Final Exam Part 3

 Field trips are something that we get as kind of a reward for being at school. Whether it is going to a famous monument or an amusement park, field trips are a fun distraction from school where you can hang out with your friends. However, the principal is thinking of cancelling field trips. So to the principal, I think this is a terrible idea, and this is why I think so.

So I know you are thinking of saving money, and that’s why you are thinking of cancelling field trips. Well don’t we pay for most of the field trips anyway? Most of the field trips aren’t free, so we pay to support the budget. We pay to get an award pretty much.

Now you might say what if not enough people pay for the field trip? I think that most kids want to go on a field trip regardless of what the field trip is. If the field trip doesn’t interest the students, make them more exciting to go to. Also just raise the price for the place they are going to for the field trip if you are worried about money.

You might feel that maybe we don’t deserve the field trip. Well, most of the more enjoyable field trips are for electives that support the school. Also I think that going to school is enough of a hard time to deserve a field trip.

Some kids don’t work their hardest, and maybe that’s enough of a reason to not do field trips. To that I say what about the majority of students who go to school. They work to the most they can manage. I don’t think a handful of students who don’t do that is going tomae the greatest difference.

To those kids who maybe don’t work their hardest, they probably haven’t got enough support from teachers or their families. Maybe they have something else going on that they haven't told anybody that affects their learning. A field trip would give them a break from a hard time at home or at school.

 For all these reasons, that’s why I think you shouldn’t cancel field trips for the rest of the year. They give people some freedom they maybe couldn’t have at school. Besides, there are hundreds if not thousands of other ways to get more of a budget. Hopefully these are reason enough to maybe rethink cancelling field trips.

Final Exam Part 2

A 19-year-old shoplifting suspect Timothy Milan died last Saturday. A guard at Panzer's Department Store told police he saw the Milan stuff two sweaters down his pants legs, then walk past a checkout line and out of the department store. The guard then began to chase Milan, who ran, and three bystanders joined in the pursuit. They caught up with Milan, and, when he resisted, one of the bystanders applied a headlock to him.

 A police officer who arrived at the scene reported that Milan collapsed as he put handcuffs on him. An autopsy conducted to determine the cause of death revealed that Milan died due to a lack of oxygen to the brain. Police today said they do not plan to charge anyone involved in the case with a crime. The police said the bystanders did not mean to injure Milan or to kill him, but that he was fighting violently—punching and kicking at his captors and even trying to bite them—and that they were simply trying to restrain him and trying to help capture a suspected criminal.


"It was a case of excusable homicide," Police spokesman Michael Williams said. "Milan should never have run from the guard, we believe he had a run in with police in the past."

Timothy Milan's father, Eric Milan wants to press charges against the man who did this to his son.

"We plan to bring civil charges against the man who did this to my son," Eric said.
"Our lawyers are already filing papers and we encourage the courts to revisit this ruling from a criminal perspective."

Eye witness Sherry Carter tells what she saw about the police chase.

"We went outside to see what was going to happen and we saw the boy get dragged to the ground," Carter said. "They were fighting alright, but it looked like all four of them were pulling at him and he finally stopped moving."

Panzer's Department Store manger Paula Smith tells her apologies for what happened to Timothy.

"We are sorry for the death of the young man, it was never our intentions for these kinds of things to happen," Smith said. "We are currently looking at revising our policies regarding shoplifting and how we keep these kinds of things from happening."

