COmmittee links
Click on the links below to go to the individual committee pages.
PUBLISHING DEADLINES:
- Round 8 draft deadline: Midnight on Thursday, 3rd May 2018
- Round 8 publishing deadline: Midnight on Monday, 14th May 2018
- 7 draft deadline: Midnight on Thursday, 5th April 2018
- Round 7 publishing deadline: Midnight on Monday, 16th April 2018
NOTE:
The draft deadline applies to students who are writing articles in committees 1 (News article) and 2 (Creative article) as well as students who are creating videos in committee 3 (Video news).
A full written draft is required by the draft date to enable sufficient time for editing and proofreading.
Overview:
- Committees are student groups that meet during the last 30 minutes of class.
- The job of committees is to produce material for our student newspaper, Dragon Tales, within a period of time known as a “round.”
- The number of committees is determined by the number of honors students in the class. Each honors student is the leader of one committee for one semester. Thus, each honors student will be the leader of two different committees during the year.
- Every “round,” students rotate to a new committee, but the committee leaders remain the same. Thus, students experience being part of all committees during the year.
- Student groups “mix up” every round, allowing the committees to consist of different combinations of students each round.
- Each round of committees should last for about 5-6 class periods.
- At the end of the round, students submit what they have produced in the “Publishing Submission” google folder that has been labeled with the round number.
Current Group Assignments: |
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Article writing committees
Choosing your topic:
Extensions:
Full-written draft:
Editing and proofreading:
Submission:
- When you decide on an article topic, record it on this document to ensure that no one else is writing about the same thing as you.
- Students must select their own article topics each round.
- Students should select events to write about that occur within the time frame of the round (it is the student’s responsibility to make sure they choose topics that occur within (or perhaps right before) the round.
- Your article topic must be newsworthy and therefore relevant to the KISJ audience.
Extensions:
- Extensions will only be granted in special circumstances (and will not be granted because you picked an event to write about that occurs the day after the deadline).
Full-written draft:
- Only article-writing committees need to submit drafts on the draft deadline day.
- You must submit a FULL written draft by the draft deadline.
- Ensure you submit your draft into the correct folder.
- You must write your draft in a google document: this is so editors can make comments on it.
Editing and proofreading:
- Your article must be checked by your committee leader.
- Your article must be peer-edited by another member of your committee (not the committee leader). Please give this person ‘comment’ access to your article to enable your teacher to see evidence that the editing requirement was completed.
- Your article must be proofread by an adult native-English speaker. This can be an advisor, a teacher, a tutor or a dorm specialist. Please give this person ‘comment’ access to your article to enable your teacher to see evidence that the editing requirement was completed.
Submission:
- Always submit your article in the form of a google doc.
- Always name your article "Your Name, Assignment Name".
- Always upload your photos as .jpeg files.
- Always upload your photo separate from your article, and title it the same as your article. In other words, don't put your photo directly on a google document. Upload it as a separate file so the website crew can download the full-sized image.
- If you have many photos or documents to submit, make a new folder for them. Title it ("Your Name, Assignment Name"), and put your article and photos inside it.
- Click here to see an example of what the submission folders should look like.
- Never write students' last names in your article. Abbreviate last name with their first letter, and include grade in parentheses, like this: "Joshua K. (G12) believes that the team fought hard.