Assignments 2011 Spring
Assignment #8: Come up with a list of at least 10 story ideas for the May issue. Remember that this will be a senior/final issue for the school year.
Assignment #7: Complete the viewing guide for All the President’s Men. Turn this in to Mrs. Dial.
Assignment #6: Go to the following website and read the background information about Watergate at the top (until you get to the Tiimelne… or read on if you’re interested.) Then write a short summary of what you’ve read and put it on the Y-drive.
website: http://www.jea.org/curriculum/classroom/atpm.html
Assignment #5: In the next 5 weeks, between now and Spring Break, you will write 3 stories for the Stinger’s April issue. Also, we will be completing a unit on journalism history. Your first assignment is as follows:
- Carl Bernstein
- Ben Bradlee
- Patrick Buchanan
- Archibald Cox
- H.R. “Bob” Haldeman
- E. Howard Hunt
- Leon Jaworski
- G. Gordon Liddy
- James McCord
- Bob Woodward
If your last name begins with A through Ha, you will research the first 5 names. If you last name begins with He through W, you will research the last 5 names. This research is due Wednesday. You will be presenting your information to the class on Wednesday. We will read some information about Watergate and then watch the movie All the President’s Men. Look for future assignments to go with this unit.
Due: 3/2
Assignment #4: Since this is the technology age, should the school newspaper become available on-line? Write a few paragraphs discussing the feasibility of doing this. Refer to the following blog: http://mlwgsjabberwock.org/ This is an online newspaper for a high school. Discuss what you like/dislike about it, things we could learn from it, etc.
due Thursday 2/ 17
Assignment #3: story ideas for April. Also, come up with at least 5 ideas for an in-depth news study we could do in that issue (something 20-20-ish in nature).
due Tuesday 2/ 15
Assignment #2: story ideas for Feb.
Wednesday, 1/12/11
Assignment #1: Journalism scavenger hunt– you can work iwith a partner to complete this assignment.
due date: Monday, 1/10/11
Jordan B.
January 4, 2011
1. What you should put on your college resume
2. Major specific colleges
3. Top 10 Georgia colleges
4. What music/movies are in store for 2011
5. The decline of the romantic comedy
6. The improving economy
7. Oscars
8. How Marvel is taking over the world
9. The manliest sport on earth
10. How to fix a washer
Katie H
January 5, 2011
1. What is required to graduate for freshmen
2. What colleges really want from applying students.
3. How much value kids now hold to education
4. what fellow students would like to see more of in the newspaper
5. world issues
6. is our generation a bad seed or are we just like our parents?
7. upcoming lacrosse season boys & girls
8. possible HOPE greater requirements for the scholarship
9. community service ideas
10. editorial about supposed 2012 end of the world
Eduarda
January 6, 2011
1-Fun Valentines Ideas
2-Tips for graduation testing for Juniors
3-Mardi Gra vs. Carnaval in Rio
4-Jobs (where it is hiring)
5-community service
6-Oscars
7-Random Facts
8-Best movies of 2010
9-News Year’s Resolution Ideas
10-Tips on how to pass all your classes
Nichole C
January 6, 2011
1. Black Swan movie review
2. Top ten movies to see with your partner
3. How to be Iron Meng
4. Top ten love songs
5. What the heck has Obama done?
6. Should we be scared of muslims?
7. Is Christianity dead?
8. Who is Natlie Portman?
9. Is pop culture too racy?
10. What the heck is a hipster?
Iron M
January 6, 2011
1. Healthiest icecreams to eat while you wallow on Valentines day
2. How to be da funkiest funk miser in funk land
3. What is the big deal about Tumblr?
4. What if Ron Paul was president?
5. That homeless man who has that magical radio voice
6. FEMALES OF FAITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7. 10 reasons why Vladimir Nabokov is better than you
8. Ways to make your lemonade stand more successful
9. Social taboos
10. How to fix a dryer
Jessie N.
January 6, 2011
1. Obama’s plan- no graduation test required for high schoolers
2. New Years Resolutions
3. Greater requirements for scholarships
4. Valentines Day date ideas
5. Movies coming o
Jessie N.
