Welcome 2022-23 Yearbook Staff Members! I am looking forward to creating the best EVER yearbook with you.
Everything we do is to successful reach our yearlong objective: to create a professional-looking, creative yearbook that Custer County students will treasure for years to come!
August 16, 2023
- Syllabus
- Teamwork- Scavenger Hunt (2023), No-hands cup stacking (2022)
- Fakebook Getting to Know You (2019, 2022), Draw a Pig Personality Test (2020, 2023), Platinum Record (2021)
August 17, 2023
- Bellringer
- Kicking off the Year(book): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pXejoxobmd9G_jJBZQki29I2FYXHJUS1oQ33XGZoBE4/edit#slide=id.g8fb49885d4_0_6
- View previous yearbooks
- Finish up with your pigs. They need to be wall-worthy.
August 21, 2023
- Caption bellringer
- Creating a Theme: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1n1ZKgU3UPqz4z2qJAnqJ6xQO9jGhnrtJMo7SBpfQzyA/edit#slide=id.p
- Introduction to TreeRing website
- Yearbook themes- look at new themes as a class
- Discuss staff roles
August 22, 2023
- Bellringer
- Review of photo assignments for the weekend (check calendar)
- Decide on theme
August 23, 2023
- Bellringer
- Yearbook Sales/Marketing: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rPJXUt-sAHDRhIfGJeqqS2HqZNCApE37KBcITtj7u80/edit#slide=id.gab0594ec0c_0_1
- Discuss camera use
August 24, 2023
- Bellringer
- Draw your spirit animal
August 28, 2023
- Bellringer
- Discuss process of uploading pictures into TreeRing folders
- Photography Lesson 1- Candids vs. Portraits
- https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/01/world/gallery/iconic-images/index.html
August 29, 2023
- Bellringer
- Review of photo assignments for the weekend (check calendar)
- Continue discussing Candids vs. Portraits
- https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/01/world/gallery/iconic-images/index.html
- Photography Unit Portfolio
August 30, 2023
- Bellringer
- Photography Lesson 2- The basics of composition
- Focus on one iconic photo from lesson 1
- Lesson on Proximity
- Homework: Take a photo of one subject in close proximity and another from further away. Explain how the change in proximity affects the photo.
August 31, 2023
- Bellringer
- Discuss student proximity photos
- Explain Mock Yearbook Page Assignment that will come into play when I am gone for my grandbaby’s birth.
- Photography Lesson 2, cont’d
- Lesson on vantage point
- Homework: Take a photo of one subject from three different vantage points/angles. Explain how the change in angle affects the photo.
- Camera handout
September 4, 2023
- No school, Labor Day
September 5, 2023
- Bellringer (Mon & Tues bellringers)
- Review of photo assignments for the weekend (check calendar)
- Share & discuss student vantage point photos from weekend homework
- Begin working on your Photography Portfolio- Decide on your theme in Google slides (discuss “carnival” theme options); work on intro slide with title and your name,
September 6, 2023
- Bellringer
- Photography Lesson 2 cont’d
- Lesson on sense of place
- Homework: Take a photo that illustrates a sense of place at your school. Explain how this location is unique to your school (If time allows, give time to work on this assignment)
September 7, 2023
- Bellringer
- Share & discuss student sense of place photos
- Lesson on framing
- Dowloading photos into files from chromebook
- Homework: Take a photo that uses an object to frame your subject. Describe the object used and why you chose that object.
September 11, 2023
- No school/Teacher Inservice
September 12, 2023
- Bellringer
- Review of photo assignments for the weekend (check calendar)
- A picture is worth a thousand words– What is this saying about our society today? https://qz.com/523746/a-photographer-edits-out-our-smartphones-to-show-our-strange-and-lonely-new-world/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=partner-share&utm_campaign=partner-telegraph&fbclid=IwAR2da_vulmjY49R2jAVBNHouOAAIeAHUiAFSaxAqPRU17dfA7BMvl9nr6NQ
- Share & discuss student”framed” photos
- Lesson on leading lines
- Go over page assignments
- Homework: Take a photo that uses leading lines to lead to your subject. Explain the lines you used.
September 13, 2023
- Bellringer
- Share & discuss student leading lines photos
- Lesson on Rule of Thirds (see link on slideshow); https://www.slideshare.net/Refrigeratorgood/high-school-photography-rule-of-thirds
- Homework: Take a photo of a subject that uses the rule of thirds and one in which the subject is centered. Explain the difference between these photos.
September 14, 2023
- Bellringer
- Share & discuss Rule of Thirds photos
- Lesson on Peak of Emotion
- Take a candid photo that captures peak of emotion. Describe the emotion you captured.
- Check assigning on pages, continue assigning on TreeRing
September 15, 2023
- Bellringer
- Share & discuss student Peak of Emotion photos
- Split into small groups and discuss use of cameras (each group led by student)
- Get Chromebooks and sign into TreeRing. Begin looking through page formats, etc.
