Friday, April 28, 2017

Illustrations




HDR Photography

1. You will have to change the shutter speed so you can have many different pictures with different lighting so when they are mashed together they form a dark or light picture.

2. You will need a camera, a tripod to make sure the photos aren't blurry for when you need to take the photo at a low shutter speed.

3. They might wanna take a HDR photo to make the surrounding are like a painting and not like a photo and make it seem unrealistic.

4. You might see sun streaks in the sky like in many examples that will not show up in just one photo. And with many photos that are infocus can make the picture really in focus that can make small things more clear that you cannot see in just one photo.



MY HDR PHOTOGRAPH 



HDR From " The Photo Argus" 





HDR From "19 Beautiful Examples of HDR Done Right" 





Thursday, April 27, 2017

Infographic


Final Exam Planning

1. I plan on shooting this assignment this up coming weekend.

2. I want to shoot it at my house

3. I want to document yard work and the steps to washing your car and watering plants

4. I will only need a camera, a car, a person, and wash car supplies

5. My narration will be in the beginning and the end of the video talking about the credits and the opening. I want include the videos in the middle and at the end of the show when my dad is drying the car or vacuuming the car out. The beginning of the video will start out showing the tools needed for the car wash and then the step by step process of how to clean the car, sweep leaves after its done and water plants.


My Opinion Story

             
Foreign Aid 



             Money sent by foreign aid can help the economy in a developing country and their poverty. Schools, better structure for government, and businesses can all be built with foreign aid. The United I believe foreign aid is very helpful to a poor country and some countries should get more foreign aid.
With the new president Donald Trump making threats and passing new laws to prevent immigrants from coming illegally into the United States, the developing countries need more money to prevent their people from leaving. Many people leave their country to find a job and get a better life, and with the foreign aid the countries can get a better economy so their people can stay in their country.
            Along with that since many people living here that are illegal are being sent back to where they came from they are going to a place with danger, violence and poverty. Them being sent back endangers their children unless money or foreign aid can help the government have better structure and control of their country.
            34 million dollars are given to Guatemala as foreign aid to help them out of the 35 billion dollars the US donates as a whole. While there is a possibility that some of the countries use the money in the wrong way, many other countries such as Guatemala depend and rely on the money in order to keep their economy alive and running for just one more day.
            Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti, Colombia, Honduras and El Salvador are some of the Central American and Latin American countries that are provided a tiny amount of money to help them economically, but are reliable trading partners with the USA. These countries provide the US with resources that we use every day and the United States can do a lot more by providing them with more money to not have them not be developing countries anymore. It can be a bigger and better thank you for what they do for us.
            Starbucks is a popular drink place where many people go to get a good cheap cup of coffee. Brazil, Colombia, Vietnam and Indonesia are some of the United States largest and biggest coffee bean traders and sellers. All of those countries are considered developing countries and none of them get more than 400 million dollars to help the economy improve their living and poverty. And yet they give us something a lot of people need and want every day.
            Many people and families that live in Guatemala get paid less than 1 dollar a day to pay for food, water and shelter. Along with not getting paid very much the families tend to have 3 or more children living at the house. Money sent by the United States can bring new job opportunities for a steady income even though many people cannot read or write. 
            Schools and education cost roughly 25 dollars to buy and pay for books, about 30% of all Guatemalans cannot read or write because they cannot afford the expenses. With the help of foreign aid many banks such as the Grameen Bank can be built to give out loans to people who are in desperate need of help.  Loans can help a family begin a new life and start a new business if the loans are paid off and the business does well.
            Foreign aid can pay for medicines and doctors’ offices for children who become sick in the poor working and environmental conditions. 19 out of a thousand children die because of the poor conditions people in Guatemala live in, most only have concrete walls a wooden roof and some rugs to sleep on. Better health by having doctors and a better home will lower the amount of deaths of children and will increase their survival.

            One million dollars could be the life of death of some people in developing countries. With the help from the US government by giving more, or even you by donating at charities can help those in need. Even if you don’t own much, a little bit can go a long way.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Personal Essays

1. The author gave good advice that your story needs to be something that you're passionate about, something that you can really sell and make people believe you.

2. You need to be specific when backing up your evidence. Readers like facts and statistics and not generalizations those keep the reader away.

3. You should avoid rants in your opinion story because rants can lose a reader and not make then connect with your personally. Making connections can also help when writing a story, not only using statistics but also including individual experiences that make the reader more emotional. Using the 5 senses in your stories helps the reader understand and get a clear visual of what you're picturing and how you want them to view it.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Slo Practice- Warm Up

1. B
2. C
3.C
4.D
5.B
6.C

Sarah and her new husband Josh are walking down the isle greeting there gest that came to the wedding. Josh and Sarah spent months planning this wedding to make it perfect and choose there wedding cake to be chocolate.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Option Writing Preview #1

1. editoriorial
2. about the new president and the new immigration laws against immigrants coming to the USA
3. "We should do everything we can to reach out to the world's immigrants in an effort to continue to be the world leader."
4. Yes they did
5. They really stuck to the facts in this story and didn't voice their opinion too much but when they did they made sure not to contradict there opinion.
6. There are not quotes
7. Second person