January 6, 2011
Crap.
Continuing from above:
5. Movies coming out in spring
6. How to successfully get a job
7. How to get over being single on Valentine’s Day
8. Applying for colleges
9. the Oscars
10. How to fix machines associating with laundry
Wesley B.
January 6, 2011
1. Oscars
2. Wiz Khalifa slowly selling out
3. Homeless man with cool voice
4. Pixar’s future sequel plans
5. The future of 3D usage
6. Disney’s cinematic decline
7. Hollywood’s plans for board game movies
8. Jon Favreau dropping out of Iron Man 3 for Magic Kingdom
9. Disney theme park attractions as movies
10. Rap songs about love (for Valentines Day)
Jhourdynne W.
January 6, 2011
1. Top five clubs of the English Premier League (and FA Cup)
2. Struggles in managing for English PL teams (Newcastle United, Liverpool F.C.)
3. Editorial discrediting the theory of the world’s end in 2012.
4. Racism is still prominent but perhaps not in the expected source (Rev. Al Sharpton?)
5. The origin of the sports we know (baseball, soccer, football, rubgy)
6. Top colleges of Georgia and top universities
7. Rivalries in sports
8. Why are morphsuits appealing?
9. Asian-Pacific Heritage Month (Feb.)
10. Top 10 travel destinations for spring and summer (outside of continental U.S.)
candyce
January 6, 2011
1. Republicans taking over the house
2. The guy that got shot outside the daycare center
3.What you should put on your college application
4.most beautiful colleges in the world
5. nails and soda together:what happens
6. fashion redos
7.upcoming spring fashions
8. what is the next thing in televison
9.Oil spill is really still going on?
10.coolest new gadgets of 2011
Sarah
January 19, 2011
Charaty rant
The big bang theory review
Valentines day activities
The guy that was shot outside daycare: shooter worked with my stepmom and the guy shot was his wife’s boss.
juniors planning prom?!?!?
Snowpocolypse!!
Upcoming pixar movies
what comes after graduation?
House
Obesity overunning america
Monica N.
January 23, 2011
ummm okay, I did this the day it was assigned but Iron was messing with my computer and I guess he exited me out before it sent, SOOOOO. and now that it’s late, some of them have probably been said already but..
1. Valentine’s Day stuff
2. Georgians freaking out over snow
3. More Republicans in the House and what that means for legislation
4. Arizona Congresswoman shooting
5. Construction
6. the AVs and their crappy heating in this freezing weather
7. SATs and why it’s important to take them BEFORE senior year
8. Graduation
9. 5 reasons why Vladimir Nabokov is better than you
10. Definition of a troll and how to spot them in everyday situations
Jhourdynne W.
February 11, 2011
Story Ideas #2 (In-depth)
1. Racism is still prominent but perhaps not in the expected source (Rev. Al Sharpton? “white rappers” are still rappers, right?)
2. Bipartisan attitudes in the government – why do we support it?
3. Standards for men, women, teenagers, adults – do they really shape our attitudes?
4. Egyptian revolution, Tunisian revolution, unrest in Middle East and where it’s coming from
5. Prejudice – a Jordanian who once worked for BBC in Jordan now runs a Subway restaurant – why?
1. Education drops, apathy rises in schools
2. Top 10 Southern universities/colleges
3. Tips to stay calm during the GHSGT and AP exams
4. Is the Android a way to keep a monopoly away from iPhone?
5. “Reboots” of classics and comics – Star Trek, Iron Man, Hulk, Capt. America, etc.
6. Summer destinations in the U.S.
7. Silly goofs by well-known figures (Obama giving U.K. P.M. a DVD that doesn’t work in his country, etc.)
8. What makes rap and hip-hop so appealing now?
9. Why the U.S. economy still looks better than other countries and their economies
10. European football (soccer) v. American football
candyce
February 11, 2011
Story Ideas
1.SATS or ACT which one is better?
2. Facebook or myspace
3The benifits of reading today
4. children shows today
5. pop culture obsessions
6.inappropriate cartoons cartoons
7. Sait Patricks day events
8. Alcohol in the us and other contries
9.Global Peace will it ever come?
