Making a Sports Video

This lesson will address:
Calif. English Language-Arts Standard L&S # 2.4:
Deliver multimedia presentations:

• a. Combine text, images and sound by incorporating information from a wide range of media, including films, newspapers, magazines, CD-ROMS, online information, television, videos and electronic media-generated images.
• b. Select an appropriate medium for each element of the presentation
• c. Use the selected media skillfully, editing appropriately and monitoring it for quality.
• d. Test the audience’s response and revise the presentation accordingly.

Goal: In this lesson, journalism students will create a 1-minute video of a sports game to be placed on the school’s newspaper website.

Microsoft Office Training for Faculty

Here are simple-to-follow instructions for training yourself on numerous Microsoft Office programs like Excel, Word and Powerpoint. I also include a link to LAUSD information on how to best use your school e-mail.

Helpful Links for English and Journalism Students and English Learners

Helpful Links for Venice High ESL, English and Journalism Students and Teachers

Ms. Zubiri has created this very useful page of links that will help English and journalism students and English learners. It includes links to many journalism topics, info on discovering your reading level, Photo of the Day from world-famous photographers and the Scholastic Press Law Center. It will also take you to reliable websites for topics you may be writing about, such as sex, pregnancy, medical topics, art.

Descriptive Memoirs

Students will choose a moment in their lives that they remember specifically and write about it. Students will write at least three drafts of their paragraph, which should be at least 8-10 sentences long. The final draft will be typed into the comments section of this post. The teacher will then grade it and post it online as a public comment. Students do not have to identify themselves by name in the online comment. They can use a pseudonym.
See examples of other students' memoirs. (National U. Classmates: See examples of other students memoirs, and make a comment on them on this post. Follow the instructions at the bottom of the assignment. Or just comment on my blog. Thanks!)

Brainstorming and Initial Drafts:
This assignment will begin in class. Your teacher will help you choose three such moments, and then you will pick one -- the one that resonates the most with you and which you can write about with the greatest detail.  Use strong, active verbs and adjectives. Include lots of sensory details, such as how you felt, what the scene looked like,  the sounds you heard, and tastes and smells if there were any. Your first draft will be written longhand, double-spaced, in class. You will show this draft to another student for peer editing.