Friday, April 27, 2012

Student of the month interview

1. What is your name ? Jacinda Muniz
2. What grade are you in ? 10th grade
3. How does it feel to be student of the month ?  its a great honor to be student of the month aim really grateful to have this great opportunity
4. How did your earn to be student of the month ? i worked day & night and put my full effort into it
5. Any special privileges ? i can change rules to make things easier for me and everyone is nice to me
6. Do people treat you any differently ? Some are a little scared to  speak to me
7. Did you get any reward ? from teachers, parents, etc. ? From my teacher i got a slip of paper to show aim student of the month and candy
8. How many people have been student of the month before you ? only 2 people school just began
9. Will you try to be student of the month next month ?  yes i will do everything i did to become student of the month again
10. Who do you think will make a good student of the month ? the kid thats smart and knows everyone
11. Was this one of your goals ? yes
12. What do your friends think of this ? they've been supportive 
13. Do they have a wall to show you off ? yes they have a huge picture of me on the wall
14. How did you find out you were student of the month ? i walked in the classed and they gave me around of applause and handed me a certificate
15. What was your reaction ? confused at first but then overwhelmed
16.  Who told you ? the class and teacher
17. When did they tell you ? june 4th, 1996
18. Do you feel special ? i feel very special
19. Has anything changed since you found out ? the people treat me like a leader
20. What did you do to become student of the month ? i will feel upset but happy for others

School uniforms



sources - students, teachers, parents
1. What is your name ?
2.  How do you feel about the new uniform policy ?
3.  What grade are you in ?
4. What color uniforms do you prefer ?
5. Will behaviour change due to the uniforms ?
6. Do teachers have to be in dress code as well ?
7. What lead to the uniform policy ?
8. How will parents react to the new policy ?
9. Do you prefer uniform or no uniform ?
10. Will this policy change students academically ?
11. What are the punishments for not being in dress code ?
12. What do students think of this ?
13. Did students and parents have an opinion in this ?
14. Did you get to vote ?
15. Will students protest against it ?
16. Does the uniform policy restrict to dress unique ?
17. Do shoes and accesorries have restrictions too ?
18. On special occassions will you still have to be in dress code ?
19. What color uniform can you wear ?
20. What is the uniform policy ? what can you wear ?

Thursday, April 19, 2012

elements of news

Proximity: This has to do with location. If the event is happening close by, it will impact your readers more than if it is happening across town, or across the world, all other considerations being equal. A dance at your school, for instance, is more newsworthy than a dance at another school.
http://gobrazil.about.com/od/brazilcarnival/ss/carnavalbrasileiroaustin.htm

Prominence:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-19/obama-to-renominate-nrc-s-svinicki-amid-silence-from-leader-reid

Timeliness: If something is happening NOW, it has more impact than something that happened yesterday or last week. Often, the most recent development is the feature of the story.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303513404577353991485029140.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Oddity: If something is unusual, the oddity alone can make it newsworthy, because people want to know why it has happened.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/328242/20120415/mother-gives-birth-six-legged-baby-pakistan.htm

Consequence: If the impact of an event on your readers is major, they want to know all about it. For instance, they might not care that a particular street is being shut down for repairs, until it is brought to their attention that this will reroute the major portion of the traffic into their residential areas. This will affect them in a significant way, and they will want to know about it.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2012-04-20/fta-new-start-funds-metrorapid-buses/

Conflict:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/heated_argument_between_sen_la.html

Human interest:
If a situation makes you angry, sad, happy or overjoyed, it contains the news element of human interest. Some stories are newsworthy on this basis alone.
http://www.wxow.com/story/17526491/judge-quits-travon-martin-case-cites-conflict
Readers have an interest in disagreements, arguments, fights and rivalries. If an event has conflict attached to it, many readers will be interested on that basis alone. Stories that involve conflict are those about sports, trials, war, politics and even Congressional debates.
This has to do with how well known the people involved in your story are. If the person or persons are well known to your readers, the story will impact your readers more than a similar story involving people they do not know.

