New Journalism 2013

03/06/2008

What's a good question?

Enduring Understanding: Valuable online conversations begin with creating around real, questions you about things you care about.

Brainstarter: Solve this riddle:

Meghna, an 8th Grader from India

  • 08:11:17 pm on June 2, 2008 | # | e

    A riddle for you to solve: “

    I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I’ll make it lighter. What am I?” Try….

A. Open a New Document in http://docs.eastbronxacademy.net
In title box, write a good question.

B. Freewrite for 10 - 15 minutes

Write a focused sentence, then freewrite again for 10 - 15 minutes.

C. Use http://CreativeCommons.org SEARCH to find an image for your writing.

Insert the image then freewritie about your question a third time.

Please be sure to SHARE and SEND your writing to paulallison@eastbronxacademy.net

D. Correct your work using Microsoft Word with spell and grammar check, then post it in your Tumblr. (Be sure to get the text to wrap around the image.)

E. Write one more focused sentence, and this time post it on http://youthtwitter.com to invite people to come read your tumblr post. Choose a word or phrase and put a link under it that takes your reader to your tumblr post.

F. In YouthTwitter.com:

  1. Reply to someone in your group
  2. Reply to someone outside of EBAFF
  3. Read what someone wrote to you and reply back to that person.
  4. Do 1, 2, & 3 again.

Be sure to put the person’s name in square brackets, then follow this with the number of the post in parentheses. Like this “I agree with you [Paul](/2337) Youth Twitter is fun.”

G. Homework: Check out these Sentence Starters.

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