Transcript Investigative Reporting

Welcome to The
SkyView Sentinel
Reporting Team!
Investigative
Journalism
Western Literature
December 2, 2014
HONORS STUDENTS:
Turn in your response
assignment if you have not
yet done so.
Objectives
• Students will be able to investigate a Greek or
Roman myth by evaluating their sources to
determine the central idea or theme of the story.
• Students will be able to effectively write an
investigative exposé using the discipline of newswriting.
HOW?
• Investigative Reporting : Greek Mythology Edition
Investigative Reporting:
Questions to Consider
•REVIEW: What are the four key
components of effective news-writing?
•What is investigative reporting?
•Why is investigative reporting
important to society?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adr2LChEAY
Closed Case Files
• Each team will receive one copy of the case
files for the myth. Each case file contains:
– SOURCE #1: Page numbers to refer to Edith
Hamilton’s Mythology
– SOURCE #2: An original version of the myth from
Ovid in his famous poem Metamorphoses
– SOURCE #3: A famous painting featuring some
of the characters of the myth
– SOURCE #4: You may have additional files.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
• Metamorphoses is a long narrative
poem written in Latin by the famous
Roman poet, Ovid around 8 A.D.
• You will read excerpts from a
translation by Charles Martin. He
stays true to the verse form of the
poem.
• This is a challenging text. Collaborate and
ask questions to understand the poem.
“Read” The Painting
• In your case files, you will have a painting
that you must “read.”
– Analyze what is in the foreground (the front of
the painting) and what is in the background (the
back of the painting).
– Analyze the use of color and symbolism.
– How are the characters portrayed in the
paintings? Is it how you imagined the myth?
What artistic interpretations exist in the
painting?
TO-DO LIST
• You may collaborate
with a partner of your
choice as long as you
both are on task. Be
selective.
• You may work at a
collaborative academic
noise level.
Homework
• Prepare for your vocabulary quiz on the featured
Word Wednesday vocabulary words from the past
month. The words are posted on my website:
– WEEK ONE: Misanthropy, Misogyny, Misandry
– WEEK TWO: Abhor, Enrapture
– WEEK THREE: Amazon, Ambrosia, Muse, Narcissism,
Oracle
• Bring your work for the Investigative Report to
class!