–Journal:  Turn to the entry with your writing territories.  Choose one of them, and take 5 minutes to brainstorm a list of at least 5 different kinds of articles that you could write on that subject.  Now, choose one of your stories and spend 10 minutes writing it.  Don’t worry about researching facts right now; just play around with the format of what you think should be in your story.

–Finish the commercial.

Friday, 3/20

Wednesday, 3/11

Friday, 3/13

–Journal #9:  Describe a picture you wish you had taken . . . Maybe your first memory?  A trip you didn’t go on?  An important life-moment?  Use 5 senses writing to create a picture with words.  Where are you?  What is happening?  Why didn’t you take the photo?

–Gunstock tickets raffle planning

announcement (Margaret), sign (Carmen), list of who has lunch duty (Chris), tickets (Margaret), talk to Mr. Findlay (Jess)

commercial work  (Stephanie and Tiffany)

begin submissions log (Elizabeth)

Thursday, 3/5

–Journal #10:  Ms. Corning brought in a pile of shoes and placed them on the center table.  Write about who wears these shoes.  What is their story?

–Update on jobs from last class.

–Update on raffle:  we will pull the names today.

–Revisit the schedule of deadlines!  This will help us to figure out when the contests should run, when submissions should be due, etc.

www.newpages.com/npguides/young_authors_guide.htm

Have Fun!

• http://nhs.sad60.k12.me.us/~kvision/Kvision/

–Journal:  Write something to go along with a photo/ picture.

–Collecting journals for the first time!

–Continue advertising

–Garret, Carmen, & Jess absent

Thursday, 2/26

–Update on jobs/ Announcements

Tiffany:  Update on the commercial that she is working on.  Noble themed/ school spirit/ superfans/ cheerleaders/ etc.

Liz & :  Set up SSR visits

Carmen & Jess:  Contests for cover art, thinking of prizes, Senior prompts for Senior section, Senior quotes

Chris:  Magazines in front office and sign for how to buy.

Margaret:  Poster

–Journal Prompts:  Alice couldn’t remember who had given her the key . . .

–Writing Prompt:  Create a question for another class member, then exchange writing prompts and answer your classmate’s question.

–Time to work on the job description research assignment in the computer lab.

–Advertising work:  split up jobs and begin work!

Thursday, 2/12

–Present job description project

–Creative Prompt #6

–Advertising:  discuss priorities, work on ads

Chris:  Magazines and sign in main office

Garrett:  Color ad for screen in town square

Margaret:  Email art and English teachers reminding them about submission envelopes, and inquire about whether new envelopes are needed.

Jess and Carmen:  Design contests for submissions.

Stephanie and Tiffany:  Work on commercial for the magazine.  Email Mrs. Gardoqui and Mr. Gaudet for help.

Tabi:  Copy NCTE letter and write letter to Mr. Findlay and Mr. Andrade

Extra Credit Homework:  Get in contact via email, phone, or other over vacation with someone who works at a publication in any role, perhaps the one you researched or one that sounded interesting to you in class, (magazine, newspaper, etc.) and bring in documentation of your contact.  Be ready to present next class!

Class 3:  Tuesday, 2/3

• Check posting on blog
• Creativity prompt
• Part 1:  Quickly drawdog/ house/ flip over; partner draw with one hand each on pencil; look at original individuals—who took control?
• Part 2:  Copy piece of tree in your own hand.  Get into group and piece together.
• Writing Prompt #3:  How is your drawing different from the other “quilt” squares?  What does this say about your personality, etc.?
• Review Handbook from last semester for an overview of the steps in the publication process.
• Timeline for publication:  small groups review a blank list of important schoolwide dates, stickies placed on large calendar in the classroom with suggested activities and dates.
• Marketing Quick Write:  What do we need to know about what Noble students want from their magazine?  What would it take for a student to buy one?  Have they heard of it?  Have they read it?  Have they purchased it?
• HW:  Marketing Research Interviews

Class 4:  Friday, 2/6

• Writing Prompt #4:  Ask yourself an interesting question and try to answer it. (What if there were no school?  How far could I get if I tried to dig to China?  Which is more “right”:  my childhood memories, or what mother says happened?  Who do I want to be when I get older?  Where would I go if I had a sailboat and no bills?  What would I be like if I grew up in South Africa?  Why is my neighbor’s light always on in the middle of the night?
• Student ideas:  What if I were to wake up in a hot air balloon?  Why am I an easy target to getting hurt?  What would I be if I was an animal?  What would I do if I had another opportunity to go back to Norway?  What does my dog dream about?  What would I be like if I grew up in America?
• Go over homework on Market Research and discuss findings & blog

Class 1:  Tuesday, 1/27

• Introductions:  Name/ team/ why you are in the class/ your favorite magazines
• Writing Prompt #1:  Where is your imagination?  Where does it come from?  With visual prompt from book.
• Review old versions of Knight Vision and discuss any observations
• Write your expectations for the class and what you hope to get out of it.

Snow day

Class 2:  Friday, 1/30

• Writing Prompt #2:  Imagine 2 people who can’t stand the sight of each other.  Now put them in a cab (or other combined space) together.  What happens?  Why do they hate each other? Is it really hate?  How did they get there?

OR free write a story of your choice

• Discuss expectations
• Discuss class blog
• Tentpole activity
• Brainstorm ideas for the magazine and write a list of journal prompts
• HW:  Post on the blog a response to the expectations

By now you have completed your market research assignments. What did you find? What do you think it means for the magazine this semester? Are there questions we should have asked but didn’t? Did you get any really interesting suggestions from the folks you interviewed? Log on to the comments and let us know how things went!