News and Notes: 4.5.11

April 6: After school journalism meeting. Attend for Professional Development credit. We will begin at 4 pm. George Kelly from the Contra Costa Times will be our featured speaker on online journalism. Mr. Kelly manages the Twitter and Facebook presence for the Times as part of his job. Get your professional development out of the way early by attending this one hour session that begins at 4 p.m.

Assignment today: get a half sheet of paper from the black table. Put your name on it. Go through the visualizing exercise we did yesterday as you read the sentence below. After visualizing it, write the revised sentence to provide more sensory detail.

The cat went for a walk.

Turn in your paper once you have completed your revision.

It's field trip time! Yes, you read that correctly. If you are interested in visiting the offices of VegNews in San Francisco, then this is the trip for you! You don't have to be a vegetarian to enjoy the trip. This is about magazine production. We will be taking BART to their offices; tickets will be ordered Monday. The trip is May 18. There are 10 spots for interested students. If you are interested, please take one of the YEARBOOK STAFF permission slips on the black table (check to make sure you have the correct slip) and bring it back ASAP.

Work night is April 8. If proofs aren't done, Cathie and Joyce might be talking to you about helping out Friday night.