Final Exam Planning Warm-up

1 - over this weekend or over next weekend.

2 - At the Origami Festival most likely

3 - The people interacting with the origami and the festival through out the day.

4 - A camera, table, and a LOT of paper. Maybe a tripod.

5 - During the opening of the festival.

Opinion Story

http://abcnews.go.com/US/fire-chief-investigating-reports-bullying-virginia-firefighters-death/story?id=38619162

       Virginia firefighter Nicole Mittendorff was found dead on last Thursday from bullying from fellow peers in April, 2015. She was found at Shenandoah National Park with a note. Her suicide was caused by fellow firefighters bullying her.
       Police found in the note that she was called a "slut" and "ugly" by fellow firefighter, who now are off the squad after other women firefighter were called the same.
       Bullying, once to been a problem only in schools, has now evolved into a problem in every workplace and is cause students and worker to kill themselves. Bullying is a practice that should be illegal and if seen must have much harsher punishment. 
      There is, however, a different side of bullying and in many schools, bullying, if seen, help the bully as well as the victim because nothing is going to be fixed if the bully has learned nothing from being a bully.
      For Mittendorff, however, she was one that could not be saved on time. The cause of her death is unknown right now, and the family is still in shock.
      Bulling is a problem that should be stopped and solve now that it is in our schools, workplaces, and more.

Infographic

Annual Online Travel Sales
Create line charts

Opinion Writing part 2

http://arspolarispress.com/61343/sports/taking-a-shot-one-district-champs-athletic-trajectory/

1 - Sammie Seamon

2 - Freshman Alexis Miller (who is a good friend of mine) amazing throwing skills and her training in track and field by Ebheni Henderson.

3 - That Henderson, a sophomore, will go to district this year and past. "Cosgrove (the coach) sees a lost of potential for Henderson to go even further than district champion this year..."

4 - No

5 - No

6 - Yes

7 - 3rd person

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http://westlakefeatherduster.com/2016/03/20/students-compete-in-visual-arts-scholastic-event/

1 - Jack Wallace and Raine Lipscher

2 - The easy to hard switch from district to state and the process that students must take to achieve this goal.

3 - Yes - "although many Westlake students breeezed through the critiquing process, ..., making it to staate is not easy"

4 - No

5 - No

6 - Yes

7 - 3rd person

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http://lths.news/727/news/angry-high-school-students-burn-down-principals-home/

1 - Maddie Womack

2 - On Feb. 22, four students burned their school principle's house and 3 cars. Although, he and his family were not hurt, charges are pending to the students.

3 - No

4 - No

5 - No opinion

6 - Yes

7 - 3rd person

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Personal essay

1 - A kids first day of school.

2 - Write about your pet

3 - Eating lots of cabbage, you never will get cancer - The best French Fries you ever had - Halloween memories and stores.

        SoM Peer review

Student in review - Jake http://jakinator89.blogspot.com/2016/04/student-of-month-story.html

50 - 50: body paragraphs

25 - 25: quotes

25 - 25: inverted pyramid

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Opinions writing preview activity 

The Starlight Theatre Company jumps into Spring with a plethora of shows

1 - By Victoria Newell

2 - The story is about how the starlight theatre goes through the U.I.L. process of making a 40 minute, 15 person maximum, to create a play.

3 - No

4 - Yes

5 - No opinion

6 - Yes

7 - 3rd person

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Band Director set to move move to a new school at year's end

1 - By Lauren Blevins

2 - Kim Shuttlesworth, a band director moves to a new high school in the outskirts of North Austin. Students talk about her lasting memories and how she help students.

3 - "With the great accomplishments of the band, hard work and dedications must come as well."

4 - No

5 - No

6 - Yes

7 - 3rd person


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Apple refuses to violate privacy of user

1 - By ?

2 - After the San Bernardino attacks, the cell phone from one of the shooters was locked and the FBI wanted Apple to unlocked, Apple strongly denied the offer. Even after the FBI went to court, the FBI said they hired hacker to unlock the phone, making a loss of security from the agentsy.

3 - "A teenager's life line is their cellphone. From Twitter, to conversations with friends, a teenager cannot live without their phone. It is also one of the most secure items they own."

4 - Yes

5 - Yes because the would say that "once the program is created, no one will is safe from encryption".

6 - No

7 -  2nd person
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Drug dog investigations have students feeling as though their rights are being violated at school

1 - Granger Coats

2 - High Schooler is when most drugs addictions happen, so drug sniffing dogs are used to find if anyone has any drugs.

3 - "So why does a place of education, whose goal it is to better prepare students for the world and pre mote the ideal of democracy take away students constitutional right?"

4 - Yes

5 - No

6 - No

7 - 2nd person

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Social media, back at it again

1 - Alicia Molina

2 - The story of "Damn Daniel" and his Van. (ugh)

3 -

4 - Yes

5 -

6 - Yes

7 - 3rd person

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1 - The main differences are: What you believe in over news, opinions could have no value and if you want your opinion to have value, then get in to politics, and last,no one wants to read a news paper about your opinion because that not what some one wants to read.

2 - To discuss more about the story.

3 - Bulling, video games, and weather.

Earthquake in California 

            At 8:12am Monday morning, Hayward California was smacked with a 6.4 magnitude earthquake killed two and injuring six, luckily, only one building collapsed in the 30 second earthquake. Authority came to the house quickly saving the people trapped and naming the dead at sight.

            A resident of the collapsed building Mike Beamer said "I was eating my breakfast when the room started rolling. I dove under the table just as I heard an explosion outside and a chunks of cement flew through my kitchen window."

