Color Run/Walk for Water PREP

Info (Color Run): The color run promotes healthiness, happiness, individuality, and giving back. Their slogan is "The Happiest 5k on the Planet!". Participants wear white at the beginning of the race and throughout the race, runners get covered with paint.

Questions: Color Run
1. Why did you sign up for the Color Run?
2. Have you ran anything like this before?
3. What was the best part about it?
4. Would you participate in it again?
5. How did the colorful paint change your running experience (if at all)?
6. What was it like when you first arrived?
7. Was it what you expected?
8. What was it like having so much paint in the air?

People who ran the Color Run:
Jordan Dinkins
Michelle Chatta
Josh Stout
Aubrey Goodwin
Riley Hamilton

Info (Walk for Water): A walk to represent the 3.7 miles people in developing countries will walk one way to access clean water.  The funds donated to the organization, are donated to The Gazelle Foundation to build water systems so these people can have access to clean water.

Questions: Walk for Water
1. How much water did you carry?
2. What was it like carrying all of that water?
3. How long was the walk?
4. How did you feel afterwards?
5. Why did you sign up for the Walk for Water?
6. Did the experience make you want to further get involved in their program(s)?
7. Was it what you expected?
8. Do you feel like the walk was beneficial?
9. How did the walk effect you (if at all)?

People who ran Walk for Water:
Clara Smith Salgado

Newspaper

Current Events Quiz 6.1

1. Why did members of the group ADAPT protest at the Texas State Capitol over the weekend? Page A1
They wanted to encourage legislators to improve accessibility for disabled people.
2.  Why is it so important that the Austin milk bank get a new home? Page A1
To meet the high rising demand for breast milk.
3. Why are dog owners unhappy about proposed changes at Auditorium Shores? Page B2
The park is limiting the places where dogs can be off leashes.
4. What makes Pinterest popular? Page B5
It is now being used to help businesses and sales.
5. What would you see if you went to the show "Sputnik"? Page D1
A story about the collapsed environment including puppetry, animation, live and recorded music.
REMINDER - Some of you are not writing enough here. A single sentence isn't enough. I expect you to expand upon your writing. If you think you have written enough, you haven't, write more. Be sure to answer WHY you think something.

A. Recently a ferry ran aground and sunk in South Korea. Many of the people on board who were killed were high school students on a field trip. As the investigation has continued a number of people have been arrested and will be charged with a crime. Among those are the captain of the ship who was reportedly one of the first off the ship and was on one of the few lifeboats that got away. The ship had been modified to carry more passengers and this may have contributed to its sinking (which was very quick, some reports say as fast as 10 minutes). It has spread to the government of South Korea and the Prime Minister of the country resigned over the weekend. What do you know and think about this event? AND (please don't forget this part) Who should be held accountable, the captain of the ship, the owners of the ship itself, the Prime Minister of the country (this would be like President Obama resigning over an airplane crash that killed 300 people because he withheld information about the crash for some reason)??? Why??

I think that the Prime Minister should be held accountable because he shouldn't have resigned because of this event. It is so obvious that he is running from what happened which shows that he had something to do with it. So as of now he should be accountable for this event. However, actions should be taken. They should question him and get his information in order to go to the next step. If he isn't the only one responsible for this event, then whoever else he says, should be investigated as well, and held accountable if necessary. 

Other High School Newspapers

1. What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why? My favorite is The Tiger Print Newspaper
2. Which paper immediately grabbed your interest? Why? The Harbinger because the photo is shocking and scary.
3. What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? A Dangerous Drink because I want to know what happened to the student in the stretcher and it's amazing to me that the drink is still in his hand.
4. How many stories are on the front page of your favorite?  3
5. What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at design, size of photos, size of story text, etc. They all seem to have a very prominent photo to catch attention, and they have colorful text and pretty fonts.
6. What are things that vary (or are different) on the front pages of different newspapers? Look at design, size of photos, size of headlines, etc. They all have the title of their newspaper in different places and different sizes, some use photographs of people or nature while others use drawings or cartoons. 
7. Were these similar to what you saw last class when you looked at daily newspapers from around the world? They were a lot different.

Broadsheet: The Lonestar Dispatch, The View, The Growl

Tabloid: TJ Today, The Rider, The Review

NewsMagazine: Eagle Eye, The Globe, The Mustang

Headlines A heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine. Larger than subheadline. 

Subheadlines A heading given to a subsection of a piece of writing. Italics or different font.

Lines A horizontal row of written or printed words. 

Boxes Separates the text from the pictures. 

Photos A picture of something, someone or an event.

Teaser A short introductory advertisement for stories on the inside of the newspaper.

Flag The name of the paper, date, address, issue number, website, school name.

