Opinion Story

Is Dance a sport?

       Many people don't consider dance as a sport. They think it is illy and it's just a hobby, but according to us dancers it is more than just a hobby or something to do in our free time, to us it's a career and an lifestyle.

       I believe that dance is a sport without a doubt because we use the same amount of muscle and maybe even more to get the momentum to get in the air and leap as the amount of muscle volley ball players or soccer players do.

       To be able to dance one must have to be flexible, strong and have stamina to move our bodies and have the perfect technique. Dance takes lots and lots of years of practice and so does any other sport.

       Dancers get college scholarships just like any other football player or soccer player or any other sport players. If dance wasn't a sport, there wouldn't be schools or lessons.

       I am aware that the argument of dance being a sport has been going on since the beginning of sports and dance, but to me and all other dancers, it' snot a question at all.

      What people don't realize when they tell us dance isn't a sport is that it can be very hurtful and bring down our self esteem for doing what we love. A lot of my friends who were dancers quit because of people telling them it's  not a sport and they are just silly for doing it. 

       I know I am not the only one who thinks this and i am sure there are lots of other people arguing about this topic. If you are dancers or just an ordinary person and you think dance is a sport, say something. Don't let people bring you down just for doing what you love or something you are passionate about.

       

HDR intro

1. What manipulations to the camera will you need to make to create an HDR image?

you will need to set the chart to change the lighting
2. What equipment will we use to take this type of image?

we will need to use a tripod so the camera doesn't move
3. What is the reason someone might take an HDR image?

Someone might take an HDR image to get a really good quality image by merging different photos with different lighting together
4. What can we expect to happen with the images once we merge them together, what will we see that we might not have seen with just one photo?

We might see a halo effect around some of the objects

Merger Photo

Graffiti ans Found Objects

HDR images

Normal

Warped

warm-up

1. My favorite photo is the photo of the man fishing because I think it is super cool how the camera could capture the fishing line being casted out. I also love the mountain is in the back.
2. no, it does not seem like all these could have been taken with a phone because they are so good and clear.
3. I think the apps these people could have used impacted it a little bit, but not a lot because the regular camera on the phone did most of the work.
4. tips:
-get a good angle and try to focus on one main thing in the photo
-make sure the lighting is good and take multiple pictures in a row so you have a variety to choose from

Infographics

Final Exam Planning

My plan

1. I plan to shoot this assignment either this weekend (April 30th, May 1st) or the next weekend (May  7th, may 8th)
2. I will shoot at my house
3. I plan to document my friends birthday party down town (I am not certain yet)
4. I will need to check out a camera (canon rebel)
5. I will use still photos at the beginning and end then the video with audio voice over in the middle most likely.

Annual Online Travel Sales
Create column charts

Personal Essays

1. What was one idea that the writer gave in the Wide Range of Topics section that you can use as you start deciding on a topic? Write about something you truly care abut, so you can have a lot of detail and expression.

2. What was one idea the writer gave in the Opinions Pieces section that you should remember as you are writing your piece? Draw the reader in and be specific, don't be generic because it doesn't pull them in.

3. List three suggestions the writer makes in the Personal Essays and Crafts section that you will use as you write. 
- Make connections 
- Have freedom to think what you like in the story
- A string statement that your essay will either support or dispute

Opinions Writing Preview Activity

1. Who wrote the story?

"Apple refuses to violate Privacy of users"

1. Who wrote the story? Doesn't say
2. What is their story about?

This story is about Apple not wanting to violate the shooter's privacy on his phone.

3. What is their direct opinion about that topic? Please quote it directly from the story or do a really good job of paraphrasing. 
They think "the risk isn't worth the potential consequences..."

4. Did they address what the other side might think about their topic?

Yes, the other side might think it is good to do this so they can see if someone has committed a crime or not.

5. Were they wishy-washy with their opinion? By this I mean did they every go back and say well maybe if this were to happen, then their opinion wouldn't be valid. Support your opinion.

They were kind of wishy washy on their opinion, but it was more of what the pros and cons would be in the situation.

6. Are there any quotes in the story?

No, there were no quotes in the story

7. What point of view did they write in (1st, 2nd or 3rd)?

They wrote in third person point of view.

"Drug dog investigations have students feeling as though their rights are being violated at school"

1. Who wrote the story?

Granger Coats

2. What is their story about?

Students feeling violated by the drug dog

3. What is their direct opinion about that topic? Please quote it directly from the story or do a really good job of paraphrasing.

"DAEP should be a punishment saved only for severe cases..."

4. Did they address what the other side might think about their topic?

No

5. Were they wishy-washy with their opinion? By this I mean did they every go back and say well maybe if this were to happen, then their opinion wouldn't be valid. Support your opinion.