            Firefighter used rope to keep the destroyed building up for a short period and found a destroyed gas pipe, spilling natural gas.

            The earthquake, although being only 6.4, was to  U.S. Geological Survey scientist Penny Gertz was "a strong one" after the quake struck on the Hayward fault that also runs under some hills.

           21 firefighters and 12 police were at the scene alone with 5 red cross members with some coming in to help 4 minutes after the quake struck.

           Out of the six that survived, three were seriously injured and were transported to the local hospital for treatment and services and officer Jennifer Vu added that "there were no other serious injuries have been reported".

           With people even reporting the earthquake in L.A., this was a quake to remember.

Hard New Story Practice 

Story 1:

          53 year old Janice Jone of Barstow, California was eating on her back porch with her dog until the dog dropped her 9 mm off her chair a fired off. The bullet when straight through Jone's leg and stopped in her car

          California Highway Patrol press Tammy Rye said "It could have been much worse."

          Jones was shot through the right leg at 10:00 pm Wednesday and the bullet was 2 inches from the fuel tank.
          Jones's dog who set off the gun "Tombo" had "seemed to be malnourished" and "had fresh cigarette burns on its forehead"
          Tombo was sent to the Huntington Beach Animal Control an Jones now has animal abuse charges.
          along side with those charges, Rye said that "Jones didn't have a permeant for the gun", only adding on with the animal abuse charges.
          

News Values

Conflict - 

The conflict is about the two democratic front-runners to be the U.S. president: Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. After the both of them accusing of wronging doing, with both saying they it's a lie. 

Qualifications tiff pits Clinton against Sanders

http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODE/AustinAmericanStatesmanNIE/

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Novelty -

After having engine problems, a North Carolinian man finds not one, but two dead dead snakes in the engine. The first snake died from electrocution and the second snake was atracted from the smell from the first one, and was electrocuted.

Electrocuted snake found trying to eat another electrocuted snake

http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2016/04/08/82785822/

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Human Inserts -

After the long migrant crisis, those who were able to survive the crisis and now can settle down to made by buying home and making families. With 3+ million people leaving from Syria and other middle eastern countries to fid a new life and to escape the bloody civil war.

The New Europeans

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/magazine/the-new-europeans.html?ref=world&_r=0

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Prominence - 

After being having his "affluenza" in his defense when he killed 4 people in a crash in 2013, Ethan Couch is now in an adult court after he was considered a kid in 2013. He escaped to Mexico when this mom then both was captured and now are in US jails.

"Affluenza" teen, now 19, is officially in adult court

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/04/12/affluenza-teen-ethan-couch-turns-19/82934456/

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Softball-sized hail, winds wreck homes and cars in Texas ad Arkansas - Proximity 

Nut Graf

A Nut Graf is short paragraph that explains the main story and gives that who,what,when,where, why, and how. Also tells why the reader should care to read and tells the reader why this story is important.

Nut Grafs mainly show the "what's the point" of the article. In more serious articles, the nut graf has been replaced by narrative manner, 

Student of the Month Story 

        Olivia Nunez, the April Bowie high school student of the month, is the all-A student who won the award after going to the state science fair. Nunez tell the Lone Star Dispatch her story in an exclusive interview.
       "Olivia displays what Bowie students can accomplish with hard work" said Principle Cane after the award was given.
        Principle Cane picked Olivia out of 30 other students with their own achievements from academics to athletic.
        In the interview with Olivia, she answered "it feels good to achieve to title" to how does it feel to be student of the month?
        Olivia is now the 8th student of the month and when given the award, is entered to a raffle to decide who will be the student of the year and with a $500 dollar award if won.
        After some questions, she tells about how her parents "both have taught in schools", wants to go to "Harvard or John Hopkins University", and wants "to be a neurosurgeon."
       Graduating in 2019, Olivia has high hopes for the future with eyes on the $500 dollar reward to get help get her into collage.
       Finally, Olivia said to those who want to be the next student of the month "to be a good person at school and in life" and to to also have outside hobbies as well.

Inverted Pyramid

My First Interview

Interview from Olivia Nunez - O

1 - How does you feel to be student of the month?

O - "It feels good to achieve the title."

2 - As student of the month, do feel like you earned this title?

O - "Yes from the hard work."

3 - Do you grades should be the main player when the next student of the month or is it made from having citizenship?

O - "Both have Roles."

4 - What is your favorite part about school?

O - "Learning in Biology."

5 - How do you study?

O - "With Flash cards and notes."

6 - What outside hobbies do you?

O - "Drawing, taking pictures, and kayaking"

7 - What is a goal do you want to make this year?

O - "To raise my GPA by a point."

8 - After high school, what career do you want to have?

O - "To be a neurosurgeon."

9 - What promises have you made to become a better person?

O - "To be a better friend."

10 - How has your family helped you?

O - "Both have taught in schools."

11 - What has been your most helpful teacher?

O - "My 3rd grade teacher."

12 - What is your greatest achievement?

O - "Getting 100 on all my MOYs."

13 - Why do you think you were chosen to be student of the month?

O - "Academic success and leadership skills"

14 - Which University do you dream of going?

O - "Harvard, or John Hopkins."

15 - Who is your biggest influence? 

O - "My group of friends"

16 - Which year did you start at Bowie?

O - "This year, 2015"

17 - Why do you do good at school?

O - "I enjoy school, mostly, I have fun."

18 - What motivates you to get good grades?

O - "To have a good future."

19 - When do you graduate?

O - "In 2019"

20 - Last, any tips to anyone who wants to become the next student of the month?

O - "To be a good person a school."