Wednesday, February 11, 2015

The Lone Star Dispatch Issue #4

Front Page
its about an ex-marine, theater teacher who's batallling cancer . They found out the the tumor was inoperable, and when she  recovered from surgery, she began teaching technical theatre. The article is also about all the support from everyone in her  family and all her fiends and students.


Who? an ex-marine teacher
What? battling cancer 
Where? America
When? now
Why? we don't know 
How? we don't know
Who was quoted in the story? Rachael Gomez
What quote was the strongest in your opinion? 'It changer how you view life a lot. I mean we always knew what was important, but now even more so.
Did the lead sentence make you want to keep reading?
yes, It was really interesting.
Was the conclusion a quote or a statement?
quote


Student Life

you love em' hate em' but date em' is about high school relationships. It talks about the good and bad things of dating during high schools. it also give us two examples of two different relationships


Who? high schoolers
What? relationships
Where? high school
When? during high school
Why? because they love each other
How? it depends
Who was quoted in the story? a girl and a boy that are in relationships and a teacher
What quote was the strongest in your opinion? 'The key is finding balance between spending time with the person you're in relationship with and all  the other the others  friends who have been by your side  way before this new person entered the picture'
Did the lead sentence make you want to keep reading? yes 

Was the conclusion a quote or a statement? qoute

News
texas country youth show features fierce competition is about a sophomore that goes to TCYS  a competition where students show their animals. He showed two pigs, a goat, food and a picture. He also tells us about the process and how much time it takes.

Who? a sophomore
What? goes to a animal competition
Where? Texas
When? 2015
Why? because he likes it
How? working on the animals
Who was quoted in the story? the sophomore
What quote was the strongest in your opinion? 'The goat had go walk on this special treadmill'
Did the lead sentence make you want to keep reading? not really
Was the conclusion a quote or a statement? quote 

Sports
world champions hits the target is about a girl called brooke that is the highest ranked female knife thrower in the world. She tells us how she started liking it when she was 5 thanks to her dad. She also talks about how she became the worlds female champions.

Who? brooke
What?  she is the female champions
Where? in the world
When? right now
Why? because she likes it
How? scoring 200
Who was quoted in the story? brooke
What quote was the strongest in your opinion?
'she was the youngest person to break 200'
Did the lead sentence make you want to keep reading?
yes
Was the conclusion a quote or a statement?
quote

Entertainment
the theater company in school is making a play about Evita, a governor from argentina that was worshiped by all the poor people. The article is also about the process and the cast, there is 6 girls playing evita and about 4 directors.

Who? theater
What? a new play
Where? james bowie high school
When? now
Why? for school
How? by singing and acting
Who was quoted in the story? some of the actors
What quote was the strongest in your opinion? 'it wouldn't have been pulled off if six of all us girls weren't as close as we are'
Did the lead sentence make you want to keep reading? yes
Was the conclusion a quote or a statement? statement

Commentary
this article is about the new year resolutions. They talk about how they think is pointless to wait till new years to make a resolution and that the goals should be realistic.

Who? people
What? new year resolution
Where? around the world
When? new years
Why? because its a tradition
How? thinking about something you want to do and doing it
Who was quoted in the story? the author is expressing how he feels about it
What quote was the strongest in your opinion? 'always remember that failure is part of the process to succes'
Did the lead sentence make you want to keep reading? yes 
Was the conclusion a quote or a statement? statement
 
in depth 
This is about the new law about not texting or using your phone while driving a car or riding a bike.It talks about how texting and driving is really dangerous and can kill you. I also learned some other options for using you phone without using your hands or eyes.

Who? people in austin
What?texting and driving
Where? Austin
When? now
Why? because it could be dangerous
How? not using you phone
Who was quoted in the story? different students
What quote was the strongest in your opinion?'the average text messages take your eyes of the road for nearly five seconds'
Did the lead sentence make you want to keep reading? yes
Was the conclusion a quote or a statement? statement

Monday, February 9, 2015

Elements present on a well designed newspaper page:

Headlines  
The title or heading of an article


Subheadlines 
second most important information


Lines
 printed line accompanying a news story, article, or the like, giving the author's name. See more.


Boxes
Safe And Dry In Our Durable And Waterproof Newspaper Boxes 


Photos
pictures related with the story


Teaser

 A short item, a headline, or photo with caption referring to or promoting a news article or feature on inside pages.

Flag
A flag of the newspaper is a display used by a newspaper to indicate section pages or special pages


Folios a book made with very large sheets of paper

Captions
words printed above or below a picture in a book or newspaper or on a television screen to explain what the picture is showing


Stories

something that has happened

Bylines
a printed line accompanying a news story, article, or the like, giving theauthor's name.
Jumps 

a line of type identifying the page on or from which a newspaper storyis continued.


Story dividers
 They can be used as a page break in a chapter of your story


Screens 
blank surface on which a film or photographic image is projected


Infographics

is a representation of information in a graphic format 

Masthead/staff box

 a statement printed in all issues of a newspaper

Other High School Newspapers



What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why? 
I really like the westsidestory because I really like thehe picture and what they did with the name 

Which paper immediately grabbed your interest? Why? 
I think the same because the picture is big and  I really like the typography 

What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? 
there is only one headline and I'm not really interested in it
.How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? 
one

What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at design, size of photos, size of 
story text, etc.
the elements are similar in all of them

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. 
many of them have big pictures while in others its small and there is a lot of text

Were these similar to what you saw last class when you looked at daily newspapers from around the world? 
some of them were really similar while the ones with big pictures were completely different.



Broadsheet
Tabloid 

 the royal news October 2013

NewsMagazine

The Express December 2013

December 20 issue westsidestory

 

Front Pages of the World

What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why?  
my favorite news paper was the york dispatch because I thought that the articles in the front pages were interesting

What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? 
my favorite headline from the newspaper is Sam Smith king of the Grammys because I really like him

How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? 
8



What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at design, size of photos, size of story text, etc.
most of them follow the rules of king pika, the size of the text and photos are similar and the story sometimes is the same too.

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. 
 where different things are located and also, there were a couple of really original covers with circle pictures and things like that.