No, they stuck to their opinion and backed it up with detail and example

6. Are there any quotes in the story?

No

7. What point of view did they write in (1st, 2nd or 3rd)?

They had a first person point of view

"Social media, back at it again"

1. Who wrote the story?

Alicia Molina

2. What is their story about?

The "Damn Daniel" trend.

3. What is their direct opinion about that topic? Please quote it directly from the story or do a really good job of paraphrasing.

"I thought the video was funny but after a while it started to get annoying."

4. Did they address what the other side might think about their topic?

Yes, other people think it is funny 

5. Were they wishy-washy with their opinion? By this I mean did they every go back and say well maybe if this were to happen, then their opinion wouldn't be valid. Support your opinion.

No, they stuck with their original opinion.

6. Are there any quotes in the story?

Yes

7. What point of view did they write in (1st, 2nd or 3rd)?

They wrote in First person point of view

"Beyonce causes controversy"

1. Who wrote the story?

Fuaad Ajaz

2. What is their story about?

Beyonce standing up for black lives and people getting upset about it

3. What is their direct opinion about that topic? Please quote it directly from the story or do a really good job of paraphrasing.

"No one should be offended by a powerful woman using her position to defend and protect members of her race and culture."

4. Did they address what the other side might think about their topic?

Other people are getting mad at Beyonce for doing this

5. Were they wishy-washy with their opinion? By this I mean did they every go back and say well maybe if this were to happen, then their opinion wouldn't be valid. Support your opinion.

No

6. Are there any quotes in the story?

Yes

7. What point of view did they write in (1st, 2nd or 3rd)?

Third person point of view.

"Is the AP world history test worth it?

1. Who wrote the story?

Mia Barbosa

2. What is their story about?

The AP world history test

3. What is their direct opinion about that topic? Please quote it directly from the story or do a really good job of paraphrasing.

"I think the test is a great way for students to get ahead in the competitive race for college."

4. Did they address what the other side might think about their topic?

Yes, many students jumped on the opportunity  ti take the test

5. Were they wishy-washy with their opinion? By this I mean did they every go back and say well maybe if this were to happen, then their opinion wouldn't be valid. Support your opinion.

No, they stuck to their original opinion

6. Are there any quotes in the story?

No

7. What point of view did they write in (1st, 2nd or 3rd)?

Third and first person point of view

Peer Review SoM

Bianca's SoM story

Paragraphs(12)- 50 pts
5 quotes(11)- 25 pts
Inverted Pyramid-20 pts
TOTAL- 95 pts

Portfolio Analysis

Part 1

Runner-ups
1.
a. Photographer- Carlos Delgado
b. focus- story
c. judges notes- and backgrounds, heavy on color (curves and levels), and hard to understand what photos are.
d. I didn't like this portfolio because I never really knew what was happening and what each photo was. I was kind of confused. Also, the photos had bad lighting and weren't very focused.
Carlos Delgado portfolio Analysis

2.
a. Photographer- Jordan Murph
b. focus- sports
c. judges notes- choose one focus point, a lot of the same pictures, don't like silhouettes
d. the judges liked the lighting of a lot of them and they liked the different concepts of each picture.
e. I liked this portfolio because all of the pictures were really good and had really great focus points.
Jordan Murph Portfolio Analysis

3.
a. Photographer- Travis Haughton
b. focus- stories
c. judges notes- didn't like how the back of a head is dominating some pictures, disproportionate photos, and looks set up
d. the judges like that some of the photos are weird but they stand out, good concepts.
e. I don't like this portfolio because the pictures are kind of generic and boring.
Travis Haughton's Portfolio Analysis

Winning portfolio- Dustin Snipes
a. everybody is doing something in a lot of the pictures, they liked the different concepts the photographer had, and they liked how some things were focused and some things weren't

b. I noticed a lot of strengths the photographer had. One being that he always got the pictures at the perfect time. The only real weakness I noticed was that he did you a lot of photoshop around some parts of the pictures.

Recap
- To pick the winner, the judges had to go through all the portfolios again and talk about them and talk about what pictures they liked and didn't like.

Part 2

Individual Photos

1. One Photo that I agree with the judges on is the photo with

2. One photo that I don't agree with the judges on is

Outside Prompt Shoot

Sports/Action Finale and Architectural Preview Assignment

Kunsthaus Graz, Australia

1. the architects are Sir Peter Cook and Colin Fournier

2. It was built in 2003

3. It is located in Australia

4. It is an art museum that you can visit

5. I could not find anything that says the cost of building this 

6. The building is just an art museum

7. I picked this building because I saw that is was in Australia and i have always wanted to visit there and I know everything there is beautiful so I wanted to see it. I also chose this one when I saw it because the shape and detail is like something Ive never seen before. It almost looks like the pictures of different bacterias we see in science.