Final Exam Review

1. Timeliness: How new the facts are.
2. Proximity: How close the the event is to you.
3. Human Interest: The drama people have in an emotional struggle.
4. Prominence: How newsworthy the story is.
5. Conflict: Two or more opposing forces.
6. Interviews: Interviewing people for the news story.
7. Research: You look up the topic or issue for a news story.
8. Quotations: What a person said in quotes.
9. Yes-no question: A question that has the answer of yes or no.
10. follow-up question: Questions to show that we are listening.
11. Objective writing: Unbiased and neutral writing.
12. Transition paragraph: Transitions into a quote.
13. Hard news story: News that is in the front of a paper.
14. Soft news story: A news story that is background information or human interests stories.
15. Inverted Pyramid: A structure of putting the most important information in the beginning of the news story.
16. Third-person point of view: A point of view that doesn't use I or we.
17. 5 Ws and H lead: A lead that explains the 5 W's and H.
18. editing: Making corrections for a news story.
19. attribution: Identifying a sources first and last name.
20. paraphrase: Saying information in your own words.
21. fragmentary quotation: A quote that is incomplete.
22. direct quotation: Direct quotes of what a person said.
23. partial quotation: A quote that is incomplete.
24. Uses of quotations: Transcribes what someone says.
25. When to use quotations:After a lead or transition.
26. When quotations are unnecessary or not desired:
27. Editorial: An editors opinion on a subject.
28. editorial page: An editorial page on a newspaper.
29. columns: An opinion of the column writer.
30. editorial that criticizes: An editorial that shows a persons opinion on something.
31. editorial that explains: Editorial that explains a topic.
32. editorial that persuades: Editorial that persuades the reader.
33. letter to the editor: Write a letter to the editor.

The Big Day

Who: David Summers, Samantha Schindler, and Arnold Nowell
What:David is late for his friend's wedding, but makes it barely on time.
When: Recently.
Where: He started on the road and made it at the place.
Why: He was busy.
How: He was far away from where the wedding was at.
David was late for his friend's wedding. It was raining. He is wearing a suit and tie. He touches his forehead. A girl is getting married. Individual man #1 and #2.The bride is very happy. He is driving in the forest.  He had to drive a long time to get to the wedding. Individual man #1 is wearing a formal suit. David looks at his watch. Man #1 looks at his watch. David stops before a car. He passes through the car. David is on a bridge. The bride is looking out the window. He had to stop a while because a train was passing through. He gets frustrated and shouts. man #1 shuts the door.
David gets to to the door. He gets there right where the bride and groom are. She looks down.

David Summers was late for the bride Samantha Schindler's wedding. He had to drive a lot to get to her wedding. When he got there, she looked down.

"It looked like she didn't want to see me," Summer said. "I felt like I had let her down for being late to her wedding."

Summer was extremely determined to get to her wedding.

"I tried my hardest to get there," Summers said. "I just couldn't make it on time.¨

While Summers was trying to get to her wedding, Schindler was getting ready for it.

¨I was getting ready with my bridesmaids all around me,¨ Schindler said. ¨I was excited to finally be a married woman.¨

Arnold Nowell was excited for his wedding.

"I was so happy that Samantha was going to be my wife," Nowell said. She was probably as ecstatic as I was."

Summers had to go through many troubles to get Schindler's wedding.

¨It felt like everything was against me,¨ Summers said. ¨I had to go through the rain, slow drivers, and waited forever when a train came through.¨

 Right before the wedding starts, Schindler looks out the window.

"I was wondering where David and Arnold were," Schindler said. "My dad was looking at his watch so I knew the wedding was going to start soon."

Samantha didn't like that Summers was late to her wedding.

"He came in right when I was about to say I do," Schindler said. "I wasn't happy top see him there so late."

The Man who Played the Violin

Do we perceive beauty? I think that we perceive beauty by our preferences. If we aren't into art of any kind, even if it is beautiful we might not see it.
Do we stop to appreciate it? I think it depends on the situation and place. If you aren't interested or you got something you need to do, you can't appreciate it.
Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context? I don't think so. The reason I think this is you aren't able to appreciate something if it isn't expected or wanted.
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing? We could be missing out on things that might be important or striking.  We miss out on stuff because we have other things on life that come in the way.

