Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Interview, student of the month blog


Student of the month.


1. Name? 
Shawn

2. What grade are you in? 
10

3. What academy are you in? 
AHA

4. Whats your age? 
16

5. Do you like being student of the month? 
Yes, you get to do whatever you want

6.  Whats your favorite subject? 
History

7.  Do you study a lot? 
Not really hah

8. What is the highest grade you've got? 
like 105

9. What do you do to get where you are at right now? 
be smart and pass all your classes

10. Are you passing all your classes? 
no

11. Do you get along with all the students? 
yes some of them

12. Did alot of people ask you for help during that month? 
yes i felt very special

13. Do you stay after school a lot?
 No i go home and sleep

14. Do you think you will be student of the month again? 
I doubt i will.

15. What are you going to study on the future?
 nothing im going to drop out

16. Do you plan on going to college? 
no never

17. Do you get a reward if you are student of the month?
 yes i got like 30 dollars

18. Do you enjoy being student of the month? 
yes i do.

19. Do people look up to you since you're student of the month?
 yes because I'm smart

20. Do you have great attendence and good grades? 
No! i skip a lot

21. Which teacher awarded you the student of the month?
 Mr. Reeves

News Elements blog

Conflict:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/trayvon-martin-shooting-witnesses-change-stories-ahead-zimmerman-133743219.html

Timeliness:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/23/us/gallery/alaska-japan-tsunami-debris/?hpt=wo_t2

Prominence:

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/23/oh-zuck-facebooks-bumpy-start-just-got-a-little-worse/?hpt=hp_t1

Consequences:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/mickey-shunick-disappearance-search-missing-louisiana-woman/story?id=16409728#.T71KZlF8seE

Human Interest:

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/man-21-charged-beating-up-3-year-old

Proximity:

http://galleries.statesman.com/gallery/baby-zebra-capitol-texas-zoo-052312/

Oddity:

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/investigations/fewer-dollars-for-school-bus-seat-belts

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

New Briefs

STORY 1
Who: Travis Logan
What: First Place winner in visual merchandising at district DECA
When: April
Where: Union College two weeks ago
Why: They will go to state contest
How: By competing 



Summary lead 1: Senior, Travis Logan was first place winner for DECA competition in Visual Merchandising that was held on Union College which was about two weeks ago. On April he will go on a state contest.


Summary lead 2: High school student, senior Travis Logan who was first winner in Visual Merchandising at district DECA competition which was two weeks ago held on Union College. And also junior Dee Contreras who was second place in written test.


Summary lead 3: Travis Logan a senior in high school, was first place winner in Visual Merchandising at district DECA competition that was held on Union College about two weeks ago. And now as a winner on April he will go to state contest. "My goal is taking first at state so i qualify for nation in Florida", Travis said.




STORY 2
Who: Color Guard
What: tryouts
When: Tuesday, May 27
Where: school campus
Why: girls grade 10-12 can compete for 16 positions
How: They need to have skills



Summary lead 1: Tuesday May 25 to May 27 on Thursday will be the tryouts for Color Guards on school campus on west side of the parking lot, for girls in grades 10 through 12th grade. They can compete for 16 positions that include dancing, coordination, rhythm. If you want to try out or need more info go to room 103 to see Ms. Cindy Barker the Color Guard adviser.


Summary lead 2: Girls that are in grade 10 to 12 can go tryout for Color Guard on Tuesday May 25 to Thursday May 27. They can compete 16 positions that can have dancing, rhythm, coordination and flag twirling ability. For more information you can go to Ms. Cindy Barker who is the Color Guard adviser in room 103


Summary lead 3: Color Guard tryouts on Tuesday, May 27 on school campus for girls in grade 10-12 grade, can
compete for 16 positions but have to have skills that dance, flag twirling ability and rhythm

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Writing News Leads Blog

First Story.

Who: Robert and Michael
What: Their parents were executed
When: 1953
Where: Sing Sing
Why: for delivering atomic bomb secrets to the union
How: My guess is they probably send someone to put it over there

Lead: They were the most famous orphans of the cold war, only 6 and 10 years old in 1953 when their parents were executed at sing sing


6 year old Robert and 10 year old Michael foster parents were executed 
when in 1953 at Sing Sing delivered a atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union. 
In 1960 they state their own claim to radical campus but then in 1973 they reclaimed 
that they were the sons of Ethel and Julius. Years laters they admitted that their father 
Julius was a spy so that explains all the things that happened.




Second Story.




Who: Comic book
What: The no. 1 comic book are making a comeback
When: Friday
Where: Online
Why: Because since it was released on 1938 they were only for 10 cents and now there selling them for more money
How: People would do anything to buy that comic since its classic


Lead: After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original "Actions Comics No1" comic book. featuring superman and friends, will make a comeback.













Thursday, May 3, 2012

Architecture photo


Patterns
This building is an example of patterns, you can see were the windows
are at as they go from medium, big, and to small and then back again.

Details
This one is a example of details as it shows you the whole building in this 
picture and shows you how it is.

Surroundings.
This is an example of surroundings as it shows you why that building
is there, which is to let people cross over to the other side since theres mud and water.

Light
Is the example for this picture as the light blends in with the architecture 
at night and makes it look really pretty.

Angles and Shapes
This is an example of that as it was tooken kinda from an angle and
the building is shape like a basket which is really cool how it came out.




Tuesday, May 1, 2012

buildings

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Catalan architect antoni Gaudi
2. When was it built? 1905- 1910
3. Where is it located? 92, Passeig de Gracia, in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? You can visit
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? It was a controversial design at the time for the bold forms of the undulating stone facade.
7. Why did you pick this building? Because i love how pretty it is, and one i would like to visit spain myself.
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Andre WaterKeyn
2. When was it built? 1958
3. Where is it located?  on Boulevard du Centenaire
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? Only three spheres are closed for visitors but other than that you can visit
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? no
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? For Expo'58 the 1958 Brussel's World Fair
7. Why did you pick this building? I think this is the awesomest building ive seen so far! Ive never seen a building built like this.
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Piet Blom
2. When was it built? 1974- 1977
3. Where is it located? Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? you can visit.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? no
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? It is based on the concept of "living as an urban roof"
7. Why did you pick this building? I never knew people built cube houses, they look really cool and inside is just amazing!
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Israeli Canadian
2. When was it built? 1967
3. Where is it located? 2600 Avenue Pierre- Dupuy on the MarcDrouin Quay
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? You can visit.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? It says $39950000
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? Safdies design for Habitat 67 began as a thesis project for his architecture program at McGill University.
7. Why did you pick this building? I like how they look cool all stack on top of eachother
1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Federal states of Lower Saxony
2. When was it built? 1765
3. Where is it located? Hangover, Germany
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? yes you can visit
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? 244 billion
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? Its for Investment banking and real estate banking
7. Why did you pick this building? It looks very good on how they built it, i would like to visit it and see how it looks in person. Plus i love how it looks at night time with the lights.