Sami's Journalism Blog

First:  write a two sentence summary of the story. This story is about the students attitude towards school. It is based off of the climate survey.  Second:  answer the following questions: 1. Who was quoted in the story? Ruth Ann Widner, Robinson, Jimmy Counihan, Jessica Davis,  2. What quote was the strongest in your opinion? "Work would be much more enjoyable if it were personalized projects."  3. Did the lead sentence make you want to keep reading? Yes 4. Was the conclusion a quote or a statement? "Use learning from each other to understand what it takes in order for students to be able to learn and feel like they are having fun."  Third: 1. What is your favorite photo in the entire paper? 1A. Why is this your favorite?  My favorite photo is the rock climber putting chalk on his hands. This is because it looks pleasing  2. What is your least favorite photo in the entire paper? 2A. Why is this your least favorite?...

Who is the audience and what is the purpose for this piece of writing? Consider offering a suggestion if either the audience or purpose is not clearly established. A question about knowing not what do with our life's. What do you see as the writer’s main point in these questions? How did you get to the place where you started your business  Which part of these questions interests you the most? Why? how did you start your own business? Because I don't know what type of business it is  Where do you feel you would like more detail or explanation on any questions? Where do you need less? No, the questions are fine.  Do you find any questions unclear, confusing, or undeveloped?  No  Who is the audience and what is the purpose for this piece of writing? Consider offering a suggestion if either the audience or purpose is not clearly established. Background feature & Personality  What do you ...

1. Who is your main subject? My Grandma, Peggy.  2. Supporting interviews (who else do you need to talk to, minimum 2 other people)? My Grandpa, Buzzy, and  3. What is the topic or potential topic? Music in China  4. Which angle from above will you write the story? First hand experience 5. Then to help you get going faster, come up with 20 questions that you can ask your main subject. Type these in your blog. 1.) When and why did you start playing? When Buzzy and I got married we played and sang a lot and we would go to parties that grandmom would throw and things like that so that we could earn extra money because our kids were little. That would be in about 1970.  2.) What famous musicians do you admire? My very first love when I was a child was luis armstrong. As I've gone threw time I really liked Bett Midler. I love the old swing bands like Glen Miller and Tommy Dorsey. Of course there was Elvis and the beetles but now that I'm playing blu...

1. What is the difference between a hard news lead (lede) and the one you read above? The difference is that a hard news lead is more hard hitting. Dealing with topics like politics and such. This however, was a soft news lead.  2. What paragraph(s) did you learn the following information? a. Who First  b. What Second  c. Where First  d. When  Second  e. Why Second  f. How Second  3. Are there quotes in this story? Yes 4. Are those quotes arranged in the "quote-transiton" style we used in news writing? Yes  5. Who is quoted in the story? Kevin McLoughlin,  Doral Chenoweth III,  Tony Florentino, Shane Cormier,  Patrick Harris, Ted Williams 6. What quote is the most powerful in the story, in your opinion? The most powerful quote is  "We run into these guys at the exit ramps and we pretty much ignore them," said Chenoweth, who was en route with his wife to the...

Do we perceive beauty? No, we don't perceive beauty. This is because everyone is in such a rush that they don't even bother to waste as little as a second of their time.  Do we stop to appreciate it? No, we don't stop to appreciate it. This is because people have lost their ear for real beauty. Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context? No, we don't recognize talent in an unexpected context. It's hard for any talent to even be recognized with being being so busy with their own lives. 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 are probably missing a million other things. In the piece written, a lady talks about how a homeless man had died in front of so many people. The ambulance came and everyone just went on with their lives. That's not something little. That's death. 

#1 1.) Delayna 2.) Block scheduling is here to stay 3.)  I do think it is very beneficial to my learning process. 4.) Yes 5.) No, everything was straightforward. 6.) No 7.) First #2 1.) Delayna 2.) Allowances 3.)   I think it is beneficial for the child and is a great reward.   4.) Yes 5.) Kind of, she says,"  I do see how allowance  could lead children to feeling entitled,  ". But, she goes back to her opinion right after," but when children receive money it could help them receive basic skills for math at an earlier age." 6.) Yes 7.) First  8.) This is an opinion piece because editorials are more of a piece to persuade people. 

I don't read much about blogs and such but, if I had to choose a writer I would choose, Lily Kerman, a writer for teen vogue. I chose her because in her first year, she wrote 100 put together stories for the magazine. Editorials new principal possible school renovation teachers ALLOWANCES Allowances are payments that parents give to their children for doing chores and such. This is a form of showing them what having a job is like at a younger age. In my opinion, I think that allowances are great and that they everyone should use a form of it because it can teach children important lessons. Kids should start getting allowances as soon as they start talking about and asking for money. This normally happens at a pretty young age so, you can start of kids with small chores. Such as picking up toys, taking out the trash, doing the dishes, etc. Once they get older, it can change to things like walking the dog, vacuuming, sweeping, cleaning the toilet, doing the dinner prep...