Day 23: Election coverage

Briefs due

A Team: Check in about newest articles
B Team: How is draft coming along?
C Team: First draft due!

Assignment for Andrew & 3 others: recap of the MA election and what happened in national election. Get responses from students in library about results of general election and propositions. File story by end of class.

4 people as Hotlinks Finders: find links to stats, speeches, information, winners and losers, etc from the election.

4 people are image finders: find images (creative commons, Romney website, Obama website, etc) that are legal for our use.

Election Day

General Election Ballot

Day 22: Check-ins and some writing/reading/thinking

Team Check-ins
A Team: Final draft
B Team: Second draft
C Team: Work on draft

In-class activity
1. If you've finished reading the previous articles and responding to the questions, awesome. Here's your work: relax, work on your article, work on your brief.
2. If you have not finished reading and responding, please continue to do so.

Day 21: check-ins, reminders, and reading

1. Briefs due!
2. Check in with your team captain. How are graphics coming along? Articles? Where do you need help?
3. Registration drive reminder:
1. Thursday: Abbie, Eliza, & Sam
2. Friday: Jordan, Holland & Andrew
4. Election Day reminder:
1. D: Bryn (help from Mary)
   G: Dan (some help from Pam's class)
   Break: Holland, Sam & Claire
   E: Andrew & Jordan
   Lunch: Sara, Abbie & Philip
   F: Alberto? (help from Pam)
5. Some in-class reading: please read the following three articles.
1. News piece: Swing Nation
2. Feature piece: The Honor System
3. Review piece: The $2.5 Car

No rush. I just want you to read. After you've read all three, please add a comment to this post that addresses the following questions:

1. In what way is the lead engaging and accurate?
2. How are these three pieces stylistically different?
3. How would you distinguish between a news piece, a feature piece, and a review? Come up with your own definition for each.
4. What kind of sources are used in each piece? How do the different sources add/detract from the piece?
5. Formulate three questions for each article that you think the writer might have asked when interviewing people.

Day 20: Arts & Crafts Time

WHAT'S DUE

A Team: Second draft
B Team: First draft
C Team: Final draft

Check in about graphics. Are you using the rubrics???

WHAT WE'RE DOING

1. Voter registration schedule:
1. Tue 10.30: Sara, Phillip, Dan & Bryn
2. Thu 11.1: Abbie, Eliza, & Sam
3. Fri 11.2: Jordan, Holland & Andrew
2. Election Day schedule
1. D: Bryn (help from Mary)
   G: Abbie & Dan (some help from Pam's class)
   Break: Holland, Sam & Claire
   E: Andrew, Lena & Jordan
   Lunch: Sara, Abbie & Philip
   F: Alberto (help from Pam)
3. Recap of COD (what was awesome and what we can learn to do better the next time)
4. Let's get the voters excited and let's get the word out about registration and voting.

Voter Registration Form

For registration purposes.

Day 19

Meet in teams
A Team: First draft (google)
B Team: final draft (website)
C Team: Second draft (google)

Class work
1. Review AP
2. COD moderator questions/video work/review of session attendance
3. Sol Food order
4. Work on article

Thursday

D: Holland & Sara & Annie & Morgan & Eliza

E: Philip & Claire & Sara

F:  Lena & Abbie & Eliza

LUNCH WITH LANCE WILLIAMS IN LIB 206 -- Sol Food!!
G: Abbie (mod), Holland (mod), Julia (mod): Dan Annie

Friday
A: Morgan (mod) & Annie (mod): Sam & Abbie
C: Sam & Eliza
B: Bryn & Andrew & Jordan

NO BRIEFS THIS WEEK! All COD articles must be posted the night of the session (earlier if possible).

bold = video
underlined = head writer