Interactive Writing Workshop WRIT 4-381
Prerequisite: None
Purpose: The goal is to ignite imaginations, inspire creativity, and provide a safe, supportive environment where students can discover the joy of writing and become life-long learners.​  In this fun, interactive enrichment workshop, students will uncover the keys to writing a great story.  Through the use of theatre games, students will learn how to tap into their imaginations in a whole new way, and zap their ideas onto the page.  They will discover the secret to creating memorable characters, and learn how to bring passion to their writing.  Some of the topics will include: showing versus telling, point of view, using descriptive adjectives and verbs, and the importance of incorporating sensory descriptions.  The techniques learned in this workshop will help children become more confident, joy-filled writers.  They will also illustrate their stories and at the end of the workshop, take home a journal with all of their work. 
​Curriculum / Materials
Story Maps, Examples from Literature and Resource Materials will be provided. 

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Yearbook Club WRIT 4-385

• Everyone’s help is needed!

WE WILL MEET MONTHLY, 1st Tuesday of each month at Lakeline Campus from 4pm-5pmYearbook Pulse is a fun, rewarding club that will be producing this year’s One Day Academy yearbook. This will be an excellent opportunity for students to learn how to produce a professional product, and for them to be exposed to the graphics and publishing world. Students who have yearbook experience often can gain access to similar opportunities in college and beyond.
One Day Academy Yearbook Club will be broken down by campus/club/sport this year so our SOME meetings will be online and remote. This is the only we can ensure that everyone is covered.
Each campus/club/sports group will have a point person that will coordinate with Mrs. Gaiser via meetings and emails to make sure you understand your objectives, shoot clear photos, mock up campus pages, and meet your deadlines.
Deadlines are very important to our project, and all participants will need to agree to meet them. Therefore, each student’s completion of their own assignments is critical to supporting a yearbook team. All of the yearbook work is produced outside of meetings on your own computer.
Each campus and club will have a page (campuses 2 pages/clubs 1) to create on their own. Sports pages will be turned over to any parent or student interested in covering that area (number of pages will be determined soon).
Yearbook Pulse Adult Leaders:
Sandra Gaiser (and any parent(s) wishing to lend a hand)
To participate you will need to:

• Email if you are interested in serving: Sandra Gaiser sgaiser@gmail.com
• Provide us with information about why you would be a great candidate (sample of writing and a couple of photos would not be a bad idea)
• Be committed – no quitting midstream!
• Email: sgaiser@gmail.com if you are interested in serving as a campus, club, or sports page editor

Students will be instructed and supervised in the different tasks required to produce and sell a high-quality yearbook for One Day Academy. This will include:

• Development of design theme/layout and organization using online graphics software
• Taking candid photos at various campuses
• Researching and reporting on events, sports, etc.
• Copy writing/Copy editing and proofreading
• Advertisement design
• Promotion of the book at the various campuses

Journalism WRIT 4-383
Suggested Age: 13 and up
Prerequisites: Students should have some previous writing instruction and be able to work independently.​​
Purpose/Process: The focus of this class will be on journalistic writing, but students also will be instructed on the various branches of the news media and the general communications field. This will include:

• Reporting
• Interviewing
• Article writing (online or print news)
• History of journalism & Christian ethics in journalism
• Analyzing and tracking current news topics
• Editing and proofing
• Copy writing (television, radio)
• Photography as it relates to journalism with emphasis on content and what constitutes good visual coverage of a story
• Editorial management
• Opinion and editorial writing
• Overview of the communications field, including broadcast journalism, social media, public relations, etc.

Students will write for ODA Insight, One Day Academy’s online blog. Reporting, writing, and photography are assigned as homework, with weekly progress and drafts graded for effort, writing quality, and timeliness. This class is considered an introduction to publishing and other media, so students will learn the importance of meeting deadlines and how to produce an article from start to finish in a timely manner.
Curriculum

• Telling the Truth, by Marvin Olasky (free online publication) 
  •  http://www.worldmag.com/world/olasky/truth1.html
• Writing guidelines and other materials written by Susan Peisker, journalism instructor for One Day Academy

At One Day Academy
We believe that all students can be successful and proficient at reading, writing, and communicating. We enjoy challenging those students who seem to be natural-born writers, who love to read the classics such as Dickens, and who aspire to a career in writing, journalism, or communications.
We also loveSeeing progress in students who currently read at a lower level than their peers, students who prefer comic books to novels, and those students who may have difficulty constructing a well-written sentence or paragraph.  We take pleasure in encouraging students who already enjoy reading and are writing well and those who would benefit from positive classroom interactions such as peer editing, group and class discussions.
We offer
All levels of instruction geared to individual needs. We offer the benefits of group discussion of literature as well as social interaction. By meeting our objectives, we hope to lighten the load of the home-educating teacher and lend support in this vital subject.
Skills your student will learn through the One Day Academy English Program

• Basic Grammar
• Mechanics of Writing
• Paragraph Structure
• 5-paragraph Essay
• Literary Analysis
• Research Paper
• Various Literary Genres – (Poetry, Short Story, Novel, Essay, Drama)
• American Literature
• World Literature

​Kierstyn Krajca
English Division Chair