WOS was founded by Byron Yake, a former sports writer in Pittsburgh for the Associated Press and later Sports Editor of the AP. Inspiration for the project arose from Yake’s interest in journalism, sports writing and education and his desire to help students improve their writing skills. During the summer, Write on Sports runs two-week camps. During the school year, Write on Sports runs afterschool programs and holds special press-conferences. As part of their work, students interview athletes and journalists, observe and write about a minor league baseball game, and write their own stories for print and video production. The camp covers all kinds of sports - from baseball, basketball, hockey and football to soccer, fencing, swimming, curling and any other sport the students might be interested in.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Newark Day Eight - Feature and Video

With the spot story out of the way, today was spent working on the print feature and video project.

The morning started with another jump rope challenge.





















With the jump rope going, the students were asked to see how many they could get jumping at the same time.





















They made it to four. I think the teachers only made it to two.

Students spent about an hour working on their print feature, trying to get all the background research done so that they could move into writing their first draft. They then worked on their video for the rest of the morning.




























The lunchtime physical activity was a game called "Peek-a-who."

Students line up in teams on either side of a cloth

















and as the cloth is dropped, whoever says the name of the student on the other side wins the point.

















The game was a real hit with the students.





























The afternoon was spent with more work on the feature. The plan is to finish them tomorrow, since we have to print them in form of a magazine.  The students did a great job today and they know they are in the stretch run. Only two more days.

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