8:10pm: Everyone
comes into class, sits down and prepares for the last class of COMM 200
8:12pm: Excited conversations are happening everywhere. I have no idea what anyone is saying.
8:15pm: The Dreaded Current Events Quiz
8:25pm: Remember from the 1st day of class??
Top 8 mistakes that people make
(the last two were related to coming to class)
1.
Spelling
2.
Misquoting a source
3.
Tense Errors
a.
Past for news
b.
Print for Broadcast
4.
Grammar
5.
Factual Errors
a.
Get yo facts right….yo…!
6.
Burying the main point of a story
a.
Hone in on the most important info
7.
Writing leads that are longer than one sentence
or 25-30 words
8.
Leaving out critical information in a news story
or press release, or inserting your opinion in a story
a.
I think that this is a really bad idea
8:36pm: A word about the final!
Current
events quiz
2 fact
sheets
1
press release and 1 broadcast
We
will make 1 document and write both.
Just like the midterm.
Grading
Broadcast:
Same as every other broadcast piece.
Press
Release: Same as every other press release.
Fun Stuff! If you submit a tip on how
to succeed in this class then 2 POINTS will be added to your final
Teacher’s Recommendations for the Final:
1.
Read
the Blog!!!
2.
Go
over your received edits!
3.
AP
Style stuff
4.
Open
Booky!!
5.
No
live humans!
6.
Relax,
manage your time
7.
For
broadcast make it thorough and interesting
8:46pm: Volunteers quietly write their leads from the
homework on the board.
8:49pm: Professor Piacente watches pensively from the corner.
He is drinking some coffee. What kind of coffee are you drinking, Piacente? We may
never know.
8:51pm: Malcolm uses his magnificent broadcast voice to read
a lead.
8:52pm: Professor Piacente says that leads for broadcast should be short, punchy, and easily digestible. You want to be able to consume it
easily. As if it were a delicious
sandwich…with bacon on it.
8:54pm: Polar bears are not swimming with any fishes?
Apparently they eat fish? Shayna’s lead is a misplaced success.
8:56pm: Polar bears are people too. Don’t call them “it’s”. Read your leads out loud!
8:57pm: Malcolm still has a beautiful reading voice. The choppy lead makes him trip on his words while
reading out loud, yet he recovered. Make your leads more fluid and don’t use
too many commas. Do it for Malcolm.
9:00pm: If you’re going to try to be funny, don’t be
insensitive… idiots.
9:01pm: We use our internets to research the Exxon Valdez. The professor has graciously offered us 5
minutes. There is much controversy
across the classroom as to how to sspell itt.
9:03pm: OMG professor
that was not five minutes. We begin discussing the incident. We watch a movie. Wallis turned the lights off.
9:06pm: Professor pauses the video to let us give our
impressions. Dani thinks that the man is
ugly, and Charlotte agrees. The ugly man is not very welcoming and is quite
condescending. He does have a plan though. What is your plan, ugly man?
9:11pm: The ugly man
doesn’t even know his plan, he is, however, a chairman. Chairman
Ugly Man didn’t want to read the very long paper that did have the plan. Maybe
there was some sludge on it. But its not
sludge, its more of a substance that is thick and black and difficult to
control, as indicated, like sludge. This was his first time on TV, so maybe he
was just nervous, as indicated. He
really should have known what he wanted the public to hear first. He is talking
to the public through the reporter.
9:18pm: He feels bad about everything, so I guess that’s good. You
go, Chairman Ugly Man!
9:20pm: BREAK TIME!!!!
9:36pm: We return from break and pull up the Busdicker story
9:38pm: There are no
headlines in broadcast, sillies!!
9:40pm: Don’t miss
the point in your lead! Say the important info!
9:41pm: Malcolm still has a great reading voice.
9:43pm: The professor now goes around and helps each of us
individually on our Busdicker Story.
Each of the students are know frantically editing their papers in order
to make them better before the professor reads them. Resistance is Useless. (Oh wait that doesn’t
apply, disregard that)
10:15pm: Dani is the Queen D at endings.
10:19pm: Charlotte wants to build a snowman.
10:23pm: The Professor has requested us to come back to the
table. He seems pleased. He taps his fingers on the table happily.
10:24pm: We discuss final questions about the final. Information about formatting and other
nonsensical things can be found at the top of the blog.
10:30pm: The class has joyously decided to hold a review
session at 7pm before the exam. Snacks
will be provided by someone. Everyone bring some snacks. Bring me snacks. Snacks.
10:33pm: Everyone
wants to take a picture. There is debate
as to who will take the photo. Who is
going to take our photo??
10:36pm: Julia took the photo. Disaster averted.
10:37pm: Everyone sits down and begins packing up.
10:37pm: Students begin leaving one by one. Slowly, the
class thins out.
10:38pm: The last few stragglers remain in the
classroom. They are making impassioned
conversation about mittens, frightened to leave the classroom. Frightened of what it means to walk out that
door into the hallway that still smells of fresh renovation.
10:43pm: Professor Piacente has officially announced that he
wants to leave. Liz stops him and makes
him take a selfy. Everyone that is left now wants a selfy with the professor, to which he
begrudgingly agrees.
10:44pm: The last few students walk out the door and as they
leave they take a moment to look back.
They hope to catch one more image of the beloved classroom where they
have spent so many Thursday nights.
10:45pm: Now I’m
alone sitting in the classroom. Everyone
has left and I’m still here writing the blog post. Why did I volunteer to do this?? I have to go write my paper!
10:46pm: Class is
officially over!!!! (I think) It was a pleasure being in class with you guys
and getting to know each of you. (Including you, professor!) There will forever be a place in each of our
hearts for COMM-200 Section 16. Good
luck on the final everyone! :)
I love us all.
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