CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4 | JEA Curriculum Initiative

September 30, 2018

Editing

Description Journalistic writing is much more tightly written than writing most students have done before. It’s written for an audience that doesn’t have much time and wants information quickly and understandably. Something that you can write in three words is usually better than something taking seven. …

March 26, 2018

by abrinelson

Editing

Journalism versus English class writing

Description Journalistic writing has some similarities with English class writing. To students, it often seems there are many differences. A key to getting them to understand what needs to be different and how to make it that way is often in getting students to see that …

August 19, 2017

by megfromm

Editing

Fact checking 2

August 19, 2017

by megfromm

Editing

Editing cutlines and captions

August 19, 2017

by megfromm

Editing

Fact checking 1

August 14, 2017

by abrinelson

Self-evaluating: When is my beat ready for submission?

Description As each writer will submit beats for publication, students will learn how to determine when they have met all the criteria for a beat, and they will understand criteria that they will be assessed on (a.k.a. “How do I get an A on this?”). Objectives …

August 14, 2017

by abrinelson

Covering an event for a beat

Description As the primary type of coverage done on the web, students need to quickly become proficient in writing beats online. In this lesson, students will learn how to plan beat coverage and then, as a class, cover a schoolwide event. It would be helpful for …

August 14, 2017

by abrinelson

Creating a multimedia feature story for the Web

Description This is designed as a culminating web project. It is useful to do this after students have been taught how to write a feature, how to integrate multimedia elements into a story, and how to take photographs with captions to complement a story. A list …

August 24, 2015

Critiquing a multimedia package

In this lesson, students review the online story package planning questions, assess their own online package and evaluate each others’ multimedia story packages.

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Quick hits for editing

Tightening for clarity

Journalism versus English class writing

Fact checking 2

Editing cutlines and captions

Fact checking 1

Self-evaluating: When is my beat ready for submission?

Covering an event for a beat

Creating a multimedia feature story for the Web

Critiquing a multimedia package