Feature Writing Brainstorm

1. My mom
2. My Aunt and Uncle
3. My mom immigrating to America and her difficulty with getting used to America.
4. Human Interest
5. Question 1:How do you spell your full name? Question 2: How did you immigrate to the U.S.?Question 3: Why did you immigrate to Hawaii? Question 4:Where did you go to school when you moved to Hawaii? Question 5: What did you do fist when you came to America? Question 6: What was it like not knowing english? Question 7:Where did you stay at in Hawaii when you first got there? Question 8: What troubles did you have to face when you came to America? Question 9: What was it like for your parents coming to America? Question 10:What was school like? Question 11: Question 12: Question 13: Question 14: Question 15: Question 16:  Question 17: Question 18: Question 19: Question 20: Do you have anything else you want to say? 
6. Question 1: What was Your sister like when she moved here? Question 2: What was it like when you immigrated? Question 3: Question 4: Question 5:
7. The number of immigrants increased from 1965 and reached 30,000 in 1976. The earliest immigrants from Korea moved because they had no choice to leave. From 1965 to currently Koreans came voluntarily. more jobs became available to people from Asia after 1965. Many Korean people immigrated to the state Hawaii.
8. I plan to do my interview with my mom over the weekend and my aunt and uncle as soon as they aren't working.
9. I plan to interview my mom in my room and to interview my Aunt and Uncle on Skype.
10. I will take notes during the interview.

Feature Writing Preview

1. Feature stories are longer than a hard news lead.

2.Who- 

3. Yes

4.No

5. Doral Chenoweth III,  Ted Williams,  Kevin McLoughlin, Ken Andrews, Tony Florentino, are just some of the people quoted in the story.

6. The most powerful quote in the story is "He's a good guy," Andrews said. "But we never knew he had 'the voice.'" 

7. 33 paragraphs

8.765 words

9. Both the lead and the end worked with eachother.

10. I think the writer did that with the lead and ending paragraph to reinstate his point.

11. Yes

12. Yes

13. The effect of watching the video after the story shows what the voice the man had.

14.Yes

15.Yes

16. The writer sort of described the voice by explaining the effect the voice had.

Editorials and Personal Columns

1. Mental Health and how do kids treat kids like that.
2. How to react to kids who are cyber bullied.
3. Should teachers be allowed to put up phones into pocket holders and not be used in class?
 Sometimes I check out Rachel Maddow on Msnbc news because she seems to have a good opinion on political subjects.

Commentary Brainstorm

1.  One emotion was boredom which was caused by not being engaged by certain teachers at school. Another one was stress because of getting assignments in on time.  Another is happiness because I am with my friends.
2.   One is completing all the assignments that are due. Another is beating a level in a video game. Lastly was when I finished watching a movie I enjoyed.
3.  I worry about losing all my friends, making a fool out of myself, and not getting through the school year.
4.  Things that frustrate me is how mentally challenged people are treated by other kids, homework, and bullying.
5.  Three things I need are food, water, and my house.
6.  Three things that teachers probably worry about are the kids at school that struggle, their home life, and helping with certain kids who struggle.
7.  Three things that teachers view as accomplishments are being able help a student, when kids get high grades, and a student understanding something that they didn't before.
8.  Three things I like about the school community are some teachers, some students, and it isn't nowhere as bad a my middle school.
9.  Three things I dislike about school are kids getting bullied, sort of a lack of activities outside of sports, and a lot of kids being terrible people.
10.  One trend is that kids listen to a lot of rap music.

