Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Monday, May 13, 2013

Student of the Month


  1. What are your hobbies? I like to play soccer.
  2. Whats your favorite school subject? Reading is my favorite subject.
  3. Do you like to help people? Yes. 
  4. How do you help people? I help people with their school work.
  5. Are you in any clubs? Yes.
  6. Which clubs are you in? Latinos Unidos.
  7. Have you helped the school in anyways? I helped with the schools spring show.
  8. If you haven't do you plan to? Yes.
  9. Are you in any sports? Yes.
  10. What sports do you play? I play soccer.
  11. What academy are you in? I'm in the ABLE academy.
  12. What do you want to do after high school? I want to go to college.
  13. Where do you see yourself in 8 years? Having my own house and working.
  14. Do you have a job? Yes.
  15. Is it hard going to school and working? No.
  16. Where do you work? I work for a cleaning company. 
  17. Is there anything that has happened while being in high school that you wish you could change? No.
  18. Have you ever experienced peer pressure? No.
  19. Do you plan on going to college? Yes.
  20. What are your plans after college? Having my own house.


Assignment #1



Topic: School Uniforms

The school board has decided to create a district wide policy of enforcing school uniforms. Who would you need to interview to find out more information about this topic? What are some good questions to ask? (This is theoretical)

1. List three different sources you could interview for this topic.
The super intendent 
Principals 
People part of the school board.

2. Create 20 questions you could ask each source and post them on your blog. It will be the same 20 questions for each, so you only have to think of 20 total questions.

  1. Why did you decide to create this policy?
  2. What will the uniforms consist of?
  3. Will it help the students learning?
  4. When will the uniforms start being enforced?
  5. How will the uniforms start being enforced?
  6. Who will decide what the uniforms consist of?
  7. How will they decide what the uniforms look like?
  8. How much will the school uniforms cost?
  9. Will you be able to purchase the uniforms within the school?
  10. Will these uniforms help solve problems that have to do with bullying?
  11. What will happen if a student doesn't wear their uniform to school?
  12. What if the parents don't agree with the school uniform?
  13. Will there be any days for students to be able to dress out of school uniform?
  14. Will the uniforms be enforced in all schools?
  15. Why do you think this is a good idea?
  16. Will it help the schools in any ways?
  17. Do you think uniforms will cause any conflicts between students?
  18. Will students be restricted from wearing uniforms that have logos on shirts, pants, belts, ect. ?
  19. Who is approving the school uniforms?
  20. Will every school have the same one?



Tuesday, April 23, 2013

News Paper Notes

Tabloid Newspaper- About the size of a typical newspaper. 1 to no stories.
News Magazine- Glossy cover, almost always color, imitates monthly magazine. Normally has a photo.
Broadsheet- (Such as eagles eye) should have 3 to 5 stories on it.

  • Pictures
  • Headlines
  • Stories 
  1. Bi-line (Name & title of the writer & should be below the headline)
  • Title
  • Authors
  • Index
  • Captions
  1. Headline
  2. Photo credit
  3. Caption itself
  • Lines
  • Boxes
  • Flag/Folio (Name of the paper)
  1. Name of the paper
  2. Name of the school
  3. Date
  4. Volume & Issue number 
  5. City & State
  6. Website
  7. Phone number 
  • Teaser
  • Jump (Where the story jumps from the front page to another page)
  1. Tag with headline (See.. Page #) 
  2. Headline should come up again & show where you're coming from
  • Story divider lines
  • Screen (Should have a key line around them)
  • Info graphic 
  • Mast head
  1. Staff box
  2. Organizations the news paper belongs to & awards they've won from each one
  3. Editorial policy (states that this newspaper is the only place when you can fully express yourself as a student with full freedom)


Friday, April 19, 2013

Front Pages of the World


  1. What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why?  The Santa Fe New Mexican because it has several completely different articles on the front. Not like a bunch of disasters or bad things. It looks interesting.
  2. What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? My favorite headline is Culinary masters show off their skills at James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour dinner because it's involving food and the pictures of the the chefs preparing the food and the picture of the food by itself looks tasty.
  3. How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? There are 6 stories.
  4. What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at design, size of photos, size of story text, etc. A main picture and headlines then smaller ones around it. Also they all have a title. One of the ones in asia only has 3 stories it kind of looks like a magazine.
  5. What are things that vary (or are different) on the front pages of different newspapers? Look at design, size of photos, size of headlines, etc. How many articles they have and how many pictures they have. Fonts are different and of course names. Some titles are bigger than others and some have mainly photos on them and others have more writing.