Tuesday, March 23, 2010

How to write a news report

Things to do:
1. Pick a picture and a topic.
2. Make sure your picture and topic match.
3. Make sure you brain storm before you write.
4.Don't get off topic.
5.Don't make a run on sentences.
6.Make sure you have caps and period.
7.Make sure your on topic.
8.Make sure you have made spell checks.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Should boys and girls be required to attend separate high schools?

Should boys and girls be required to attend separate high schools?

In my own opinion I don't think boys and girl should be separate in high school. My reason why is that there will be more fights, and drama.

In elementary boys and girls are together in school and if you separate them in high school it will be wired for them to be separate.

In a all girls school there will be more drama then a combine school, in an all boys school there will be more fights.

Those are my reasons why boys/girls should not be separated in high school.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Makeing Full Sentences

1. April's movie Lord of the Flies.
April has a movie called Lord of the Flies.

2. A group of boys about 5 to 15 years old.
There is a group of boys in the age rang around 5 to 15 years of age.

3. The boys, very excited about not having adults to tell them what to do.
It's okay.

4. At first, trying to create their own civilisation.
At first, they are trying to create their own civilisation.

5. The conch, a large shell. Passed from boy to boy.
A conch is a large shell that can be passed to boy to boy.

6. allowed to speak when they have the conch.
You are allowed to speak only if you have the conch.

7. some boys are kind, some are greedy and selfish
Some boy can be kind, and some are just greedy and selfish.

8. bullies making fun of piggy even though he is the smartest of all the boys.
The bullies make fun of piggy even though he is the smartest boy of them all.

9. Some of the boys decide to follow Ralph, some follow Jack.
Some boys follow Ralph,why all the other follow Jack.

10. basically Ralph's gang and Jack's gang.
Basically both boys gang.

11. Obviously out of control when one boy dies.
It gets out of control when one boy dies.

12. At first, they boys are sure they will be rescued.
At first, the boys are sure that they will be rescued.

13. several weeks later without a rescue.
There was several week without an rescue.

14. an incredible amount of violence from a group of very ordinary boys.
There was an incredible amount of violence from a group of boys.

15. What might the writer, William Golding, be trying to say about human nature?
It's okay.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

writing thing

1. She claims she was playing Frisbee with her friends at the park when the flying dog of doom assaulted her out of nowhere. The police and paramedics believe the dog was attracted to the blue of her jacket and was enraged by it.

2. Today I finished my News Report that I did on Thursday but now I am working on this .

3. It didn't change my mind, but I think better of high school.

4. I did not watch the whole movie.

5. I do not like to write books or paragraphs.

6. Actually I found the movie very entertaining because I understand all of it.

7. I think they are targeting people who would think what it is like to be hung over and people who love comedy.

8. The pilot ejected him from a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank, California, saying he did not fit properly in a single seat.

9. I write good enough that you can read it without difficulty.

10. I don't write that much but I'm pretty confident about my ability.

11. The reason why I think Mrs. Martin and Mr. Pierce choose this film because it show us that anyone can write.

12. Yes, because it shows that anyone can do what they want if they try and different ethnic groups can be friends with each other

13. I did start it Thursday afternoon , but then I ran out of time , so just a few minutes ago I finished it.

14. I hope I have a better English experience using the computers.

15. The movie I enjoy most is The Hang Over. It was historically.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Introduction to News Reports

my new report

-key information comes at the beginning
A men's Olympic luger from the country of Georgia died Friday after a high-speed crash on a track that is the world's fastest and has raised safety concerns among competitors.


-the most important information comes in the first sentence or two (the lead)
A men's Olympic luger from the country of Georgia died Friday after a high-speed crash on a track that is the world's fastest and has raised safety concerns among competitors. A tearful IOC president Jacques Rogge said the death hours before the opening ceremony "clearly casts a shadow over these games."

-the information is presented most to least relevant
most--Nodar Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled during training, went over the track wall and struck an unpadded steel pole near the finish line at Whistler Sliding Center. Kumaritashvili went over the wall at 88 mph, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor.

least--Temperatures are consistently hitting the 50's here in February - following the region's warmest January on record, Glor reports. What's happening? El Nino, in part, driving a warm tropical weather pattern up the West coast, into British Columbia, Glor reports

-the reporter is not part of the story (the reporter writes using 'he,' 'she' or 'they' NOT 'I' or 'me').
"Here you have a young athlete that lost his life in pursuing his passion," Rogge added. "He had a dream to participate in the Olympic Games. He trained hard and he had this fatal accident. I have no words to say what we feel."

-the reporter gives as many facts and details as possible.
Rogge said he was in contact with Kumaritashvili's family and officials from the Georgian government. Georgia's Olympic committee was deciding whether to remain in the games, Rogge said.

-reporters try to include either direct or indirect quotations
i don't know







Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Freedom Writters

1. Why do you think Mrs. Martin and Mr. Pierce chose this film for this class?
I think they picked it because it tells us that you can do anything if you just put your mind to it.

2. Did watching this film change the way you think about high school or teachers or education?Explain.
It didnt change my mind but i think of high school better.

3. Was any part of the movie confusing? If so, what question(s) about the movie would you like answered?
There wasnt any parts of the movie confuseing. but i do have a question can we read the book they read The Dairy of Anne Frank?

4. At what point did the students start learning from their teacher? What changed?
About the second week they started to learn for there teacher. It changed because the teacher started to belieive in them.

5. Does seeing this film make you feel any differently about your own opportunities in high school or this class.
No it doesn't.

6. Is Freedom Writers a good movie? What did (or didn't) you like about it?
Yes Freedom Writers is a good movie. I liked it because it show you how to work with kids like that and to treat them good and that.

Monday, February 8, 2010

A Look at the Literacy Test

a) List the different types of reading selections included in the two booklets.
There are real stories and non-real story and you have to answer questions about the story you reed and all that.

b) List the different types of writing tasks included in the two booklets.
There are to write stories and all that.

c) What are some of the different types of questions included in the two booklets?
There are question asking you about the stories you read and there are question asking you about the things in your life and all that.

d) Which activities do you think you would be best at? (Explain why too)
I don't think i will be best at any of the activities.

e) Which activities do you think would be the most difficult for you? (Explain why too)
I think all the activities are going to be difficult for me.

f) After reviewing the booklets, do you have any questions that you would like answered? If so, ask them here.
NO i dont have any question about it.