News Evaluation

Story 1
1.Who: Mr. Robinson and Ruth Ann Wilder
What: Bowie got a high average accountability rating.
When:This year
Where:Bowie Middle School
Why: Cause students had high grades and attendance.
How: Teachers taught the students well.
2. Bowie has an average accountability rating of 97 while the district has one of 89. It's expected that the students will continue to be excellent and keep those distinctions.
3.Mr Robinson and Ruth Ann Wilder. Both have direct quotes.
4.No opinions
5.It does
6.No
Story 2
1.Who:Mr Robinson and Simoon Saiyed
What:Controversy over parking spot art
When:This year
Where:Bowie
Why: Some students couldn't use certain images for their parking lot.
How: They weren't evaluated correctly.
2.There was a controversy with some of the student's parking lots. Some students couldn't get certain symbols while others were.
3. Mark Robinson, Simoon Saiyed, Kennedy Hartman's, and Wesley Hartman were all directly quoted.
4.no opinions
5.Yes
6.yes
Story 3
1. Who:Students
What: School AC being fixed
When: Over the summer and currently
Where: Bowie High School
Why: AC broke
How: Pipes deteriorated
2.The AC broke for Bowie High School. The AC is trying to be fixed right now.
3.Viviane Harle, Mark Robinson, Jeni Garcia, Miranda Cardenes are all direct quotes.
4.no opinions
5.Yes, it does.
6.yes
Story 4
1. Who:New Counselors
What: Bowie gets new counselors.
When: Beginning of school year.
Where:Bowie High School
Why: Most of the counselors left.
How: There were opportunities for new counselors.
2. New counselors are at Bowie. They are not having trouble with getting used to Bowie.
3. Mr Robinson, Anne Ippolito, Laura Loza, and Taina Gomez were quoted directly.
4.No opinions
5.Yes
6.Yes
Story 5
1. Who: Students and teachers
What:Traffic troubles
When: January 2018
Where: Slaughter and Mopac
Why: Traffic Construction
How: Construction to make traffic happen less.
2. The traffic is getting really bad at Slaughter and Mopac because of construction. Students are getting into lots of traffic jams just getting to school.
3.Claire Richardson, Sarah Rolan, Jessica Davis, and  Darrey Kanneman are directly quoted.
4.No
5.Yes
6.yes.

Avoiding mergers

Framing

Balance

Rule of Thirds

Simplicity

Lines

Opinions

Story 1
1.doesn't say.
2. Ideacide and self censorship
3. The person thinks that how to avoid self censorship
4.No
5. No
6.no
7. second person
Story 2
1. Cianna Chairez and Abby Ong
2. Talking about Journalism is the focus of the journalism staff
3. They think that people should tell them what to do to improve the dispatch.
4.no
5.No
6.no
7.second person
Story 3
1.Carter Scruggs
2.Political views of students
3.They think that people should have an opinion on politics, but it shouldn't control everything about them.
4.no
5.no
6.no
7.second person
Story 4
1. Ian Miller and Jake Brien
2. Different opinions on ID's
3. Ian thinks that the ID's are good because they help with security and also aren't that annoying. Jake thinks that Id's aren' good because they aren't enough for security.
4.yes
5.Yes because Ian thinks that if we learn different ways to help us be protected, then we don't have to worry.
6.no
7. first person
Story 5
1. Natalie Aman
2. College Applications
3. Paying for college applications isn't a good system.
4.No
5.If they make the prices cheaper, then yes.
6.no
7.first person
A.The differences between a news story and an opinions piece are that opinions are first person, news stories aren't opinionated, and news stories are unbiased.
B. There aren't many photos on this page because its someones opinion on something, so not many photos are needed for that.
C. New counselors, traffic problems, and air conditioning for school.

Huntington Story

Janice Jones was shot in the right leg around 10 p.m. Wednesday.

"Her dog knocked a 9mm gun that then fired and hit her leg and the side of her car," Police Officer Rye said.

Jones then was transported to Huntington Beach Hospital.

"She had a bone fracture," Huntington Beach Hospital spokesperson Jim Washington said. "She will be out as soon as it is treated."

Janice Jones is being questioned if to be charged for the gun accident.

“Jones doesn’t have a gun permit,” Rye said. “She’s also hasn’t paid for expired plates so I assume she will be charged for this.”

Jones' dog, Tombo, was transported to the Huntington Beach Animal Control. Jones is being investigated for animal abuse charges.

"Tombo has fresh cigarette burns all over its body," Animal control officer Janet Ngo said.” It could have done with a little less abuse and a few more pork chops.”