News value part 2

Who? the plane
Who is involved? The captain and the officers
Who does/did the situation affect? the passengers and 2 officers
Who said so? the first officer

What? they mistaked the planet venus of being another plane
What is happening? officer thought venus was the plane and moved so they wouldnt hit
What did happen? the jetliner sent the plane toward the other Air Force plane.
What are the consequences? 14 passenger and 2 flight attendants were injured.
What is different about this? he confused a plane to the planet venus
What are the choices? the officer chose to react to the light he saw and dived away

When? Jan 24, 2011
When did or will this happen? Jan 24 , 2011
When was this discovered? Monday

Where? Toronto
Where did or will this happen? in a plane from Toronto to Zurich

Why? Because the first officer reacted to the light of venus and confused it to a plane
Why did this happen or will it happen? Because the first officer reacted to the light of venus and confused it to a plane


How? captain saw a bright object ahead of the plane
How did it or will it happen? captain saw a light and mistakened it to be a plane and moved to not hit it but it sent the plane closer to the other plane
How much does it cost? 14 passengers and 2 flight attendants injurys
How many people does this affect? all the people in the plane but especially the 16 injured
How do you feel about this? its interesting but its dramtic and kind of scary.

Who? kindergartner Salecia Johnson
Who is involved? Salecia , police officers, teachers, classmates, and the principal
Who does/did the situation affect?
Who said so?everybody in school

What? 6 year old assaulted principal and damage to school property
What is happening? Salecia was throwing a tantrum, throwing furniture, biting the doorknob of the office and jumping on the paper shredder.
What did happen? the police officer arrested her
What are the consequences? Salecia was arrested and taken to the police station
What is different about this? a 6 year old is arrested for trowing a tantrum
What are the choices? to call her parents immediately to the school and maybe suspend her for a few days so she could have calmed down

When? Friday
When did or will this happen? It happened Friday
When was this discovered? Tuesday

Where? Georgia
Where did or will this happen? Creekside elementary

Why? she was throwing a tantrum
Why did this happen or will it happen? because the girl was damaging school property and assaulted the principal


How? included throwing furniture, including a small shelf, which struck the principal on the leg.
How did it or will it happen? "pulled away and began actively resisting and fighting with me."
"The child was then placed in handcuffs for her safety and the officer proceeded to bring her down to the police station," said Chief Dray Swicord.
How much does it cost? it cost her to get arrested
How many people does this affect? her and the people in the school
How do you feel about this? i think it wasnt right that they arrested her there was other ways to deal with this situation

Who?  Austin Fisher
Who is involved? Carrollton (Ohio) School District, Austin, Fishers Aunt and his mom
Who does/did the situation affect? Austin Fisher and his family
Who said so?

What? Austin fisher was told he would not graduate because of his unexcused absences
What is happening?  ban Fisher from walking at his graduation with his classmates because he had two too many school absences, making the decision to allow Austin Fisher to walk at graduation a day.
What did happen?  the Carrollton (Ohio) School District has relented and will allow senior Austin Fisher to walk with his classmates at graduation
What are the consequences?
What is different about this?
What are the choices? he could of talked to the school about his moms cancer

When? Monday
When did or will this happen? Monday afternoon
When was this discovered? April 17, 2011

Where? Ohio
Where did or will this happen? Carrollton school district

Why? all of fishers absences  were the result of fisher caring for his mother  who was battling stage 6 cancer
Why did this happen or will it happen? the school district excused this from being a reason to not gradaute because its something strong that affects him and excuses his absesnces.

How? Fishers aunt explained to them the causes of his absesnces
How did it or will it happen? they excused his absenses and will let him gradaute
How much does it cost? it costs his highschool diploma
How many people does this affect? him and his family
How do you feel about this? i think they did the right thing because even though he misses school he keeps his grades up.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

who: A mexican bombing gang member
what: He is bombing the city
when: saturday morning
where: mexico city plaza
why: to cause fear to the citizens
how: showing he can bomb this place anytime by dropping the bomb
                                          Bomb in Mexico City Plaza
A mexican gang member is bombing Mexico City Plaza saturday morning.
He caused fear to the citizens by holding the bomb up to make citizens do whatever he wants or he would bomb the whole plaza and kill all the others.


This photo has many rules such as balancing elements, leading lines, symmetry and patterns, and depth. The horses on both sides show balance,  the lines lead you to the mountains, the horses break the pattern, and the main rule the moutains show depth it keeps going.


In this picture you can see symmetry and patterns because the boat in the bottom right break the pattern. It also balances both boats the big and small one compare. the background is clean and clear.


In this picture you can see  framing the candles frame the picture especially on the left corner. There is also symmentry and patterns because the candles up on the air are repeated. Thre is also depth the candles make it seem like it goes on and on.