Eden Project, UK

1. The architect is Nicholas Grimshaw

2. It was built in 2000

3. It is located in the United Kingdom

4. these buildings welcome visitors and you can go on a tour around the area

5. The total cost was just over 56 million euros

6. The building are biomes with plants and such in them.

 like a green house 

7. I picked this architectural building because I thought it looked SUPER cool and I really was attracted to it because they look like bee hives. 

Turning Torso, Sweden

1. The architect is Santiago Calatrava

2. It was built in 2001

3. It is located in Sweden

4. This building allows public to visit it only on certain days

5. This building is estimated to cost 1-2 billion

6. This is a residential skyscraper

7. I chose this building because I thought it looked really cool, almost like something out of a cartoon. I also chose it because I really have to look at it for a while because it is like an optical illusion when you stare at it for a while.

Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE

1. The architects are Tom Wright and Carlos Ott

2. It was built in 1999

3. It is located along a beach in Dubai

4. This building is public

5. This cost 7.8 billion Us dollars to build

6. The Burj Al Arab is a luxury hotel

7. I chose this architecture because I thought the scenery around it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL and I loved how it is shaped like a sail boat on the ocean. I have also always wanted to visit Dubai and I wanted to do a building from Dubai.

Student of the Month Story

who- Claire cabler

what- Student of the Month

Where- James Bowie high School

When- March 2016

Why- Interview how they feel about the award

How- asked them questions, they answered


first paragraph

        Claire Cabler was named student of the month at James Bowie High school for the month of March 2016. In her Interview with us, she explains how she accomplished the goals she set for herself to become this role as a student.

nut graf

         Student of the month is a bog goal for a lot of the students here at James Bowie High School. To become student of the month students had to submit and application along with an essay and then the submissions were narrowed down to 2 students and later voted on by teachers and students.


Body

       Receiving the student of the month award was a big accomplishment for Claire. Cabler says, "I am excited to be able to help the people around me."

       Claire's teachers were very proud of her accomplishments and becoming student of the month. Teacher, Barbara Tilling, says, "Claire really applies herself in class and makes excellent grades. It was no surprise to me when I heard Claire got this award."

        There were many applications submitted for this months award. A total of 289 students applied for this spot. Best friend of Cabler states, "Although I didn't make it to the final cut, I am very proud of her and I know she will make great decisions"

         Not only is Claire a straight A student, she is also into a lot of community service. "I have been doing community service for a while now and plan to keep doing it." Cabler states, "I love to help the people around me".

          Taking on the role of student of the month is a big deal and a lot of hard work. Cabler says, "I hope this award will take to far in life and push me to work harder."

        

Nut Graf

A "Nut Graf" is an American english journalism term that is a paragraph usually in a feature story that explains the news value of the story.  Editors and journalist use "nut graf" a lot because it summarizes the essence of a story. This can be an entire paragraph or just a simple sentence. The nut graf is short for "nutshell paragraph" also known as writing the paragraph "in a nutshell". The act of a nut graf is called "nut shelling" and the writers are called "nut shellers". he nut graf can be an entire paragraph or just a simple sentence.

Inverted Pyramid

My first Interview

Questions for Student of the Month:

1. How does it feel to be student of the month? Being student of the month feels really great and I am excited for what it has in store for me.

2. Were you and your family happy/proud? why? what did they do? My family was proud because they knew I worked really hard for this.

3. What did you have to do to become student of the month? I had  to do some community service and get good grades.

4. Have you been working hard to become student of the month, or did it just happen? I worked really hard for this.

5. How did your friends react when you got student of the month? what did they do? They were really happy and proud of me and congratulated me a lot.

6. Were you surprised when this happened? What did you do? I was pretty surprised and told a few people I know when I found out about the reward.

7. What do you plan to do as student of the month? I plan to continue working hard, doing more work , and help people.

8. What kind of pressure is on you being student of the month? Pressure that is on me is to be doing a good job and continue helping the people around me.

9.  After your experiences so far, would you ever want to be student of the month of you could? Yes, but I wouldn't want to take away opportunities from other people.

10. Did you have to make mostly A's to become this role as a student? I have to have pretty much all A's.

11. What does it mean to you to be student of the month? It means to work hard, make other people's lives better, and work hard in my own life.

12. Were the votes from teachers or students? The voters were mainly teachers, but there were some student voters.

13. Could the voters vote more than once? I honestly don't know

14. Was this a big accomplishment to you? Yes, because it shows how hard I have worked to accomplish this.

15.  have other students in the school been acting different around you since you were chosen student of the month? not really, but more people have been recognizing me.

16. If so, have they acted more positive or more negative? describe how. They have acted more positive.

17. Are you involved in sports or any other school related activities? i am involved in community service along with some other clubs outside of school.

