Welcome back:
To begin today, we are looking back at 2018. Here are the biggest stories of this past year.
2018 stories
Now the best photojournalist images
India decriminalises homosexuality
Palestinian protester, Gaza City
Woman in the aftermath of an earthquake, Indonesia
The Saudi consulate after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder
Stuck in the mud at the Dakar rally
US border agents detain a Honduran mother and child
The gunwomen of Pennsylvania
The running of the bulls, Pamplona, Spain
Mass start of the Ironman Barcelona
Road destroyed by earthquake in Alaska
LASTLY:Number of journalists killed on the job in 2018 rises
IFJ says 94 journalists and media workers died in targeted killings, bomb attacks and crossfire incidents this year.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said on Monday that 94 journalists and media workers died in targeted killings, bomb attacks and crossfire incidents this year.
In class today:
Handing out grade reports. We have 12 classes before the end of second quarter. Late material will be accepted until Friday, January 18. The following week are Regents Exams. If I did not give your credit for something, please send it along NOW.
In class: go to the blog and read through the news articles. Select two of them and write a "Letter to the editor". This should be a minimum of a 25 word response. This should be a comment on the topic in support, opposition or an extension of the article. This is not a ELA critique. Post these in the response section below the article. Make sure to include your name, in order to receive credit.
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