Guess what everyone, my newspaper class got their act together, not to mention made their deadlines, and we finally got out our first printed issue of the Whitefield Newspaper out. I am very proud of them. They even put the layout together themselves. Yes, I made the puzzle, the masthead and the pull quote style, but the rest was them. However, I have to tell you a story about the puzzle for the lead package. The writer, Amy, came up to me the first Thursday after the Spelling Bee and was like, "Mrs. Yocum I was wondering if we could make a puzzle with the words used in the contest. I got the words already and think it is a good visual and secondary coverage. That is what you called this type of stuff right?"
I almost fell over, this was a 7th grader who got it, then I realized from this issue that they all finally got it. I am very proud with how far they have come. We have 3 more printed issues as well as 10 other articles to put up on the blog.
So without further adue, here is the first issue of the Lion's Pride:
(For a better view of the paper click on each page)
The 1st ever of anything is awesome. The 1st ever for a collective group of people is exponential. The idea of a crosswords puzzle and understand the design/layout application is a compliment to your teaching ability. I'm going to check-out a couple of the movies. Mom/Linda
ReplyDeleteMrs. Yocum!! Oh my gosh I can't believe it! Even though I was there- Ha ha ha.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, doll. I'm very proud.
Oh my gosh I'm so proud of your kids! And of you, of course. :)
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