Nov. 17 - Current Events Assignment (15 pts)

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Today's assignment. Turn in to me tomorrow. You may use the internet.

1. What are the authorities saying about Playstation and the bombing in Paris?

2. Jeb Bush said that "only Christians" should be admitted to the country and has caused The New York Times to call that idiocy in their editorials today. Who was Bush talking about?

3. Explain in your own words what happened in Paris.

4. In another earlier attack, the Russians are now saying that it was caused by a bomb. What attack are they talking about?

5. ISIS has threatened DC. Is this credible according to security experts?

6. When people say fear is our biggest enemy, what do they mean?

7. What does ISIS want?

Extra Credit

Why is the Twitter meme saying Dick Cheney is the father of ISIS? Explain.

Ms. Greer

Silver Spring, Md.

November 11 -- Assignment for those who are not editing their teacher interview (15 pts.)

Click on this link for a heart-warming story. Scroll down to the videos and look for The Doctor Who Saved 100,000 Eyes.

Click here for a link to see what is going on on the Missouri campus in the video Tackling Racial Tensions on campus.

Click here for a personality profile in Meet Diana Ross and Daft Punk's Hitmaker.

Write up the characteristics and a critique of these packages. Paragraph for each.

Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md.

November 9 Critique and B-Roll Assignment (20 pts)

Write up a paragraph each about what you like and dislike AFTER you watch the B-Roll video.Here is the B-Roll Video from my teacher friend, Gil Garcia. He runs the TV program at Austin High School in Texas.

Answer these B-roll Questions:
What is B-roll?
Explain W.O.C. H. U?
Can you shoot minors?
What is ambient sound?
Before and after camera moves what do you do?
Again, what is the point of B-roll?

Check out the following shows from other schools. Critique them as you do our show.

Write it up.

Check out the Mustang News here.

Check out T-Bird TV here.

Check out the news packages on Buzz TV here.

Ms. Greer,/br> Silver Spring, Md.

Nov. 6 -- Warm up Written Work (15 pts)

Click here for the day's warm-up.

What will we think about when we go out on our video shoots?

Then Listen to this podcast from Radio Lab. Look up the photographer online to see her photos as you listen.

What is honorable about this photographer?

Write that up and turn in to me today.

Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md.

November 3 -- Inside Modern Love Column NYTimes

Click here for the story. Read this and find the three articles that are the most popular and linked to this interview. Tomorrow I will ask you questions about these.

Ms. Greer
P.s. Here are the 36 questions about how to fall in love.

November 3 --

Look at this post someone made from Ira Glass. Cool. Click here.