10.dangers of underage drinking
Indepth Story Ideas
1. The protest in Egypt
2.Recovery in the Gulf from the Oil spill
3.What is happening in the House with the Republicans and the Democrats
4.how important the mail is
5.shooting in Arizona
Monica N.
February 12, 2011
Story ideas:
1. Graduation
2. Cobb county school calendars
3. Hot Topic takeover
4. why is prejudice okay in today’s “advanced” society?
5. future HOPE requirements
6. difference in education vs tuition – are you really paying for what you’re getting?
7. Pokemon Black and White
8. lunch prices – additional $1.50 just for two small pieces of chicken?
9. new lunch vending machine
10. how many colleges should I apply to?
In depth
1. Fighting in Egypt
2. GOP trying to get rid of Obamacare
3. Why SAT national average is so low
4. the power of “intent” and if it should protect people
5. Oil Spill and its lasting effects – ex: Red Lobster won’t sell oysters because of the Gulf problem
Jordan B.
February 15, 2011
1. Grammys
2. Lady Gaga: fad or publicity disaster
3. Lack of modern day talent
4. Oscar nominees
5. Global warming: fact or fiction
6. Allergy season
7. Prep for prom
8. Do babies secretly want to murder you
9. The horrors of AP classes
10. What AP classes do for you in college
In Depth
1. Egypt and Mubarak
2. Origins of Model UN
3. State of the economy and how it affects us
4. Where is HOPE going
5. An in depth look at the Russian Government
Jessie N
February 15, 2011
1) shooting in Arizona
2) new sub vending machine
3) SATs
4) the new break in February
5) HOPE requirements
6) applying to college
7) Grammy’s
8) GHP
9) Obama’s healthcare plans
10) Spring break safety tips
In depth:
1) Egypt protests
2) Arizona shooting
3) Oil Spill problem
4) Panama City- Spring Break
Wesley B.
February 15, 2011
Story ideas:
1. You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Sprayberry Musical)
2. Upcoming Spider-Man reboot
3. Oscars
4. B.o.B, Lupe Fiasco, etc. bringing back real hip-hop
5. Parks & Recreation- the most underrated comedy on televison
6. Billy Ray Cyrus: ‘Hannah Montana’ destroyed my family’
In depth:
1. Egypt stuff
2. Obama stuff
3. Censorship in music
Eduarda
February 15, 2011
Story Ideas
1-tips for juniors taking graduation tests
2-GHP finalists
3-history of april fools
4-protest in egypt
5-is GPA really that big of a deal?
6-spring break hot stops
7-good job ideas
8-graduation
9-tennis
10- teenage drinking/smoking
in depth
1-carnaval in rio and mardi gras
2-dwarfism
3-peer pressure
4-anorexia
5-natural disasters
Raquel D.
February 15, 2011
Story Ideas:
1. HOPE scholarship requirements
2. Spring break- PC
3. SKINS show (too much?)
4. New sub vending machines
5. Speaking life into others (viewpoint)
In Depth:
6. Mark of the Beast chip
7. Verbal abuse just as harsh as physical abuse (the effects)
8. Immigration rights update
9. TV negatively influencing today’s youth
10. Protest in Egypt
Raquel D.
February 15, 2011
also the Reading Bowl doing pretty good this year!! (story idea)
Anonymous
February 15, 2011
1. What Sprayberry students do during breaks
2. Why Parks & Recreations is one of NBC’s worst shows
3. Grammy’s
4. Oscars
5. Times of work overload
6. Ways to annoy people in coffee shops
7. How to be a pop star
8. Prom
9. St. Patrick’s Day
10. The best times to slack
In Depth:
1. Egypt shananigans
2. Why Panama City Beach is overrated…
3. What teachers do during their days off
4. More fiber = longer life?
5. Real musicians in the Grammy’s
Iron M
February 15, 2011
Me above!
sarah
February 18, 2011
rant on bosses
healthy vs unhealthy food
zombies
parking prices
cheap places to get a dress for prom
is the next generation growing up too fast?
what to do to prepare for college
trouble getting a job? tips
how to stay organized
new schedule next year?
depth:
abuse
labels
how the upcoming adults are struggling to get out on their own
the celebrity image is destroying self esteem
sticks and stones may break my bones but are words really harmless?
