Homework For Thursday, May 1st!

For Thursday: put together 4-7 "selling points" of your novel.

Homework For Wednesday, Apri 30th!

For Wednesday: Finish writing the audio recap you started in class today.

Information for the girl's softball team can be found here.

Information for the boy's baseball team can be found here.

Remember the elements of an audio recap:

*25-30 seconds (80-85 words).
*Start with winner, loser and the score.
*Sometimes a big play (particularly in low-scoring sports like baseball or hockey)
*Where the win/loss leaves a team in the standings
*Stats for 2-3 members of the winning team
*Stats for 1-2 members of the losing team
*Your Name
*Location

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Tuesday, April 29th!

For Tuesday: Choose one of the 8 NBA playoff series and bring in 3-5 facts about that series.

The first round series are:

-Lakers Vs Nuggets
-Magic Vs Raptors
-Utah Vs Rockets
-Spurs Vs Suns
-76ers Vs Pistons
-Celtics Vs Hawks
-Cavs Vs Wizards
-Hornets Vs Mavs

You can find information on:

NBA.com

ESPN.com

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Friday, April 17th!

For Friday: Finish your game recap script if it is not complete. Remember the main elements:

*25-30 seconds (80-85 words).
*Start with winner, loser and the score.
*Sometimes a big play (particularly in low-scoring sports like baseball or hockey)
*Where a win/loss leaves a team in the standings
*Stats for 2-3 members of the winning team
*Stats for 1-2 members of the losing team
*Your Name
*Your Location

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Thursday, April 17th!

For Thursday:

If you made of a movie of your in-class reading book, who would play 3-4 of the characters you have met so far? Explain why.

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Wednesday, April 16th!

For Wednesday: Write a 3-5 sentence summary of the game you will cover. You have one of four choices including the Knicks, the Cavs, the Yankees and the Mets.

Links for game recaps:

Knicks-Celtics

Cavs-Sixers

Yanks-Rays

Mets-Brewers

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Tuesday, April 14th!

For Tuesday: What are the 3-5 most important pieces of information you have learned from your in-class reading?

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Monday, April 14th!

For Monday: Write a mock (made up) interview with the questions you created for yesterday’s homework. Answer 4-7 of your questions in a way that the character in your book most likely would.

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Friday, April 11th!

For Friday: Create 4-7 interview questions for one of the characters in your book. These questions must be designed for that character based on what you have learned about him/her in your reading. Be sure to list who your character is and which book they are from.

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Wednesday, April 9th!

For Wednesday, list 3-5 early selling points of the book you are reading in class. What qualities would make someone buy your book?

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Tuesday, April 8th!

For Tuesday: What qualities make someone newsworthy? Why should we care about who they are? Explain in 4-7 sentences?

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Friday, April 3rd & Monday, April 7th!

Note: Two different assignments (due to exam week) -- see which one is yours:

If you already started writing your sports prediction in class, your homework is to finish it and bring it in tomorrow.

If you have not started, but have already done the research, your homework is to write the opening paragraph of your sports predicton.

If you have any questions about what you should be doing, email me at mr.donohue@gmail.com.

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Thursday, April 3rd!

Note: homework assignments may be off one day if you have already taken the final. If you have taken the final, your homework for tomorrow is Wednesday's assignment. If you have NOT taken the final, this is your assignment.

(On a page of looseleaf paper to bring into class tomorrow) Write the opening paragraph of your prediction for a champion in the sport of your choice. Again, do not post here. Have your material ready to work with in class tomorrow.

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue

Homework For Wednesday, April 2nd!

For Wednesday: What are 3-5 facts you know about the team you chose to win a championship?

Information available at:

ESPN.com

NBA.com

NFL.com

SI.com

See you in class!

-Mr. Donohue