1.  Written by reagan Wallace
2. About how Betsy De Vos is not a good secretary.
3.  "I don't believe she is prepared to lead a country's education system."
4.  No the article does not talk about the good things De Vos has done only how she is not qualified to be the head person in the US Education Department.
5. This person was not wishy washy she stuck to her opinion to not liking De Vos she stuck to her opinion and backed it up very well.
6. There are very very few quotes but not from a person she interviewed.
7. Second person

1. Ian Miller
2.  Story is about saving the school tree because it is dying and what you can do to help it.
3. "In my opinion, it's absolutely worth the price to save it"
4. Yes they did address both sides of the story
5. No they were not wishy washy they really wanted people to save the tree and thought it was necessary.
6. No there is no quotes
7. Second Person

1. Jake Brien
2. The story is about the collages and how it is important for people to attend and how much harder it is get into collage.
3. " Its not about stating to study the night before a test: its about self-perservence and a determination to succeed beyond the norm"
4. Yes did mention the other side of the story
5. It was hard to tell what there opinion was about collages and the amount of people getting into collage.
6. No did not use quotes
7. Second Person

1. Abby Ong
2. About how bowie students don't want/have to take physics in order to graduate
3. "I believe all students should take it regardless of an endorsement or future career choices"
4. Yes it does mention the other side of the story too.
5. They were kind of wishy washy the mentioned that people need to take physics but also said if theres a better science class to take that as well.
6.  No there is no quotes
7. Second person



A. A difference would be a hard story is based on facts only, opinions are your opinions because there is no right or wrong answer. The opinion story is told in first person perspective and the hard story can be told in third person. The hard story also can have quotes from other people but the opinions can't really have quotes from a interview if the story is based on what you personally think.
B. These are mainly opinion writings and peoples opinions can be different then others.
C. How you think people should handle a situation, wether its government, environmental or justice.

Peer Review Student of the Month

Paragraphs- 50
5 Quotes- 25
Inverted Pyramid- 10
Extra Credit- 5
Total- 85

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Nut Graf


A Nut Graf is the second paragraph or part to the story line. The first paragraph or intro talks about the main points of the story and gives the reader a good sense of what the story is going to be about and background information about the story. The nut graf is a summary of what happened in the situation and why the story is so important. It is not very long, maybe 2 paragraphs. It gives the reader a sense of what happened while the first paragraph explains wha the situation is.

A nut Graf is important because it is what grabs the reader and makes them want to read more to find out about the story. It has facts and important resources of where you got your information but the most important thing is to not give the ending of the story away. The point is to draw the reader in not make them stop by spoiling the ending. Another thing the nut graf does is answer any questions the reader might have while reading the story to make sure they fully understand what is going on.

Student of the Month

Who- Aidan Smith
What- award given to students that are respectful to peers and teachers, hardworking, honest and involved in the bowie community every month.
When- April 11, 2017
Where- James Bowie High School
Why - To get more information for bowie students to know more about student of the month
How - her reactions toward getting the award was happy and surprised.

   The student of the month award is an award given to a person who is respectful to peers, teachers, is hardworking, honest and involved in the Bowie community. This months student of the month was awarded to Aidan Smith on April 11, 2017 at James Bowie High School. Aidan said she was "shocked and happy" to find out she was the new student of the month.
    Administrates watch the students for a couple of week in order to decide who should be the next student of the month. There are approximately 3,000 students that attend Bowie High School, Aidan was the one chosen out of all 2,999 students for this month.

Aidan Smith described herself in three words.

 " I am honest, caring and outgoing to other people,"Smith said.

Aidan mother was asked how she felt about her daughter being the Student of the Month.

"I was very, very proud of Aidan for becoming Student of the Month,"Smiths mother said.

When Aidan becomes a senior she talked about what she wanted to accomplish before leaving Bowie High School.

" I want to become the captain of the cheerleading team at Bowie High School," said Smith.

Growing up as a kid Aidan talks about her biggest role model and why.

"My mom is my biggest role model because she is so very hardworking and selfless and puts others needs before hers," described by Smith.

Being a freshman Aidan talked about one of there favorite things so far at Bowie.

"One of my favorite things about Bowie is the amount of electives to choose from and how much of a  variety and difference there is," spoken by Smith.

"I want to attend the University of California at Los Angeles."





My First Interview

1. What is your name?

            Aidan 

2. What grade are you in?

             ninth 

3. What are the qualities you think about with the Student of the Month?

Someone who is respectful to peer and teachers, works hard and is involved with the school

4. Is the student of the month award based on academic grades?

               No

5. Is the student of the month award based of personality?

             No

6. Why do you think you were chosen for student of the month?

         It is a mixture of both 

7. Is you in any activities outside of school?

       Yes, Cheerleading 

8. What is your  favorite subject?

       English

9. What does the you want to be when you grow up?

Interior Designer 

10. What college does the student of the month want to attend?

Ucla 

11. How do you see yourself in 10 years?

Out of college, has a good job and living in California 

12. What do you wish to accomplish by you senior year?

I want to be captain of the varsity of the cheerleading team 

13. Describe yourself in 3 words?

Honest, Caring, and outgoing

14. What is your favorite thing about bowie high school?

There are so many electives to choose from at bowie

15. Outside your family and friends, what do you respect the most?

my coaches 

16. What is your biggest accomplishment in high school so far?

Making the varsity cheerleading as a freshmen 

17. How did your parents feel about you getting the award?

They were very proud 

18. How did your friends react to you getting the award?

They were very jealous 

19. How did you react to getting the award?

I was very happy 

20. Who is your biggest role model?

My mom because she is so very hardworking and selfless and puts others needs before hers. 