Folios An individual leaf of paper or parchment, numbered on the rector or front side only, occurring either loose as one of a series or forming part of a bound volume. 

Captions A title or brief explanation appended to the photos in the newspaper.

Stories A report of a niter of news in a newspaper, magazine, or news broadcast.

Bylines A line in a newspaper naming the writer of an article.

Jumps A story will end on one page and proceeds on another page.

Story dividers They are used to create a break in-between two stories. 


Screens A colored box behind a story or text.

Infographics A visual linage such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data.

Masthead/staff box Masthead is the list of information about a newspaper or magazine which is usually printed near the editorial page or inside cover, each reporter editor and editorial workers have their own boxes.

Front Pages of the World

1. What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why? I liked Morning Sun from Michigan because the title is really inviting and original.
2. What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? Case of Dead Calves to Continue. I am interested because it sounds like it is an intense story that has been going on for a while which seems important and is intriguing. 
3. How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? 4
4. What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at design, size of photos, size of story text, etc. They all have about 4 Headlines on the front page, the title is in large bold text, there is usually one large photo and a few smaller ones.
5. What are things that vary (or are different) on the front pages of different newspapers? Look at design, size of photos, size of headlines, etc. No cover uses the same layout, they are all unique. The photos come in all different shapes and sizes, same with the title of the newspaper, they come in all different fonts and some are in color.s

Magazine Cover Peer Review

1. What is the name of the magazine and who made it?

High Times by Samuel Lee.

2. List two things you liked about the magazine cover

I like his creativity and his font and font color choices.

3. Suggest something to the creator to improve the cover

I think he could've use more headlines to make the magazine more exciting so people will want to read it.

4. Why did you pick this cover? Specifically what attracted your eyes.

It made me laugh when I read the title and the price.

5. Is there a bar code? 

Yes

6. Did that make it more "magazine-like"?

The placement was weird, so no.

7. Can you tell if it was a portrait or self-portrait?

Self portrait.

1. What is the name of the magazine and who made it?

Teens Weekly by Areceli Rivera.

2. List two things you liked about the magazine cover

I love the picture on the magazine and I also like the headline.

3. Suggest something to the creator to improve the cover

She could have moved the text so that it wouldn't cover her face.

4. Why did you pick this cover? Specifically what attracted your eyes.

The picture was a well taken photo and it caught my attention as well as the pretty font.

5. Is there a bar code? 

Yes.

6. Did that make it more "magazine-like"?

Yes.

7. Can you tell if it was a portrait or self-portrait?

Portrait.

1. What is the name of the magazine and who made it?

Modern Dog by Avery Copley.

2. List two things you liked about the magazine cover

The photo is a well taken picture and the dog is super cute.

3. Suggest something to the creator to improve the cover

Make sure no text that is black, gets lost within the picture. 

4. Why did you pick this cover? Specifically what attracted your eyes.

The kid and the dog looked so cute and happy together, I wanted to look at it more.

5. Is there a bar code? 

Yes

6. Did that make it more "magazine-like"?

Yes

7. Can you tell if it was a portrait or self-portrait?

Portrait.

Magazine Cover

Current Events Quiz 5.4

1. Why did the US Supreme Court decide to strike down a proposed law about campaign contributions? Page A1

It reflected off of the 15th Amendment, and the role of government in regulating elections and controlling participation in politics.
2.  What was the name of the dog that saved its owner in a fire? Page B2

Chloe

3. What happened to Toy Joy, an Austin-based iconic toy store? Page B7

The store had been closed, but was bought at an auction by the owners of Wild about Music and Austin Rocks Texas.

4. What happened yesterday at Fort Hood? Page A1

There was a shooting by a man who had mental and behavioral issues. He killed 3 and wounded 16. 
5. What does wage-stealing mean specifically? Page A9

Wages of employees at fast food restaurants are being stolen by their employers. 

REMINDER - Some of you are not writing enough here. A single sentence isn't enough. I expect you to expand upon your writing. If you think you have written enough, you haven't, write more. Be sure to answer WHY you think something.

A. Why do you think that these random acts of violence keep occurring at US Military bases here in the United States, like the one that happened at Fort Hood yesterday? Remember this is the second time in just a short number of years that this has happened at that base.

I think that in todays society, we are easily given ideas of violence through the media. This isn't what truly causes people to act violently though. I think, that there have always been disturbed people who want to act violently. The only benefit of today is that they see it on the news being done by others, and it causes more disturbed people to get the idea that that is okay. In the past, it was probably harder to come up with ideas or plans on how to go about performing a terrible act. I don't understand why someone would shoot at Fort Hood again. It doesn't make sense, but to that person, it made sense to them. It's sad that people are so disturbed that they perform these acts. 

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