The Dispatch Issue #4
Today we are going to spend the entire period reading the 4th issue of the Dispatch. I will make copies available to you. You will need your own copy. You are welcome to take it home if you would like. Create a new subpage on your Google Site called Dispatch Issue #4. Now complete the following assignment.
Please read one story from each of the following SIX sections:
1. News (page 1 or 2, 3)
2. Features (pages 4 or 5)
3. Entertainment (page 12) or Reviews (page 13) or the Photo Essay (pg 6 or 16)
4. Sports (page 10 or 11)
5. Commentary (page 14 or 15)
6. And you must read either the In-Depth story on pages 8-9 (Bulldog Nation) or page 7 (Students stand against ICE)
As you read the stories I want you to answer the following questions for EACH story on your Google Site on a new subpage called Dispatch Issue #4:
1. Write a two sentence summary of the story.
2. Answer the following questions for each story:
Who was quoted in the story?
What quote was the strongest in your opinion?
Did the lead paragraph make you want to keep reading?
Was the conclusion a quote or a statement?
3. Now make a new text box on the same subpage (Dispatch Issue #4) and answer the following questions:
Which story made you want to learn more about the topic?
Which story was the best written?
Which story had the best quotes (overall)?
Which story was the most boring of the ones you read?
Which one was the hardest to follow (meaning maybe wasn't written as well)?
4. Then I want you to do a couple of things with the photography. In a new text box, answer the following questions:A. What is your favorite photo in the entire paper?A1. Why is this your favorite?B. What is your least favorite photo in the entire paper?B1. Why is this your least favorite?C. If you were a photographer on staff, which event/photo assignment would you have liked to do for this issue? You will need to look through the entire paper and see the topics covered and decide which one you think would have been fun.D. Overall, how would you rate the photography in this issue (1-10 scale, 1 being terrible, 10 being the best set of photos you have ever seen)? What were the strong points and weak points of the images as a whole?5. LAST TASK - The newspaper staff just completed a brainstorm activity for the fifth issue of the year which will come out in early April. I consider my Journalism 1 students part of staff, so I want to hear from you. Please list 3 to 5 story ideas you think would be interesting to read about in the school newspaper. Try to think of things that impact students, or has some sort of local connection. If you propose an idea for something broader than that, please give me some sort of story "angle" that could be "localized" to Bowie. Every story in the school newspaper should have some sort of impact on students at the school.
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