September 18, 2023
- Photography Lesson 3
- Class discussion: Why do you take pictures? Why do other people take pictures? Why are pictures important? (Discuss with shoulder partner, then as whole class)
- Documentary on the power of photography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FXnDI_fS6M
- Respond to discussion questions for the video
- Use 5-step inquiry technique to analyze the message of Charles Porter’s photo https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/01/world/gallery/iconic-images/index.html
- Discuss the process as a class
September 19-21, 2023
- Bellringers
- Mock Yearbook Pages
September 25-28, 2023
- Bellringers
- Photography Unit Portfolio
October 2, 2023
- Bellringer
- Final touches of portfolios, check rubric for written portions
- Start portfolio presentations
October 3, 2023
- Bellringer
- Continue with presentations
- Assign photographers for weekend events
- Brainstorm news articles that may be written around “Halloween.” Discuss article ideas for a Fall/Halloween edition of “The Bobcat Eye.”
- Find some interesting articles online to read.
October 4, 2023
- Anatomy of a Newspaper Slideshow
- Discuss writing a news article (the 5 W’s); http://newspaperarticleyear6.weebly.com/how-to-write-a-newspaper-article.html
- Identify the 5 W’s in news articles
October 5, 2023
- Bellringer
- Watch the video, “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB07RfntTvw&t=318s
- Identify the 5 W’s & H; then share your findings in a small group.
- Come prepared to write on Monday!
October 9, 2023
- Bellringer
- Yearbook Storytelling: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oHuGLgu_qsI3YBYBvpvhRTDN97Pi4rRpNQx2Aldo-O0/edit#slide=id.g98d35bbb25_0_203
- Quoting in news stories- Who do you choose to quote? When do you use a quote? How do you punctuate quotes?
- Interviewing skills; https://matadornetwork.com/bnt/13-simple-journalist-techniques-for-effective-interviews/
- Come up with 8-10 questions to ask a classmate. Make sure these are not questions they can answer with one word!
October 10, 2023
- Bellringer
- Check calendar for photo opportunities
- Interview a classmate
- Write down ONE quote that is worthy.
- Begin researching your article
October 11, 2023
- Bellringer
- Research and begin writing your article
October 12, 2023
- Bellringer
- Research and continue writing your article
October 16, 2023
- Bellringer
- Work on articles
October 17, 2023
- Bellringer
- Work on articles
October 18, 2023
- Bellringer
- Check Google calendar and photo taking for weekend
- Peer editing articles
- Work on revising- 2nd draft due by the end of the period tomorrow
October 19, 2023
- Bellringer
- 2nd drafts of articles due by the end of the period today!
- Check on photo assignments over the weekend
- Take collage photos around the school. Try to incorporate rule of thirds, leading lines, proximity, vantage point, framing, and sense of place.
- Set up of the Bobcat Eye’s Fall Edition
October 23, 2023
- Bellringer
- Mock Yearbook Page Take 2
October 24, 2023
- Bellringer
- Mock Yearbook Page Take 2
October 25, 2023
- Bellringer
- Photography Lesson 4
October 26, 2023
- Bellringer- Headlines
- Photography Lesson 5
- Comparison of Churchill and Einstein portraits from CNN Slideshow https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/01/world/gallery/iconic-images/index.html
- Choose another famous person and compare two portraits published in the media. Construct a written response on the back of the page using the same questions in the warm up.
October 31, 2023
- Bellringer-
- Group discussion – Does the media reinforce stereotypes?
- Photography Lsn 6: Using chromebooks- in small groups, look at photos and captions or articles of the fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. Discuss the following question: Did media outlets reinforce the stereotype of “black thugs” through their posted photos? Why or why not? https://www.morningsidecenter.org/teachable-moment/lessons/challenging-stereotypes-michael-brown-and-iftheygunnedmedown
- Look up media coverage on twitter posts #iftheygunnedmedown; what do you think?
November 1, 2023
- Photography Lsn 7: Choose an iconic photo and recreate it.
- Visit re-creation photos on the Today website: http://www.today.com/slideshow/12-awesome-recreationsfamous-pics-48677073
- Compare the original photo to the re-creation, noting how the new photo is different in subject, tone, and meaning.
- To choose your iconic photo, first choose a topic you are passionate about and then search popular photos based on that topic.
- Homework- find you iconic photo!
November 2, 2023
- Plan recreations, make props, assign people to bring props
- Begin working on recreation photos.
