final exam planning

I think I'm going to do the project this weekend.  I'm gonna shoot it at the mall or some boutique. The story I'm gonna tell is shopping for my sisters prom dress. I can shoot the video on my phone and the pictures on the camera I'll borrow from school. I think narration at the end a video somewhere in the middle and the pictures throughout.

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my opinion writing

We are always told to dream big and be spontaneous, but from the moment we can talk, we are sent to school. Where they tell you where to stand, when to talk, and what to think. And 13 years later, after never being able to have an original thought, they set us free into the world. 13 years is a very long time, and then they want you to go to school for atleast 4 more years and pay for it out of your own pocket.

Now college is wonderful thing, dont get me wrong, and education is very important, but the execution of the idea, I think, got a little misconstrued. Maybe its just the way things are taught, people sit in these sometimes up to 300 hundred people lectures and are taught the same things year after year. There's no indivuality and we are still being told how to think.

It's when people jump outside of that box that innovation can really happen. Apple wasn't started because Steve Jobs kept doing what eveyone else thought was perfectly fine. And he didn't learn how to do that by sitting in a classroom, he went out and did it in the real world. The greatest classrom there will ever be is the world.

Not everyone is Steve Jobs though, he probably has one of the most innovative minds that will ever be. Some people just can't breathe near all these people. They need more space so they can grow and decide who they want to be. College is a great thing, but I dont think everyone is nessesarily ment for it. And we shouldn't make it seem like not going to college automatically makes your life inferior to those who do.

I don't think we should be discouraging kids from going to college and we should be ecouraging it, but we shouldn't be acting like its college or nothing. They want you to pay hundreds and thousands dollars to attend and if you don't have the money, grades or some special talent you're kind of screwed.  In other countries college is payed for through taxes, which I think is a much better way of doing things. It may make taxes rise, but if we are really so keen on the idea that everyone needs to go to college to have a sucessful life maybe thats the way to go.

My sister has decided she's not going to go to college. She is going to go live with my grandpa and help him because he recently got his leg amputated. People think she's crazy, she could probably get into a really good college, but instead shes going to live on a farm in the middle of nowhere. But she's doing something that matters more to her. And if she changes her mind she can always go later.

As long as you're doing something that you care about it shouldn't matter where you are. If you're spending your first years out of highschool at harvard or in your dad's auto repair shop.  No one should tell you where to go, or who to be except you.

College is great, it provides you with social skills and a place to find yourself. So go to college if you want, find yourself there. Just don't look down on those who can't or choose not to because its their choice not yours.

personal essays

1. he said that you should pick something that matters to you and relate it to your own life  
2. make sure you give a detailed account of your experiences regarding your topic 
3. it doesn't matter how many facts you have as long as theyre good facts, take ideas from where ever you can, and avoid philosophical rants that your readers can't relate to.

final exam preview

today i learned the basics i movie. i movie is not a difficult concept its much easier than actually learning how to clip together video and sound. its basically just drag and cut and import and export. really anyone can do it, young children tech savy grandmas. i movie is a very useful tool in being able to create something.

i movie is a very simple tool to use, most people could probably do it in their sleep. the blog posts taught things like how to open it, what buttons to push when you get there, how to cut and drag footage. they told you how to use special tools and what works best. But really imovie is just common sense 

i knew how to import videos to imovie already

i learned how to get rid of the default type things 

im concerned about the narration because my voice is really cringey and sounds awful on record 

i think i can take the pictures early and just have them ready 

maybe a video of my dog being cute or like my friends walking around 

opinions writing preview activity

immigration laws getting out of hand 

1. the story is editorial
2. the new immagration laws happening because of donald trump
3. that the deportation of non violent illegal immigrants is wrong. the trump adminstration has been cracking down on these people but "luckily, theres also protests and outcries to protect these innocent documented immigrants" the writer obviously does not support the presidents new agenda 
4. nope
5. no she kept to her opinion and didnt backtrack
6. nope
7. 1st

betsy devos unfit to serve as us secretary of education

1. reagan wallace 
2. betsy devos and how shes not qualified for her job
3. that betsy is " is simply unqualified for the role in the U.S. education department " she doesn't believe mrs devos is at all qualified 
4. nope 
5. no she didn't she stayed with her opinion abnd didnt defer 
6. nope
7. 3rd

our great tree is worth saving 

1. ian miller 
2. the big tree in the courtyard is dying 
3. he really wants the tree to be saved. when thinking about if the tree was worth it he says " in (his) opinion. its absolutly worth the price to save it"
4. not really
5. no he didn't do that he made all his points seem valid
6. no 
7. 1st

