After proofing a lot of newspaper stories and looking at yearbook pages in process, I realized that I needed to talk VERBS.
STRONG WRITING EQUALS STRONG WRITING
I took 10-15 minutes of class today to go back to the basics of writing and ridding bad verbs.
Ridding Bad Verbs worksheet
Because we are doing a big push this month for yearbook sales, we’ve been pretty general with our marketing. Until now. We got the cover
We are nearing the end of the grading period, so today was “your kid may fail” emails. And parents love these! Haha. I sent emails
We’ve been around long enough, everyone thinks you’re an expert. I still feel like I’m figuring it out daily, but my Fine Arts Director thinks
Don’t Be Lazy It’s December. The longest 2 1/2 weeks of school. If your students are like mine, they are taking every shortcut possible. I
Cola Wars Marketing Video/Project This is one of my favorite lessons in Journalism 1. Students create a list of marketing strategies of Coke and Pepsi.