Student of the Month Interview

1. Why did they announce you as student of the month?
2. How did you achieve student of the month?
3. Who helped you get this?
4. Why do you think you deserve this?
5. Where were you born?
6. What is your full name?
7.What do you do for enjoyment?
8. Why do you or don't like school?
9. Do you have any siblings?
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20. What else do you want to add?

Inverted Pyramid and Writing Structures

1. How Lead, Why Lead, What Lead

2. These leads are good because you give a story that has more detail and just presents the facts.

3. A direct quote is a quote that links on the previous paragraph.

4. The quote elaborates on the previous paragraph.

5.“Giving free Wi-Fi to our students will enable them

to do research, read the news or even watch educational

videos each day,” Superintendent Kelli Putman said.

“This change will have a positive impact on academic

productivity.”

6. An attribution is the noun then verb rather than verb then noun.

7.An attribution takes place after the first sentence of the quote.

8. Links the paragraphs together.

9. The three types of transitions are fact, indirect quote, or partial quote.

10.Are the most important and recent facts first?

Is the story accurate? Are the sources identified

fully?

Are the paragraphs short?

Is the sentence structure varied in the story?

 Is the story neat and double-spaced so that it is easy

to read?

Does your story flow? Did you use the transition/

quote formula?

 Did you use active voice?

11. Editorializing - Keep your opinion out of the

story

Using first and second person - Keep yourself out of the story. Common error: “our school”

Messy handwriting, poor grammar and spelling

Paragraphs too long

Misspelling names in the story

Trying to use all of the information

Contest Day: 

CE 1.2

1. 3 inches
2. Barbara P. Mink, Mitch Fuller, Betty W. Hwang, Douglas Gibbins, Sarah Mills
3. Transocean, Technip FmC, and Diamond Offshore Drilling
4. Novak Djokovic
5. The Big Chill, The Right Stuff, and Jurassic Park
Big Response:
1. A military contractor named BAE is allowing bees to do their thing tp integrate bees into cities.
2.140 acres
3. TRIGR is a laser targeting device.
4.10
5. The survival of bees is important to humans because they pollinate many of our flowers and plants.
6.I think what BAE systems is doing good with the bees idea and other companies should follow suit. Why I say that is because bees are very important to our survival due to them pollinating plants.

Ethics

Controversy Over a Concert: Former members of the Eagles band had a concert in 2004 to raise money for a U.S. senator. John Temple, who is a editor and publisher of the Rocky Mountain News, told his reporters to not go to the fundraising concerts. He didn't want his employees from making political donations. His staff members thought that their boss didn't trust them.
My Opinion: I think that you should attend events that may have a political purpose. I think that because as long as it doesn't affect the news story covering the event then it is acceptable.

Offensive Images: There was a cartoon that caused lots of controversy. The cartoon started at a Danish daily newspaper. The cartoon caused lots of riots and killing in Islam. The violent reaction caused many people to check out the cartoon.
My Opinion: I think that they shouldn't have published the cartoon because instead of letting people know what is happening in the world it seems they are attacking the Islamic community. Also it caused more riots to happen in the Islamic world.

Aaargh! Pirates! (and the Press): A band called The Ting Tings' had one of there albums leaked a month early which caused the sales of the album to not sell very well. This situation has been an issue for a long time. Despite causing people to be more aware of music, sites like Rolling Stone and Billboard use leaked music and can cause sales to suffer for albums. I think that there shouldn't have leaked music cause it can cause worse sales for the artist.

Headlines, Links, and Photos

Top Stories

McCain honored as his body lies in state

News Near You (Austin-Round Rock)

Deputies end search for robbery suspects near Round Rock

World

Trump insults Canada, upending NAFTA 

trade talks

U.S.

