Hello class,
My name is Regina Tan and I work for The Packet Magazine. I’ve created the
first pre-camp assignment for the journalism camp. I hope you enjoy it.
This is an assignment that gives you the opportunity to be published in The
Packet Magazine’s "Back-to-School" issue.
(FYI: The Packet Magazine is a general interest magazine that is published
about 18 times each year and is distributed in Packet Publications, which
includes: The Princeton Packet, The Lawrence Ledger, The Windsor-Hights
Herald, The Cranbury Press, The South Brunswick Post, The Beacon, The
Hillsborough Beacon, The Manville News, The Hopewell Valley News, The
Messenger-Press. Among the towns covered are: Bucks County, Solebury
Township, Bordentown, Florence, Upper Freehold, Cranbury, Monroe, Hopewell,
Pennington, Hillsborough, Manville, Princeton, Montgomery, West Windsor.)
Here is your first assignment.
Approach the writing in any way that you want: first-person narrative,
straight-news analysis, feature article style.
Two essays will be chosen (one about Harry Potter, the other about Lemony
Snicket) to be published in the "Back-To-School" magazine. The others will
be published in the journalism camp’s Web site.
Have fun.
Check out the suggested sources.
Explore additional references and articles on your own.
Let other writers’ work and articles enrich your own opinion about J.K.
Rowling’s or Lemony Snicket’s work.
If you have any questions or would like to introduce yourself, contact me:
Regina Tan
Editorial Assistant, The Packet Magazine
[email protected]
(609) 924-3244, x169
Pick one assignment:
ASSIGNMENT ONE
Preparation: Read the first of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone.
ASSIGNMENT TWO
What’s Hot about Lemony Snicket
Preparation: Read Daphne Merkin’s article, "Lemony Snicket Says, ‘Don’t Read My Books!"
By: NiE
Hello class,
My name is Regina Tan and I work for The Packet Magazine. I’ve created the
first pre-camp assignment for the journalism camp. I hope you enjoy it.
This is an assignment that gives you the opportunity to be published in The
Packet Magazine’s "Back-to-School" issue.
(FYI: The Packet Magazine is a general interest magazine that is published
about 18 times each year and is distributed in Packet Publications, which
includes: The Princeton Packet, The Lawrence Ledger, The Windsor-Hights
Herald, The Cranbury Press, The South Brunswick Post, The Beacon, The
Hillsborough Beacon, The Manville News, The Hopewell Valley News, The
Messenger-Press. Among the towns covered are: Bucks County, Solebury
Township, Bordentown, Florence, Upper Freehold, Cranbury, Monroe, Hopewell,
Pennington, Hillsborough, Manville, Princeton, Montgomery, West Windsor.)
Here is your first assignment.
Approach the writing in any way that you want: first-person narrative,
straight-news analysis, feature article style.
Two essays will be chosen (one about Harry Potter, the other about Lemony
Snicket) to be published in the "Back-To-School" magazine. The others will
be published in the journalism camp’s Web site.
Have fun.
Check out the suggested sources.
Explore additional references and articles on your own.
Let other writers’ work and articles enrich your own opinion about J.K.
Rowling’s or Lemony Snicket’s work.
If you have any questions or would like to introduce yourself, contact me:
Regina Tan
Editorial Assistant, The Packet Magazine
[email protected]
(609) 924-3244, x169
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Journalism Camp Assignment—Week
One
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Pick one assignment
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ASSIGNMENT ONE
Preparation: Read the first of the Harry Potter series,
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone.
Then, define any unfamiliar terms t0 the reader, such as: quidditch,
muggles, platform 9 3/4, … you add on tothe list.
Reading suggestions: The Portkey Directory: Books… Legal Document: Nancy
Stouffers Complaint Nancy Stouffer accuses JK Rowling of plagiarism.
Read the full legal document of her complaint: http://www.redmailorder.com/potter/portkey/Books/
Article on Harry Potter from BBC Web site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_1224000/1224264.stm
Assignment: Write a review about Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone
What do you think about the debate that J.K. Rowlings’ books are remarkably
similar to Nancy Stouffer’s work?
Word limit: 1000 words.
Due: Tuesday, July 10 (second draft, attach first draft to second draft)
Monday, July 23 (final draft)
ASSIGNMENT TWO
What’s Hot about Lemony Snicket
Preparation: Read Daphne Merkin’s article, "Lemony Snicket Says, ‘Don’t
Read My Books!’" (New York Times Magazine, April 29, 2001).
Then find two more magazine or newspaper sources, either book reviews or
profiles of the author.
Xerox the articles and underline the important information about the author
and book elements (and any other detail that you note).
Then, read the first of Lemony Snicket’s novels, The Bad Beginning.
Assignment: Write a book review about The Bad Beginning and incorporate
the perspectives of young readers of Snicket’s books.
Interview some younger friends or participants of a reading group at your local
library.
Visit a local YMCA/YWCA and see what kids are reading.
Are they reading Lemony Snicket’s books? Why?
Word limit: 1000 words.
Due: Tuesday, July 10 (second draft, attach first draft t second
draft) Monday, July 23 (final draft)