going above the norm for college 

1. jake brien
2. college is becoming more difficult as the years go on. its harder to get into and pay for especially in the us
3. he thinks that kids should work harder to go to really good schools. he says kids should take more initiative and "its about self perserverance and a determination to suceed beyond the norm"
4. no not really
5. no he didn't backtrack 
6. nope
7. 1st

importantance of physics class

1. abb omg
2. why students should take physics even though they dont need to
3. she believes that students should atleast consider taking physics regardless of what career they're going to go into 
4. no 
5. a little bit but not in a bad way she just said to follow what you really think will work for you
6. no 
7. 1st

a. opinion pieces only have to show one side of the story, a hard story has to argue with facts and not emotion, an opinion piece is normally told in 1st person 

b. because they arent reporting on events and how they happened they're saying what they think

c. like if somethings closing down and you don't support it, the reasons why something should or shouldnt happen, maybe your opinion on policies and how things are.

student of the month peer review

paragraphs- 50 points
5 quotes- 20 points
inverted pyramid- 15 points
extra credit- 10 points
total= 95

slo practice

1. d proximity
2. a promince 
3. c paints
4. d lack of subject
5. b location
6. c background info on the subject
7. canadian prime minister justin trudeau walks malala down the aisles of the parliment building for her honorary visit on april 17th, 2017. justin is the youngest prime minister canada has ever had and has had many supporters over the years. 

nut graf

a nut graf is an american journalism term for a paragraph the is normally in a feature story that explains why the story has value. nut grafs are normally used in stories with a lighter subject matter. like for example a story that no one really cares enough to read in its entirity but a good nut graf is what keeps them reading.

they are also used in more important stories too though. in those cases nut grafs can pull all the really important information into one place. A good one can take a story to the next level. while a bad one can break a story. nut grafs are an escential part of an article and can really help or hurt a story.

student of the month story

Today on April 10th, 2017 Juliette Schenbin was named Bowie Highschool's Student of the Month.

Her teachers collaberated for many days to decided who would be the lucky student. She was chosen because of her excellent grades and persistent additude.

"juliette is a bright light in the class room" Mrs. drake, her language arts teacher, said " she's always helping the other students."

Juliette is a 9th grader this year, is a very organized student and sets a good example for her fellow students.

"i try to always stay on top of things and keep my stuff organized in binders"

The student of the month is someone who will represent the best of our school for at least 31 days. When asked how she felt about the whole ordeal Juliette simply said

"I feel great about it."

Juliette says she sometimes feels stressed "especially about the six week tests" because students are asked so much of. teachers count on good organization

"(juliette) is one of my best students," said mathew perry, her biology teacher " she has her work done on time and pays attention."

her family is so proud of her and hopes she will keep this good momentum.

inverted pyramid

sports portfolio evaluation

part 1- portfolios

video 1
a. alyssa scholar

b. photo stories: eating disorder and other singles

c. the whole portfolio seemed a bit sad, the photos were all to similar, many shots have been done better before 

d. good backgrounds, some photos were striking 

e. the photos were okay i mean i didnt think they were very original but there were a few that were very good

video 2

a. travis haughton

b. photo story of a deaf child 

c. more needs to be shown, alittle redundant, words take away from the photo

d. nice light, good levels doesnt look staged

e. i thought the photos were good they showed a lot of peoples feelings and such

video 3

a. nick adams

b. photo journalism of several events

c. focus is not too great, the whole thing is kinda boring, composition is too heavy

d. framed well and gets right in there for the photos

e. the photos werent that great but there were some that i thought were really good these judges hated them though

video 4

a. josh birnnbaum

b. photo stories of wheel chair sport and singles 

c. backgrounds add nothing to photos, terrible transition in portfolio, nothing really strong in the stories

d. content is amusing and pictures have nice light

e. i liked these photos the best i thought they had the most stricking pictures and there was alot of them 

winning portfolio

dustin snipes

a. creative, had good focus, good angles, nice color composition

b. i thought all the photos were really different and unique i see no weaknesses they were all really good

recap video

a. the judges looked over all the portfolios and discussed what they liked and didnt like then chose a winner they could all agree on

part 2- individual images

1. i agree with the judges on the photo of the guy wearing the bright green shirt falling off the wave. they didnt really like it, they thought it should be tighter, maybe at a more interesting angle, or taken as his face hits the water. And i agree i dont thing the photo was anything really good it had some good qualities but nothing grand.
2. there is this one photo of a tennis player and her racket is like in the air, the judges loved it but i just don't. i think i would like to see her face and i dont know i guess i just dont see whats so great about it.