1. Why did the grand jury decide not to charge deputy sheriff Randy McMillian? Page A1 "No charges in taser incident"
Nino de Rivera acted with aggressive behavior towards Deputy Timothy Stalcup, which prompted McMillan to use force.
2. Why is the European court ruling about Google searches so interesting? Page A1 "European court: Google can be forced to remove links"
It is nearly impossible to get a website to take information down, so the European Court of Justice said the search engine could be asked to delete the links.
3. Why did Michelle Obama recently have a photo taken of her holding a sigh with the words 'Bring home our girls'? Page A4 "US aircraft aid in search for missing Nigerian girls" BE SPECIFIC
300 girls were kidnapped in Nigeria and are being held as hostages. Michelle Obama along with others, are protesting by holding signs with "Bring home our girls" on them.
4. Why was the discovery of a chronometer such a big deal? Page B2 "Researchers: Chronometer was 'Big Discovery'"
The chronometer was used from the 18th century as a timepiece to determine ships longitude. The discovery of the chronometer is a reminder that the shipwrecks are time capsules in a way.
5. What will the iPad hopefully be able to do with the next software update? Page B8
It will have a split screen so it is able to run two apps at the same time so people can multitask.
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.
Last week an inmate who was scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma was given the lethal injection, but there were problems with the drug mixture and it took him over 40 minutes to die. While observers and prison officials watched he writhed and struggled before finally succumbing to a heart attack. Lethal injections and the use of the death penalty have come under fire because of this event. The problems really started about a year ago because the main supplier of the drug combination went out of business and states have struggled to find replacements that are as powerful and work as well.
If someone has been convicted in a state that has the death penalty, what should the obligations of the state be when it comes to actually executing that person? I am not asking you what you think about the death penalty, just what you think the state should have to do when they are going to execute a person.
The state should be 100% sure that the injection is capable of causing no suffering. If they are struggling with finding a replacement of some kind and are unsure of what they have created as an alternative, it should absolutely not be used. If someone is supposed to be given the injection but the state does not have the right injection, the death should be put on hold.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Monday, May 12, 2014
Sports Current Event
Step 1: Find a recent interesting sports article from the Austin American-Statesman. (20 points) Provide a link to the article so I can read it.
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODE/AustinAmericanStatesmanNIE/
Step 2: What is the headline? (10 points)
Senior's Deliver Dramatic Win
Step 3: Summarize the main point of the article in one or two sentences. (20 points)
The Longhorns softball team beat Baylor 3-2 on Sunday. Their starter Taylor Thom hit a walk-off double to right field, Brejae Washington scored from first base wining them the game.
Step 4: List any sports jargon (technical words related to a specific sport). (10 points)
Step 5: List any adjectives (descriptive words about players, games, etc.). If none, write N/A. (10 points) N/A
Step 6: Identify the type of article you found and explain why it matches one of the formats below: (20 points)
A recap because it describes at the beginning about who won the game. The article continues to go more in depth about specific events that happened during the game.
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODE/AustinAmericanStatesmanNIE/
Step 2: What is the headline? (10 points)
Senior's Deliver Dramatic Win
Step 3: Summarize the main point of the article in one or two sentences. (20 points)
The Longhorns softball team beat Baylor 3-2 on Sunday. Their starter Taylor Thom hit a walk-off double to right field, Brejae Washington scored from first base wining them the game.
Step 4: List any sports jargon (technical words related to a specific sport). (10 points)
- walk-off-double
- fly out
- tag up
- fly ball
Step 5: List any adjectives (descriptive words about players, games, etc.). If none, write N/A. (10 points) N/A
Step 6: Identify the type of article you found and explain why it matches one of the formats below: (20 points)
A recap because it describes at the beginning about who won the game. The article continues to go more in depth about specific events that happened during the game.
- Step 7: Provide at least one example of how does your article handles one of the following: (10 points)
- Wins, losses season records- Didn't mention it.
- Game scores - At the beginning it tells the score of the most recent game.
- Rankings- Didn't mention it.
Sports Exploration Activity
Directions: Follow the steps below to create a display of the sport of your choice.