Katie H.
February 18, 2011
1) upcoming girl’s lacrosse season and the games so far
2) girls basketball
3) boy’s basketball
4) boy’s lacrosse
5) strange weather, global warming?
6) last minute graduation tips
7) HOPE changing requirements?
8)college tuition on the rise
9)how students feel about year-round school
10)Sat prep
In Depth:
1) are we all born evil?
2) possible internet bill being passed
3) the affects of sports later in life?
4) the rise in old virusis becasue parents don’t want the vacine (mono, polio)
5) economy really improving?
Megan H
February 28, 2011
story ideas ~
.oo1 – book review(s)
.oo2 – obsessions with fame
.oo3 – GHSGT & AP Exams
.oo4 – underrated bands
.oo5 – best schools in Georgia
.oo6 – bandwagon fans
.oo7 – teachers can’t find jobs
.008 – everyone is a “sell-out”
.oo9 – finding jobs
.o10 – prom is a failure
in-depth ~
.oo1 – Middle East conflicts
.oo2 – education dwindling
.oo3 – horrible television shows with many fans
.oo4 – internet censorship
Nichole Corbett
March 2, 2011
1. Book Reviews
2. Movie Reviews on good movies.
3. Musical
4. Literary Competition
5. Model UN
6. Prom
7. AP exams
8. SAT’s
9. lack of break
10. basketball
11. golf
12. tennis
13. GSA dance
14. Lady gaga
15. Glee
In depth
16. Top movies of 2000-2010
17. Children’s books that shape/ define society
18. Oscars
19. How to study and still have a life.
20. What do we really do on the internet?
taylor Harren
March 2, 2011
1. Prom
2. Sprayberry Baseball
3. Lacrosse boys/girls
4. graduation test
5. spring break
6. school going back to no year round school
7. hope
8. golf
9. tennis
10. soccer
taylor Harren
March 2, 2011
1. US national debt becoming out of control
2. Detroit (the motor city)
3. Egypt
4. Middle east
5. were is america headed
Jhourdynne
April 20, 2011
Story Ideas #3 (In-depth)
1. Racism is still prominent but perhaps not in the expected source (Rev. Al Sharpton? “white rappers” are still rappers, right?)
2. Bipartisan attitudes in the government – why do we support it?
3. Standards for men, women, teenagers, adults – do they really shape our attitudes?
4. El Clasico – the history and the present
5. Prejudice – a Saudi Arabian who once worked for BBC in Jordan now runs a Subway restaurant – why?
1. WARP concert tour coming to Atlanta – the line-up and reviews
2. Top 10 Southern universities/colleges
3. Tips to stay calm during the SAT, ACT, and AP exams
4. Is the Android a way to keep a monopoly away from iPhone?
5. “Reboots” of classics and comics – Star Trek, Iron Man, Hulk, Capt. America, Thor. TRON, etc.
6. Summer destinations in the U.S.
7. Silly goofs by well-known figures (Obama giving U.K. P.M. a DVD that doesn’t work in his country, Obama trying to open window of W.H., Bush trying to open locked door, etc.)
8. What makes rap and hip-hop so appealing now? Where did the messages go?
9. Why the U.S. economy still looks better than other countries and their economies
10. European football (soccer) v. American football
candyce
April 20, 2011
1.cheap things to do over the summer
2.the best colleges in georgia
3.exciting things to do over the summer
4 The best books to read over the summer
5.spring cleaning
6.community service opprotunites
7.spring fashion
8.everything a freshmen in college should know
9tanning it will kill you
10 radiation in california’s milk
Jordan B.
