Days 33, 34, 35 & 36 ... the end of days

Thursday 12.6
1. Brief due

2. Team check-ins

A Team: work on draft
B Team: Work on extra brief
C Team: Second draft

3. Group work: Top 20 most influential people in your genre. Post a list, include lots of hyperlinks and photos, if available.

Jordan & Alberto: music (A&E)
Abbie & Dan: Politics (News)
Sam & Eliza: movies/television (A&E)
Sara & PJ: MA (Features)
Claire, Holland & Bryn: Literature (Features)
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Monday 12.10
1. Team check-ins

A Team: second draft
B Team: Extra brief
C Team: Final draft

2. Finish up group work

3. Start new group work: Do the briefs need revamping? Working with a partner, revisit the Briefs list and revise, rewrite, restyle as you see fit. We have a new batch of students next semester, so they won't know any different. Think about what worked for you, what you liked, what you dreaded. Keep things light, timely, and related to the life of MA students.
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Wednesday 12.12
1. Brief due

2. Team check-ins
A Team: Final draft due
B Team: Extra brief
C Team: Extra brief
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Friday 12.14
1. Last Class: Philip the Elder makes an appearance. Meet in the ANNEX!

Day 32: Apparently I cannot count

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

Let's get to work

• Find a partner, pick a genre, and come up with the 20 most influential people in that category this year. List name and a brief description of the person in the comment section of this post.
• Categories:
• Music
• Movies/Television
• Literature
• Sports
• Politics
• Art
• Marin Academy/Marin/Bay Area

Day 30: Check-ins & TAL & Radiolab

1. Team check-ins
A Team: working ond raft
B Team: working on draft
C Team: First draft due

2. This American Life: Mind Games (43 mins)

3. Radiolab: Games (20:30 left)

Day 29: check-ins, reviews & more

1. Briefs due!

2. Team check-insA Team: Brainstorm article ideas -- think of articles that might include alternative story forms.
B Team: Work on draft (Final draft due on Tuesday)
C Team: Work on draft (First draft due on Friday)

3. Sharing of reviews: a little read around.

4. List of the top 20 news stories of the year. Work in groups of 2-3 students and post your responses below.

Day 28: Check-in & review writing

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

Individual work
Remember that great review you read? It's time to write your own. Try to model the style of this reviewer, and write about something about which you have lots of passion. This review can be negative or positive. Just have some fun and ask lots of questions.

Day 27: Ethics and some writing fun

A Team: Final draft
B Team: Second draft
C Team: Working on next draft

To print of not to print

This AWESOME review of Guy Fieri's restaurant showed up in the NYT last week. It got lots of press for its content, but also a lot of press for the style. Your assignment: think of a restaurant, a book, an event, an article of clothing, something that you have a strong like or dislike for, and write a review styled like this one. Have fun! It's almost Thanksgiving break.

Day 26: ethics and TAL

A Team: working on draft
B Team: First draft
C Team: Work on draft

To print of not to print

TAL