Two lawyers leave Robert Mueller’s office

Business

Coca-Cola gives Starbucks a jolt, buys archrival Costa for $5.1B

Technology

What to expect from Apple’s 2018 iPhone event

Entertainment

Captain Marvel first look photos show off MCU's female superhero

Sports

Aaron Donald, Rams agree on 6-year, $135M extension

Science

Weird hexagon on Saturn is way bigger than scientists thought 

Health

Airport Security Trays Carry More Cold Germs Than Toilets, Study Finds

CE #1.1

1.50
2. 50,000
3. 14,000 cars
4. Burger Stadium, Delco Center, House Park Athletics Facility, Nelson Field and Noack Sport Complex.
5. I would do the free Sunday at Bob Bullock because history is something I enjoy to an extent.
Long Response
1.Some people aren't allowed to renew their passports because the Trump Administration is accusing many hispanics of using fake passports since they were babies.
2. Juan was furious about the government's response. He served and fought for his country which is another reason he is mad.
3. Some cases have passport applicants with official U.S. birth certificates bing jailed in immigration detention centers. Other cases have people stuck in Mexico because their passports are turned down when they try to go back to the U.S.
4. I feel that the situation is completely terrible and unjust. I also think what should happen to the people with the U.S. passport delivered by another person should get an apology from the president an the government. The point is the U.S. should be a free state for everyone and the president is taking that away from immigrants due to his stupid unjustified bias towards them.

Media Literacy

1. Ap, Bloomberg, and Reuters
2. Vanity Fair, Vox, and Mic
3. National Review, Reason.com, and The Weekly Standard
4. (Liberal) Daily Kos and Forward Progressives. (Conservative) Fox News Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
5. A fact is something that has evidence to show it is correct.
6. An opinion is something that a person's view that they view fits with the situation.
7. An informed opinion is a person's view that can be backed up by facts.
8. I might facts for the dispatch from the internet.
9. I might get an informed opinion about a story I am writing from someone who has a lot of experience with what I am covering.
10. Opinions might creep into writing if I get myself or others involved in the story that I am writing.
11. Something that could show I am writing an opinion is if I use words like 'I think' or 'I feel'.
12. Amendment 1 specifies the right of the press.
13. The Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
14. I think that the purpose of journalism in today's world is to get people's opinions or facts on a matter and also to let others know what it going on with that specific issue.
15. The headlines were very different and focused on different things.
16.I think some of them are biased based on what I saw.17. I think that they chose to to cover other things on the front of their websites due to
18. Probably should because it won't cause too much bias on certain things.
19. No because it can lean towards certain opinions too much.
20. The only reason I can think is to see different opinions to make your own opinion on things.
21. I think the media accurately report what is happening in our world by being as neutral as possible.

News Values

Timeliness: The news article just took place yesterday, so it is very new and fresh in people's minds. 3 dead as gunman hits gaming event.

Found at the Austin American Statesman

Proximity: The news article is talking about the percentage of dogs and cats not euthanized in Austin animal shelters. Milestone 99 percent live releases
Found at the Austin American Statesman

Prominence: The news article fits with this news value because John McCain was a important political figure and a war hero. 'He truly was a giant in the Senate'
Found at the Austin American Statesman

Impact: The news article shows that the relationship between the U.S.and North Korea getting worse. N. Korea newspaper: U.S. plotting to 'unleash a war' 
Found at Austin American Statesman

Conflict: Two political figures are fighting for a spot in the U.S. Senate.
O'Rourke inspires McCaul opponent
Found at Austin American Statesman

Human Interest: This article shows that people are emotional about the death of John McCain.
Texas leaders offer their tributes to McCain 
Found a Austin American Statesman
Novelty: Thousands of people have a tomato food fight in eastern Spain. This is very strange and interesting. Spain's 'Tomatina': Thousands throw tomatoes
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2018/08/29/spains-tomatina-thousands-throw-tomatoes/37648855/

Welcome to my blog

I took journalism 1 because it sounded interesting to me. Another reason is I wanted to be a movie critic someday so this could help with my writing skills. The last reason is I didn’t have much time to pick my electives so I picked this one really quickly.