Scarlet Ibis Obituary

Read "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst and write an obituary for Doodle using the text.

Use the handout from class to articulate how the article should be written. Use the rubric to know how to get a good grade.

http://www.dixon.troyhigh.com/ibis.pdf - here is a copy of the story if you misplaced yours...

This is due at the end of class on Thursday, 11/1... the sub will be collecting it.

writing feature story links

http://www.milforded.org/schools/foran/turtola/feature.ppt
http://www.ypp.net/pdfs_writersguide/unit4.pdf

http://www.econnect.com.au/pdf/quicktips/writing_features.pdf

7 types of Feature Stories

1. News feature
2. Interpretive feature
3. Straight feature
4. Personality feature
5. Interview feature
6. Human-interest feature
7. Brites

How is feature different than news? - see class notes from today...

Tonight's homework

Brainstorm 5 stories and at least 1 person you would interview for each story to be discussed in class on Thursday

Weekend Homework

Please work on your revisions as well as make up work. You will also need to start working on new news stories discussed in class yesterday.

Make up work

Students should be working on making up work... if we are going to put out an issue, we need to have material. It can't just be three people making up the paper... please take these classes and assignments seriously.

I plan on moving into feature next week.

preparing our first paper...

As we enter the second half of our first trimester, we must consider what will be going into the first issue...

I'd like to have everyone's contribution at least be the first news article you have been working on...

Perhaps we can also make a PSAT article in the past tense as far as following up on the experience.

I'd like to look into writing possible articles that have to do with discipline at school, course and club offerings, the sports program (fred I know you were working on this).

We have a lot of work ahead of us.