April 20, 2011
1. Interviews with people you have connections to
2. How to get that perfect beach bod
3. What not to do over the summer
4. Obama Nation; yea or nay?
5. Best paying non-college degree-requiring jobs
6. Cheap, efficient cars
7. How to kill the summer boredom
8. Why Jersey Shore revived the concepts of going to the gym, tanning, and doing laundry
9. Graduation party themes
10. iPhone 5 letdown; why it’s going to lack it’s promised innovation from the 4
taylor Harren
April 22, 2011
1. Girls Lacrosse
2. Tennis
3. Where are seniors from sprayberry going to college
4. Activities to do over summer
5. Powderpuff
6. Obama
7. Where is america headed
8. conflict in libya
9. Relay for life
10. graduation
Jessie N
April 22, 2011
1. Summer events in Georgia
2. Where seniors are going to college/after graduation
3. Update on situation in Middle East
4. WARP concert in Atlanta
5. Pending Georgia Immigration Bill
6. What life would be like with Donald Trump as President
7. Senior week activities at SHS
8. How to prepare for finals
9. Summer vacations- places to go
10. How US education ranks in world education system
Wesley B.
April 22, 2011
1. Tupac FBI files released
2. Parks & Recreation- the best comedy you probably aren’t watching
3. More casting news for The Dark Knight Rises
4. Upcoming Summer Movies
5. What seniors are doing after graduation
6. PROM
7. Childish Gambino- coolest dude ya never heard of
8. Grammy awards cut some hip-hop categories
9. Lil Wayne’s tax troubles
10. DJ Khaled’s plans for new album
Monica
April 22, 2011
1. why seniors are better than everyone else (and why this is a lie)
2. hoodwinks too
3. tanning and why it WON’T kill you
4. pokemon vs. digimon
5. opinions and why they aren’t facts
6. old kid shows were better (and more mature) than today’s
7. prom and why it’s silly… but still go
8. old traditions that should die
9. old people that should die
10. glee
Iron and Nichole
April 22, 2011
1. Glee
2. Senior’s faviorte colors
3. All in the Timing
4. Senior’s faviorte childhood books
5. WARP CONCERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6. DEMI LOVATO BIPOLAR
7. PROJECT RUNWAY
8. PROM SHANANIGANS
9. TANNING AND WHY IT MAYBE WILL KILL YOU
10. BEST MOVIES ABOUT SUMMER
11. WHO EXACTLY IS THE WALRUS
12. THE TRUMPSTER AS PREZ
13. SENIOR WEEK
14. MARK TWAIN NEW AUTOBIO
15. MILK IN CALIFORNIAS RADIATION
16. HOT NEW BOOKS FOR DA SUMMER
17. MUST SEE BLOCKBUSTERS FOR THE SUMMER
18. SENIOR FAVORITE MEMMMMMORY
19. FREE THINGS TO DO FOR FUN
20. LIST OF BEST KNOCK KNOCK JOKES
21. DONE
Sarah
April 28, 2011
1 selling your prom dress
2 How to grow out your hair
3 Upcoming X men
4 Avengers
5 Being Human review
6 Georgia summer
7 Big storm kills 27 people
8 American Idol
9 Obama giving up smoking for the white house???
10 senior farewells
Raquel
May 4, 2011
1. Relay 4 Life
2. Speak Life into others (viewpoint)
3. American Idol
4. Senior Farewells
5. ITS show
6. How was Prom?
7. Osama Bin Laden’s death
8. Senior Week
9. About Prom Queen and King
10. The end of the world 2012
Megan H
May 4, 2011
.oo1 – where to take your prom dresses
.oo2 – summer movies
.oo3 – summer activities
.oo4 – Osama Bin Laden death
.oo5 – Donald Trump running for president?
.oo6 – Japan charity album raise $5 mil
.oo7 – how awesome Glee is
.oo8 – how awesome juniors did on GHSGT
.oo9 – American Idol
.o10 – awesome television shows
Katherine
May 16, 2011
1. What is required to graduate for freshmen
2. What colleges really want from applying students.
3. How much value kids now hold to education
4. what fellow students would like to see more of in the newspaper
5. world issues
6. is our generation a bad seed or are we just like our parents?
7. upcoming lacrosse season boys & girls
8. possible HOPE greater requirements for the scholarship
9. community service ideas
10. editorial about supposed 2012 end of the world