November 6, 2023
- Take recreation photos; upload to TreeRing, yearbook folder
- OR Take pictures around the school- upload photos! (due to SOS)
November 7, 2023
- Bellringer
- Photography: exposure, aperture, shutter speed https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iWUDtkR56Hilbze-b59czd19w1ED6h5PqORMFQrIX7c/edit#slide=id.g9ad3b5a448_0_127
- Work on Aperture/ShutterSpeed/ISO Informational Brochures
- Check Google Calendar for weekend photo ops
November 8, 2023
- Bellringer
- Look at recreation photos on GC
- Work on Aperture/ShutterSpeed/ISO Informational Brochures (due Thursday)
- Check Google Calendar for weekend photo ops
November 9, 2023
- Bellringer
- Mass Communication, Part 1 (Slideshow)
November 13, 2023
- Bellringer
- Mass Communication, Part 2 (Slideshow)
- Mass media review group activity
November 14, 2023
- Bellringer
- Finish Group Work
- Reassign yearbook pages
- Work in TreeRing
November 15, 2023
- Bellringer
- Intro to Mass Comm Quiz (open note)
- Photos for this weekend or over break?
November 16, 2023
- School newspaper critiques group activity
- https://www.wilsonhs.org/ourpages/auto/2015/6/15/38338040/march_final_2015.pdf
- Brainstorm ideas for Christmas Edition of the Bobcat Eye
- Composing the perfect shot: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iWUDtkR56Hilbze-b59czd19w1ED6h5PqORMFQrIX7c/edit#slide=id.g92c23b4122_0_8
November 27, 2023
- Bellringer
- Review article assignments for Christmas Edition of the Bobcat Eye; you should be gathering information to write your article.
- Essential question- Does the media have a responsibility to provide consumers with balanced, accurate news? Explain.
- Media ethics- Fairness Formula
- Begin prewriting, information-gathering for your story!
November 28, 2023
- Bellringer
- Read the code ethics: https://www.spj.org/pdf/spj-code-of-ethics.pdf
- Find a recent article with photographs written about a difficult event (a tragedy, natural disaster, etc.) Read and analyze the story for whether it complies with ethical standards in the SPJ Code of Ethics.
- Write a paragraph about the story explaining how it shows standards being implemented or shows a lack of standards. Be specific. Make sure to attach the news stories or story sources to the evaluations.
November 29, 2023
- Bellringer
- Consider each of the Media Ethics Scenarios and write your response
- Begin working on research or prewriting for your Christmas newsletter article
November 30, 2023
- Bellringer
- Superlatives
- Treering portrait (class) pages- formatting
December 4, 2023
- First Amendment Basics
- First Amendment: In My Opinion Part 1, Search for case/article; https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/encyclopedia/case-all
- School First Amendment Court Cases
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
- Board of Education v. Pico (1982)
- Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser (1986)
- Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
- Poling v. Murphy(1989)
- Guiles v. Marineau (2006)
- Morse v. Frederick (2007)
- Nurre v. Whitehead (2010)
- Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC (2012)
- Taylor v. Roswell Independent School District (10th Cir.) (2013)
- Elmbrook School District v. Doe (2014)
- Dariano v. Morgan Hills Unified School District (9th Cir.) (2014)
- Bell v. Itawamba County School Board (5th Cir.) (2015)
- Keefe v. Adams (8th Cir.) (2016)
- Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski (2021)
- Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (2021)
- Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022)
- School First Amendment Court Cases
- Remember- you should be researching and gathering information for your articles.
December 5, 2023
- First Amendment: Part 2
- Remember- you should be researching and gathering information for your articles. We will write next week!
December 6, 2023
- First Amendment: The Five Freedoms (on GC)
- First Amendment: Part 3
- Remember- you should be researching and gathering information for your articles. We will write next week!
December 7, 2023
- Bellringer
- Photo essay
- Check out cameras
- First Amendment: Part 3 (You will PRESENT your projects on our scheduled FINALS day.)
- Remember- you should be researching and gathering information for your articles. We will write next week!
December 11-14
- Bellringer
- First Amendment: Part 3 (You will PRESENT your projects on our scheduled FINALS day.)
- Work on articles. Peer edit by Thursday; then turn 2nd drafts into Mrs. T. for final edits.
- Work in TreeRing in your extra time.
December 18-21
- Bellringer
- Submit your article in Google Classroom!
- Finalize/revise articles
- Work on your First Amendment Project (Part 3- Case Study)
- Present projects on Thursday!
- Discuss Senior Superlatives
- Begin working on your TreeRing Headers
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This line delineates this year’s from last year’s assignments
January-May
- At this point, we are spending every single day creating our yearbook pages!
- Photographs will still be taken at winter and spring events.
- Senior Superlatives
- Yearbook design: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-UfRFBLD6tM84QGxpGCt9nhyhRlzSUzWwCq2bXZF284/edit#slide=id.p
- Edit or regret it: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZjP-vgOKV5rT3mIFhB0uKpY6xFKMnD7SJgnqCZViRFg/edit#slide=id.p
PAGE LAYOUT- NEW FEATURE: Check out this step-by-step guideline to reformat your pages based on your number of photos! https://treering.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039084031-New-Feature-Page-Layout?utm_source=TreeRing+Chief+%26+Staff+Editors&utm_campaign=c186806a57-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_12_06_07_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c6bef1b7fc-c186806a57-115146817
Gp. Work- Identifying Bias
Mrs. T's Reading and Writing Corner 