Inverted Pyramid


Friday, April 7, 2017

Video Analysis



PART ONE
Video #1 
A. Sam Adams
B. Biking
C. Didn't like where some of the objects where placed in photos, wish there was more action in some, bad lighting, photos don't look realistic
D. Liked Shadow and jay walker in 2 photos
E.  The photos were ok, some of the photos didn't do anything for me and didn't grab my attention. The subject in some of the photos were not clear to me.


Video #2
A. Justin Mott
B. Poverty
C. Wished the emotion in some could have been more grabbing, some photos had bad intentional blur, some photos were confusing and didn't know what they were looking at.
D.  Some photos had really good emotion, like how the photographer was trying new things with his photos, good composition, mood and light
E. I liked this photographer because he could really capture and tell the story of poverty in other countries and doesn't shoot the ordinary things in life.


Video #3
A. Melissa Golden
B. Old People & Make Up Day
C. Out of focus, missed important parts of photos, too much stuff in the background, distracting power lines in photos
D. Good portrait photo, captures full story in photo
E. I did not like the photographer because it took them a very long time to actually present and show their theme and story. Many photos were boring and never got any of my attention from them.


Video #4
A. Carlos Delgado
B. Hardships and Hard Times
C. Cluttered background, exposure of colors are too bright, can't see faces
D. 
E. Many photos were very cluttered with items in the background or foreground. Levels of composition in colored photos were too bright. Many items in photo seemed unrealistic.


2A. Nice color composition, photographer seems to be doing activities along with the people in the photos. very creative

2B. I liked how the photographer really got into the action and wasn't afraid to get dirty. He made the viewers feel like they are in that moment and experiencing that time in the past.

3A. The looked at the story line and if the photographer followed their story or if the story was easily noticeable. They also looked to see if the portfolio was put together nicely and flows with the story. Along with that they made sure no photos were fillers to make the portfolio seem really long.

PART TWO 

1. I agree witht he judges when they chose the rugby photo first in the action category. The emotion in the photo makes the view want to know what happened afterwards and cringe. And it is something that wasn't planned to happen, which makes it that much hard to capture.

2. I did not agree with the women being attacked by the goose. The photo didn't make me feel anything and didn't make me want to look at it many different times. The sumo wrestler should have been first because there was line sin the photo from the escalator and also had emotion from other people in the photo. And it made me want to know more about the story and makes me have a lot of questions about the situation.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Learning How to Interview

Topic: School Uniforms

Sources:  Head of the School Board, School Principle, A Teacher, A Student

20 Questions: 

1. What is the School Uniform Policy?
2. Why is it becoming a rule for every school?
3. What is your opinion about the new rule?
4. Why do you think the policy is good?
5. Why do you think the policy is bad?
6.  How are you going to enforce this new policy?
7. Do you think the new policy will improve how the school is run?
8. Do you feel this is the most important issue for the school board to be focused on?
9. Will the parents of the students be affected by this rule?
10. Will the students academic education affect them in any way?
11. Will the new school uniform affect any religions or cultures in the school?
12. Are the uniforms affordable for everyone to buy?
13. Are the teachers of the school going to enforce the new uniform policy?
14. Is the new policy for the entire school?
15. What policy is going to be in place for those who break the uniform rule?
16. Do you believe the new policy is breaking the students constitutional rights?
17. Do you think this new policy will cause peace with the students at the school about the rule?
18. Are the uniforms practical for all seasons of the year?
19. Do you believe the new uniforms will help with gender identity among the students?
20. Will the uniforms prevent bullying or hazing at the school?


Topic: Student of the Month

Sources: Student of the Month

20 Questions:


1. What is your name
2. What grade are you in?
3. What are the qualities you think about with the Student of the Month?
4. Is the student of the month award based on academic grades?
5. Is the student of the month award based of personality?
6. Why do you think you were chosen for student of the month?
7. Is you in any activities outside of school?
8. What is your  favorite subject?
9. What does the you want to be when you grow up?
10. What college does the student of the month want to attend?
11. How do you see yourself in 10 years?
12. What do you wish to accomplish by you senior year?
13. Describe yourself in 3 words?
14. What is your favorite school subject?
15. Outside your family and friends, what do you respect the most?
16. What is your biggest accomplishment in high school so far?
17. How did your parents feel about you getting the award?
18. How did your friends react to you getting the award?
19. How did you react to getting the award?
20. Who is your biggest role model?

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