Creating our own blogs!

Today, we will be focusing on creating our own blogs! These blogs are for New Media, and are not for personal communication. Follow the prompts and you can have your own blog (be sure to sign up for a Google account first).

Lets Observe!

In class we have discussed the use of details while writing our narrative accounts. Details help the reader to visualize what is going on; in other words, you must show the reader what is going on instead of telling them. In journalism, this technique is very evident in a good article. A reporter needs to show the reader what is going on while simultaneously reporting the facts.

As a reporter, you will only have a few minutes (maybe even seconds) to see certain events. Your observational skills must be turned on!

Task:
You will see an image related to your leads done the previous week. You will have 30 seconds to jot down as much information about the picture as you can.

Inverted Pyramid

Last week we studied the inverted pyramid. We used the SmartBoard to illustrate what sorts of facts go where in the pyramid. Everyone did a really great job using the SmartBoard, and later during the meeting, creating their leads.

Next week we are going to move on to creating and beginning to edit our own stories.










Hector and Felix work on their leads...