18. What do you plan to do after high School? I plan to go to college and continue to do more community service.

19. Have you ever gotten an award like this in previous years? If so, what was it? No, this was my first school related award.

20. Do you think this award will help you later in life? what for? Yes, this award will push me to work harder later in life

Learning How to Interview #1

Assignment #1

Topic: School Uniforms

Sources to Interview: Teachers, students, Administrators

Questions:

1. What do you think about the new uniforms?

2. Are you angry, happy, or mutual about getting uniforms?

3. What do you think the uniforms will be like?

4. Do you think you will like the uniforms?

5. Do you think it will be confusing seeing everyone wearing the same thing

6. Do you and your peers agree with this new rule?

7. Did you know ahead of time the school would be getting uniforms?

8. Is it fair that only students have to wear uniforms and not staff?

9. do you think the girls or lys will be more affected? why?

10. What is one thing you would change about the uniforms?

11. Will the environment of the school change? why?

12. Why did the school decide to get uniforms?

13. Will these uniforms get in the way of self expression?

14. Do you think these uniforms will follow school colors?

15. How long do you think these uniforms will last?

16. Will these uniforms make the school a better place? Why?

17. Will the school stay the same? Why?

18. Have you ever gone/ worked at a school with a uniform dress code? If so, what was it like, did you like it?

19. How long ago did the school make the decision to add a uniform dress code?

20. Is there anyone you know who is excited or happy about the new uniforms? why?

Architecture Shoot

details

angle

patterns

surroundings

Sensory Overload

1. "I believe that more and more, we are defining our environments not as the spaces themselves, in terms of the buildings or architecture, but rather by the objects and devices that we buy and surround ourselves with. ... I would like that message to carry through universally," Seymour said.
a. I think this statement is very true because more and more people view the area they live in by the items they own and buy and not by the buildings or architecture
b. I agree with this statement as I said above.
c. as an aspiring photographer this makes me feel like I want to take pictures of buildings and architecture and bring out the beauty in it and bring attention to them.
2. When I saw the images of the different shops, I did want to go there and see all the stuff in person and take my camera to take pictures because I thought it was all so fascinating and interesting.
3. I think being a child of someone who worked in one of these places would be really cool because younger children like bight colors and toys, so being able to go there anytime would be super cool.
4. My favorite photo is the one with the girl sitting in the small space with the bright neon flowers all around her. This is my favorite one because she is just sitting there like it is no big deal and I would be looking all around in aw and would probably have to wear sunglasses.

Action Prompt Shoot

newspaper page

Front Pages of the World

1. My favorite newspaper fronton page was the "Daily Jang" published in Karachi, Pakistan, because I think it's really cool how it is in a different language and the layout of it is very interesting and different.
2. I don't really have a favorite headline because I can't read the language...
3. On tis cover, it looks like there are about 14 stories.
4. I noticed that a lot of the designs for the front pages have semi large pictures and small text/stories around them and a large title.
5. Things that are different are that some of the covers don't have pictures at all or they have one large picture covering the whole page, like a magazine cover, with little text all around the edges.

yearbook spread

King Pica Spread

Yearbook Introduction

what a good yearbook has:
-interesting cover
-table of contents
-good stories
-high quality pictures
-good quotes and captions
-pages aren't too crowded
-staff section
-student section
-sports section
-club section
-student polls
-things that make you laugh
-student life outside of school
-proms/formals
-student style
-band/orchestra section
-student hobbies
-fine arts
-advertising
-autograph section
-page numbers
-titles
-student names
-grade sections
-classes
Questions:
1. the title of my book is "Simply Connected"
2. The school is Klein Oak High School
3. the thematic element is that all the students in the school are connected in some way or another
4. there are 12 sections in my book
5. my favorite spread would be student life cause it's interesting to see what students do outside of school
6. yes there is an index
7. yes there are photos of clubs and groups of students
8. yes there is a table of contents
9. population: 1,929
10. The school is in Texas

Prompt Shoot Peer Review

Peer's Blog- link

1. The photo I like the best is the photo with the "eight" prompt because I really like the simplicity of it and how it is just focused the the numbers and the lockers are blurred in the back

2. I would have to say that my least favorite image is the photo with the "the end" prompt because it is kind of plain and boring and I don't really see why it's "the end".

3. Things I really liked overall were the different interpretations of the prompts we were given and the angles of each photo.

4. I would say he needs to improve on different lighting and using aperture and shutter speed to his advantage more.

5. I think he did the best portraying "connected" because it shows all of  the flags of the world connected so it's like the whole world is connected.

6. I think "the end" was least successfully portrayed because it is just kind of plain and there is nothing to it.

My comment- link

prompt shoot 3

connected

eight

Footprints

The End

Magazine covers