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Current Assignments

Monday, January 28, 2008
First Day of Class
Course Syllabus
Student Information Sheet
CNN Student News Assignment
Class Notes - Define popular culture.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Television - Notes

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Television - Notes
Homework - read the following article
What TV Ratings Really Mean?

Thursday, January 31, 2008
Pop Quiz - Nielsens
Television - Notes

Friday, February 1, 2008
CNN Student News Worksheets due

Monday, February 4, 2008
Television Notes
Ratings 101
Homework:  Read the following articles
Are You Addicted to Television?
TV - Free America
Imagebusters:  The Hollow Crusade against TV Violence
Honey, I Warped the Kids

Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Television Notes
Homework:  Read the following article
Can TV Improve Us?

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Television Notes
Small Group Activity

Thursday, February 7, 2008
Due on Monday

The Time You Spend With Media
The Money You Spend on Media

Friday, February 8, 2008
CNN Student News Worksheets due
Television Addiction  is No Mere Metaphor
Assignment - read the article above and do the following:
1.  Generate 15 questions from the article.
2.  Answer each question
3.  Provide the page number of the article where the answer can
be located.

Monday, February 11, 2008
Unit Review

Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Television Unit Test
Students may bring one 3x5 note card to class with notes written on one side.  Notes must be hand written and only one side of the note card may be used.  Note card must be initialed by me in order to use on the test.  I'm located in the N. Workroom before school and during 1st period.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
No School

Thursday, February 14, 2008
CNN Student News Worksheets due

Friday, February 15, 2008
Respect Day

Monday, February 25, 2008
Truman Show
Homework - Being There
Period 2 - Read by 3/3/08
Period 3 - Read by 3/4/08

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The Truman Show

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The Truman Show

Thursday, February 28, 2008
Being There

Friday, February 29, 2008
Being There

Monday, March 3, 2008
Finish The Truman Show
Notes

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Being There discussion
Essay assignment

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Being There/The Truman Show essay

Thursday, March 6, 2008
Being There/The Truman Show essay
Computer Lab

Friday, March 7, 2008
CNN Student News due
Being There/The Truman Show essay
Computer lab

Monday, March 10, 2008
Computer Lab

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
In-Service Gypsy
Meet in Auditorium

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Computer Lab

Thursday, March 13, 2008
Meet in Classroom
Peer Evaluation - bring rough draft to class

Friday, March 14, 2008
Meet in Classroom
Outline and rough draft due
CNN Student News Worksheets due
Pi-Day

Monday, March 17, 2008
Outline and rough draft due
Peer Evaluations due
CNN Student News Worksheets due
Stereotypes
The Mirror Crack'd article

Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Stereotype Notes
Stereotype Pyramid
The Mirror Crack'd

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Read the following articles
The Cosby Show Changes the Way Blacks are Viewed
Homo Truths:  TV Comedy in the Gay Nineties

Thursday, March 20, 2008
CNN Worksheet due

Monday, March 24, 2008
Stereotype Worksheet - due on Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Bring articles to class
The Mirror Crack'd
The Cosby Show Changes the Way Blacks are Viewed
Homo Truths:  TV Comedy in the Gay Nineties

Chapter 12:  Television and Stereotypes

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Stereotypes

Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Read the following short story and respond to the questions.
"If I Were a Man"
"The Ants"

Thursday, March 27, 2008
Class discussion "The Ants"

Monday, March 31, 2008
Poetry - Stereotypes

Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Quiz - Poetry/Stereotypes

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
World Autism Awareness Day
Autism transcript
Autism worksheet

Thursday, April 3, 2008
Quiz - Poetry/Stereotypes continued

Friday, April 4, 2008
CNN Worksheets due

A Class Divided

Monday, April 7, 2008
A Class Divided cont.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Class discussion

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Class discussion

Thursday, April 10, 2008
The Last Lecture

Friday, April 11, 2008
The Last Lecture

Monday, April 21, 2008
Public Service Announcements

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Public Service Announcements
Script

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Public Service Announcements
Storyboard

Thursday, April 24, 2008
Public Service Announcements
CNN Worksheet April 23, 2008

Friday, April 25, 2008
Public Service Announcements
Storyboard
CNN Worksheets DUE

Monday, April 28 - May 2, 2008
MEET IN LIBRARY

Monday, May 5 - 6, 2008
MEET IN LIBRARY

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
PSA Due

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Kellner article
Worksheet

Thursday, May 8, 2008
Advertising Claims

Friday, May 9, 2009
Advertising Claims
CNN Worksheets due

Monday, May 12, 2008
Advertising Claims
Ad - 1
Ad - 2
Ad - 3
Ad - 4

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Article - Culture of Commercialism
Worksheet

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Ad Claims - Examples

Thursday, May 15, 2008
View PSAs
"What Value is There in Studying Advertisements?"
Helen Ingham
Rebecca Howard
Sharon Owen

Friday, May 16, 2008
Ad Deconstruction

Monday, May 19, 2008
Ad Deconstruction
Kool-Aid Jammer ad

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Ad Deconstruction
Ford Focus ad

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
VW Ad Deconstruction

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Quiz - Advertising Claims
NO CNN Worksheets due

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Advertising Project

You need to bring the following to class:
Select any product (shoes, makeup, automobiles, etc.)
Using magazines, locate 8 different brands for your product.
Bring the 8 ads to class for approval.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Advertising Project

Thursday, May 29, 2008
Advertising Project

Friday, May 30, 2008
Advertising Project
CNN Worksheets DUE
 

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