Assignments for the 1st Week of the 1st Quarter

Tuesday: View 50 Fun Things to Do... PowerPoint. Make index cards and work folders. Collect email addresses. Receive textbooks and fill-out book sheets. Receive and discuss syllabus. View and discuss Rules for Deportment PowerPoint. View Assignments Blog and other web resources. Interview Mr. Waller. For homework,

1. Sign the last page of the syllabus and have your parents sign it, too.
2. Join English Forum at MLWGS [http://mlwgsenglish.proboards31.com/] and post a hello with a one paragraph description of one of your hobbies. (Use your complete first and last names fo the sign in.)
3. Go to the Journalism Wikispace [http://wallerjournalism.wikispaces.com/], apply for membership, and post your name and email address.
4. Bring in a news article from an actual newspaper (not one from on-line) and be prepared to summarize it verbally.

Thursday: Hand in signed syllabi. Check posts on the English Forum. Check entries on the Journalism Wikispace. Share and discuss articles. Read and discuss news articles in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. For homework,

1. Post on the English Forum an idea for a news article about the Governor's School. This should be a 1-3 paragraph summary of what the article might address. The first person to post must start the thread, and no article ideas may be repeated.
2. Read a newspaper over the weekend.