. Rank the order of importance for each paragraph. If there is a difference in opinion, explain why you think something is more/less important than they do.

3. Make sure that the “rest of the story” meets the requirements of tips 8-15

Determine whether they have met rules 8-15 or not. If no, please explain in a sentence or two. If yes, just put yes – but it better be right!

4. Do they have at least one quotation? Have they punctuated quotes correctly? [make sure they don’t paraphrase a quote as well as use the direct quote!]

“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” said a witness. He added, “The crowd seemed to have no regard for anyone or

anything.”

5. Are all names spelled correctly? (Mrs. vs. Ms. vs. Miss.)

The First Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting

the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the

right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a

redress of grievances.WHAT FIVE RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT?

Critical Engagement QuestionsWhat do you know? Are all forms of speech protected? How is our society shaped by the First

Amendment? Do First Amendment "rules" change

depending on the situation? Have court interpretations of the First

Amendment changed over time? How have/will new technologies affect the

First Amendment?