Part 1: Researching your sport
1. Choose a sport to research: (Football, Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, etc.)
Baseball
2. Identify your favorite team or athlete for your sport. Search the Internet and find a picture of mascot or photo of the athlete. Save the image to your student folder. Make a new folder called “Sports Exploration” in your student folder to save all of your files for this project. (10 points)
3. Find the most recent rankings for one team or athlete. Include a list of the top 5 teams or athletes for your sport.
American:
Baltimore
Detroit
Oakland
National:
Atlanta
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Base your rankings from an official ranking for your sport (like Hollinger Power Rankings). Not your opinion. (20 points)
4. Provide a summary of one team or athlete’s season performance. The summary should include the following:
1. Wins, losses (5 points)
19 wins 18 losses
2. Did the team make playoffs? If there are no playoffs, name the major tournaments that your team or athlete competed in? (10 points)
Yes
3. Who won the top prize or top tournament for your sport last year? (5 points)
Red Sox
5. List three important rules for your sport. (10 points)
6. List three examples of jargon for your sport and explain what they mean in words non-sport followers could understand. (10 points)
Ace- Teams best starting pitcher
Dish- Home plate
Yakker- Curve Ball
7. What is an example of sports cliché associated with your sport or athlete? What is another way you could say it without using a cliché? (10 points)
"It's a beautiful day for baseball"
It's a nice day outside
8. Name an athlete who is a legend for setting records for your sport? Provide a brief biography about the athlete that
Babe Ruth
• birth place
Baltimore, Maryland
• school attended
St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys
• teams played for
Boston Red Sox, Providence Gray's, New York Yankees
• records set
Most innings ever thrown by one pitcher in a single postseason game
60 home runs
Part 1: Researching your sport
1. Choose a sport to research: (Football, Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, etc.)
Baseball
2. Identify your favorite team or athlete for your sport. Search the Internet and find a picture of mascot or photo of the athlete. Save the image to your student folder. Make a new folder called “Sports Exploration” in your student folder to save all of your files for this project. (10 points)
3. Find the most recent rankings for one team or athlete. Include a list of the top 5 teams or athletes for your sport.
American:
Baltimore
Detroit
Oakland
National:
Atlanta
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Base your rankings from an official ranking for your sport (like Hollinger Power Rankings). Not your opinion. (20 points)
4. Provide a summary of one team or athlete’s season performance. The summary should include the following:
1. Wins, losses (5 points)
19 wins 18 losses
2. Did the team make playoffs? If there are no playoffs, name the major tournaments that your team or athlete competed in? (10 points)
Yes
3. Who won the top prize or top tournament for your sport last year? (5 points)
Red Sox
5. List three important rules for your sport. (10 points)
- An inning ends when the fielding team has gotten 3 players out
- If the batter reaches home homebase it is a homerun
- If a ball is hit over the outfield wall then all players gain a home run
6. List three examples of jargon for your sport and explain what they mean in words non-sport followers could understand. (10 points)
Ace- Teams best starting pitcher
Dish- Home plate
Yakker- Curve Ball
7. What is an example of sports cliché associated with your sport or athlete? What is another way you could say it without using a cliché? (10 points)
"It's a beautiful day for baseball"
It's a nice day outside
8. Name an athlete who is a legend for setting records for your sport? Provide a brief biography about the athlete that
Babe Ruth
• birth place
Baltimore, Maryland
• school attended
St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys
• teams played for
Boston Red Sox, Providence Gray's, New York Yankees
• records set
Most innings ever thrown by one pitcher in a single postseason game
60 home runs
Friday, May 2, 2014
Interviews
Emma Hull
S: Why did you sign up for the color run?
E: I'm a cross country runner and I'm training for next year, I thought it would be a fun little warmup
S: Have you ran anything like this before?
E: Yes, we run 5k's as competition for our cross country meets and I've run a 10k before.
S: What was it like when you first got there?
E: We got our shirts, changed into them, and they blew a whistle for us all to start, and all of the band directors started throwing the colors at us and some of us stayed behind and got more.
S: Did they give you colors?
E: They had a box and would grab some and throw them everywhere, sometimes it got in your mouth, it was gross.
S: Was it what you expected it to be?
E: Yeah bc at the color runs that are professionally run they have blowers that have the color coming out and this was just hand throwing it
S: So was this a smaller one?
E: Yeah, so I didn't get to have as much color as I wanted, but it was really fun still
S: Did it make your running experience different?
