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=G.R.A.S.P.S= = =
 * Goal || Students will demonstrate an ability to understand major themes represented in the book //To Kill a Mockingbird.// Students will then show an ability to document how the themes affect both the characters and the plotline within the book. ||
 * Role || You are part of a team of reporters sent by the New York Times to cover the Tom Robinson case. ||
 * Audience || You will be reporting to the New York Times followers and people across the nation interested in the Tom Robinson case. ||
 * Setting || While the Tom Robinson case rages on, the New York Times is slowly losing money by not integrating the latest technology into their reportings. In an effort to raise their revenue and gain new support, the Times has sent you and your team to cover the Robinson case and to create a website with live videos, updates and still frames to help give the viewers an inside look at the case. ||
 * Presentation || Students will ultimately construct a Wiki page with play-by-play results of the Robinson case with streaming videos and graphics. ||
 * Standards || The Wiki page will be graded on: presentation, use of multi sensory tools, requirements are met, originality, content, organization, spelling and grammar and teamwork. The Presentation will be graded on: comprehension, preparedness, group input, content, staying on topic and collaboration with peers. ||

=Introduction= It has been your dream ever since you picked up a newspaper to one day write for the New York times. You've had a pen and pad of paper in your hand for as long as you can remember reporting anything from your father coming home late from work to the bully down the street getting beat up by a girl. After a very successful career writing for your high school and college papers, you finally caught your break earning a gig with the //New York Times//. After months and months of getting coffees for your editor and writing clips about the local farmers' market you were finally entrusted with the story of the year. Will you capitalize on your chance to become one of the premier writers for the //New York Times//? Or like so many before you will you crack under the pressure and end up on the curb.

=Task= You are an up and coming journalist who has just been hired by the //New York Times//. After months of covering boring stories you've finally gotten your big break! The Times has asked you and your team (of 3-4 members) to chronicle the events of the controversial Tom Robinson case as it unfolds. They have picked you and your team due to your ability to creatively report the news to viewers using the latest technology. In an effort to gain more viewers and earn some money, the Times has asked you to cover the Robinson case via the internet by creating a Wiki page. The Wiki should include analyses of important events of the trial as they unfold, as well as using iMovie to create video interviews with important people such as Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell. Comic Life graphics are also a must in order to truly convey the feelings within the courtroom.

=Conclusion= Congratulations! Your editor was so impressed by your team's work that you will now be given first choice in stories to report on. Your ability to create a compelling website, capture great footage and convey the feelings of everyone in the courtroom was absolutely spectacular! You remained on topic, presented strong information, presented the major themes of the story and didn't have any filler! You are right on your way to becoming a great journalist.