News Stories

Our class has decided on the following stories to be reported on our program:

• President-elect Barack Obama
• The economic crisis
• Thanksgiving
• Life at UWL
• Immigration
• Sports - football & basketball

Directions

For the reporters
Look into the camera.
Faster.
Slower.
Speak more clearly.
I need more emphasis.
Sit closer together.
Sit further apart.
Smile.
Look more energetic.
I need more enthusiasm.
Don't depend too much on the cue cards.
More serious.
Relax.
You're doing great.

For the camera operator
Zoom in
Zoom out
Get a wide shot of...
Get a close-up of...
Stand here.
Pan left. Pan right.
Cut after she says...
Cut after he does...

General takes
Camera ready.
This is take 2.
5...4...3...2...1...Action!
Cut!
Let's do the ending again.
Let's do the whole thing again.
Let's start over.

JSC News

Our class is developing a news program to be recorded and broadcast in early December. We have been practicing for it these past two weeks. This Thursday, we worked on simplifying the news from The Week so it is easy to report and easy to understand. The class chose on the name of our program, JSC News, which stands for Jeremy Slagoski's Class. Finally the class chose what kind of news stories they will report.

Here is a list of the cast and crew of JSC News
News anchors - Ran and Li
Investigate reporters - Yi and Kevin
Expert opinion - Una and Lin
Field reporter - Shine
Interviewer - Candy
Sportscaster - Yuri
Meteorologist - Yuguang
Director - Aseel
Assistant director - Di
Set designer - Coco
Camera operator - Lixiang
Producer - Jeremy

On Hiatus

This blog has been temporarily stopped for a few reasons:
1) My paternity leave.
2) The change in the class schedule.
3) The change in the number of students in class.

I will resume posting on this blog to summarize what has happened in the past month.
I will also start posting progress on our final unit about journalism.

Thank you for your patience.

Help for Drama

For Yule, here are few family sitcom videos.

One example from The Cosby Show.
One example from Roseanne.

One example from All In the Family

One example from That 70's Show




For FC Light, here is a podcast about checking into a hotel. It's about 15 minutes long, and it has a short script to read.

For AC, find a good example of job interview questions at this link.

For Dark Chocolate, here is a funny video about looking for an apartment in New York City.

Part 1


Part 2

The Hospital & Doctors

Last week, the class learned a lot of vocabulary concerning ailments, symptoms, injuries, and parts of the body. Because the week was cut short, complete role-plays could not be performed. The week ended with each group giving a short one or two minute performance on what they had learned.

Supermarkets

A couple of weeks ago, students performed role-plays about shopping at the supermarket. Each group had a different section of the supermarket to act out. One group, Smile, had the meat and seafood section.

In this picture you can see Ran acting as the butcher and Yi acting as a customer shopping for a party. Next to Yi (but not visible) is Aseel who is acting as Yi's friend. Not in the picture is Lixiang, who is another customer.

In this role-play, Yi brought Aseel to the supermarket to help her select what kind of seafood to buy for a big party. Aseel's character was an expert on seafood. The problem was that Yi bought more seafood than she could afford, and Aseel was one of those friends who believes that you should never lend money to friends.

Ran played a butcher who was working for the first time. She was pushing a sale on shrimp (buy 5 pounds and get the 6th pound free). Lixiang was a customer who needed advice on choosing and cooking a steak for a romantic meal. Ran didn't know enough about steaks to help him.

This posting was delayed because the instructor had a baby a few days after this role-play. The blog will now resume on schedule.