E: It kind of sounds cheesy but in a way, it made me run faster around the edges that didn't have color so i could get more color and get there faster.
Emma Seal
E: IT was a charity walk, and it was 3.7 miles around burger center and some people in the walking group had big jugs for water and it was supposed to be symbolic of the long walks that people in Africa have to take every single day to get fresh waster. they raised a lot of money. They had big big jugs that were really heavy and some kids would try and hold them and they'd have this team effort trying hold just one.
S: You didn't carry the water?
E: I didn't carry one because they looked way to heavy. We walked as a group and dispersed through the group there were some people carrying the jugs and people would trade off. One person would carry it and get tired and someone else would help them. I believe we walked 4 times around. Before the walk, during money and after people would donate money at designated areas. The people from bowie, we were going through Mr. Ellebrock, before the race we had to give him some money to donate at least 5 dollars. I think Bowie raised the most money, and we had the biggest turn out. We had a huge group of people, they even recognized us for it.
S: Were there other schools there?
E: Yeah there were elementary schools, middle schools, high schools.
E: I think all of the money is going to a country called Berundi Africa. They said that all of the money that was raised goes directly to Berundi and none of it is third party.
Jordan Dinkins
S: What was the color run like?
J: It was a lot of fun.
S: How did you feel afterwards?
J: I was exhausted.
S: Why did you sign up?
J: It was a way to support the band.
S:Was it raising money?
J: It was a fundraiser for the Bowie Band, we are going to the UK next year.
Ferdinand Frias
S: How did you feel afterward?
F: I felt good, I felt like I did something good for a good cause.
S: How long was the walk?
F: About an hour, an hour and a half.
S: How was it set up?
F: We walked around the whole burger area. It was a lot shorter than I thought.
S: Why did you sign up for the color run?
E: I'm a cross country runner and I'm training for next year, I thought it would be a fun little warmup
S: Have you ran anything like this before?
E: Yes, we run 5k's as competition for our cross country meets and I've run a 10k before.
S: What was it like when you first got there?
E: We got our shirts, changed into them, and they blew a whistle for us all to start, and all of the band directors started throwing the colors at us and some of us stayed behind and got more.
S: Did they give you colors?
E: They had a box and would grab some and throw them everywhere, sometimes it got in your mouth, it was gross.
S: Was it what you expected it to be?
E: Yeah bc at the color runs that are professionally run they have blowers that have the color coming out and this was just hand throwing it
S: So was this a smaller one?
E: Yeah, so I didn't get to have as much color as I wanted, but it was really fun still
S: Did it make your running experience different?
E: It kind of sounds cheesy but in a way, it made me run faster around the edges that didn't have color so i could get more color and get there faster.
Emma Seal
E: IT was a charity walk, and it was 3.7 miles around burger center and some people in the walking group had big jugs for water and it was supposed to be symbolic of the long walks that people in Africa have to take every single day to get fresh waster. they raised a lot of money. They had big big jugs that were really heavy and some kids would try and hold them and they'd have this team effort trying hold just one.
S: You didn't carry the water?
E: I didn't carry one because they looked way to heavy. We walked as a group and dispersed through the group there were some people carrying the jugs and people would trade off. One person would carry it and get tired and someone else would help them. I believe we walked 4 times around. Before the walk, during money and after people would donate money at designated areas. The people from bowie, we were going through Mr. Ellebrock, before the race we had to give him some money to donate at least 5 dollars. I think Bowie raised the most money, and we had the biggest turn out. We had a huge group of people, they even recognized us for it.
S: Were there other schools there?
E: Yeah there were elementary schools, middle schools, high schools.
E: I think all of the money is going to a country called Berundi Africa. They said that all of the money that was raised goes directly to Berundi and none of it is third party.
Jordan Dinkins
S: What was the color run like?
J: It was a lot of fun.
S: How did you feel afterwards?
J: I was exhausted.
S: Why did you sign up?
J: It was a way to support the band.
S:Was it raising money?
J: It was a fundraiser for the Bowie Band, we are going to the UK next year.
Ferdinand Frias
S: How did you feel afterward?
F: I felt good, I felt like I did something good for a good cause.
S: How long was the walk?
F: About an hour, an hour and a half.
S: How was it set up?
F: We walked around the whole burger area. It was a lot shorter than I thought.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
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
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
Monday, April 28, 2014
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.
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.
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