Forever

Is the #1 "New York Times" best selling author Judy Blame,
A groundbreaking novel about two teenagers who fall in love.
Katherine and Michael haven’t been together that long but know that their relationship and love for each other is serious. Katherine and Michael can’t seem to get enough of each other. They seem to be having a sexual relationship too. Although Katherine is still a virgin she’s not really sure if they should take their relationship to the next level. Katherine’s parents don’t really approve of Michael, not that he’s a bad guy or anything like that, its just that Katherine’s been spending a lot of time with Michael and it seems that’s all she wants to do. Katherine’s mom just doesn’t want Katherine to get hurt and thinks that she shouldn’t take their relationship so serious since Michaels all Katherine ever thinks and talks about. Katherine being a senior is heading off to college and so is Michael having the summer to spend time together, coming to find out that she has to take a tennis job that her father got for her. Angry and mad that her dad didn’t ask for her permission, Katherine doesn’t want to go and tells her father that she’s already 18 years old and can make her own decisions on her own. Katherine thinks it over and decides to take the tennis job since it’s kind of late of late since Katherine’s father already told the tennis guy that Katherine would love to work there Katherine doesn’t really have a choice. Working at the tennis camp her little sister is attending, Katherine seems to be having feeling for another guy name Theo. Katherine writes Michael and tells him about what’s going on at camp but never has the guts to bring up Theo. Katherine goes through a rough time losing her grandfather, Michael thinks that’s the reason Katherine hasn’t wrote him in a while but the truth is that Katherine feels confused about her love for Michael and is not sure if she still wants to be with him, having mixed feels for Theo and all. Michael decides to show up unexpectedly to surprise Katherine. Katherine finally tells Michael that she wants to give it some time and she never meant to hurt him. Michael furious tells Katherine at he cheated on her the whole time he was in North Carolina. Katherine knows he’s only telling her that to hurt her feelings. In the end Katherine doesn’t feel any regrets about Michael and says she will always love him. In the end Katherine gets a phone call from Theo. [=

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Chris Wright was off road biking,May 29,at soon middle school." Dozens of us would spend hours each weekened riding our bikes," says Chris Wright "This was one of our favorite places to go offroading," Now we'll just have to find some place else." By Emma Juneke



Curt Arnette, the laste game of the season was against Taylor, Friday, Feb. 13 at Alamo Dome. " We played probably harder than we've ever played before. And that's what it takes to be district champs. It was tough was tough making it to rigional play-offs and then getting beat says Curt Arnette. But at least Taylor High School went on to win. They were good. In same ways, I was relieved the season was over. I was tired of having to work out two hours a day. By Joey Lin



Student Council President Jill Carvness, gives blood, in small gym on Tuesday Oct. 13, 6:30 a.m. "Hit hurt a bit when needle went in. And i didn't particularly like watching my blood flow through the tube, but it was for a good cause," said Jill Carvness. The Student Council was attempting to collect 30 pints of blood in one day to help flood victims after the flash flooding that accurred in late September.

A picture is worth 1000 words, but still needs a caption

looking at a picture without a caption is like watching television without sound. A photograph should attract the attention of the reader. A good caption can continue to fill the details which are not in the picture. How to give a good caption, you should be specific: give details.
You should tell something different, thats not shown in the picture. You should'nt use just first or last names. Use leads that well capture the readers attention.

ETHICS

A doctor who prescribes an illegal medicine could lose his license, and a lawyer who mislead a client, may be guilty of violating a code of ethics. But a reporter may win a Pulitzer Prize. The power to license or regulate is the power to censor. So it's crucial as you are revising your writing to reflect on how it came to be.

LIBEL

A reporter handles a valuable and fragile possession, a person's reputation in writing the news. You always have to make sure your not going to injure someone's reputation. Here are some things to look for: "false" is the key word, be certain you can prove what you publish. Another can be, your false report is priveileged you will be guilty of libel.

GETTING IT RIGHT-PART 2

A careful writer is precise. A writer must be just as selective with her/his words. To make sure presice ask yourself these questions. Are my sentences simple and strong? You have to rely on strong nous and verbs, not a adjectives and adverbs. Or have i been concise? Use short words instead of long, the familiar to the not so familiar, the specific to the abstract.

GETTING IT RIGHT-PART 1

Practice makes perfect when your playing baseball so it is with writing. Writing takes practice. "What you have written is only presparation for what you are going to write, said former Wall Street Journal. Here are some ways to improve your first draft: read your story out loud, check to make sure your sentences are not too long.

WritingThe writing process

Writing is a process, a logical sequence of steps. The successful writer gather, product of a logical process. These are the same basic steps upon which this Web site is built: prewriting, writing and rewriting. Some steps are gathering writers must find the details that reveal meaning, you can't write writing; you must have to have facts.

Writing Getting organized

A minute spent in planning the story will prevent countless problems later on.

Some steps are to look at your notes and background material, mark the best of it, the key points and strongest quotes. You should be able to express this theme in a sentence or two.

Writing Story structure

Choose a chronological order, where you present the key events in your story as they occurred. The most popular structure for news stories is the inverted pyramid. The most important material is placed at the beginning of the story. Succeeding paragraghs explain and support the lead.

Writing The news lead—part 1

A good news story, unlike the novel or play, is based on one main idea. It gives the reader a sense of completeness, a sense that you know what you are doing.

In the steps you should deside on this focus, you also should work on you lead. By asking about the main theme for your story, you are deciding how to begin, for often the two- a statement of theme and lead- are one ant the same.

Writing The news lead—part 2

The second type of lead that is used mostly on feature stories. It's the delay or feature lead.

It sets a scene or evokes a mood with an incident, anecdote or example. Essential information is temporarily witheld. The writer teases before she pleases.

Writing The rest of the story

The strenght of the story comes from the details that back up the promise of the lead. The things you have observed, the explanations and definitions and the sense of history. There are parts that lend meaning and significance to the event or person you are writing about.

Writing The tools of the trade

News writing is concrete and specific in many ways. The task of the writer, said Joseph Conrad, "is by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel, to make you see." The news writer makes meaning early with sentences that begin with subjects and verbs.

Transcript Of Barack Obama's Victory Speech

1. What historic event happened yesterday?

Barack Obama President-Elect won yesterday against McCain he is the first African American president and also the 44th president of the Untied States of America. His Victory Speech is made history. This is the first Generation to know that it's possible for anyone to become president.

We will remember this for years to come. This is a time to promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream... Barack Obama

2. How will this affect your life?

Barack Obama has changed my life and has made history his has made things possible. He has proved that it's not the color of your skin but that we are from the United States Of America... and it's possible that anyone could become president... A place where anythings possible...

3. How will this effect our country's future and the future of it's citizens?

We know says Barack Obama that this election isn't goint to change every problem us citizens face, but he will be honest with you about the challenges we face. Barack Obama has opened doors of oppurtunity.

we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can. ~Barack Obama~

Nothing will ever be the same... The United States of America doesn't have to suffer any longer...

PASSING PERIOD

students
1. what would you like to change about about passing period?
2. do you feel that you have enough time to make it to class on time?
3. how much time do you think is enough time to get to class?
4. is the time required to get to class affecting your learning?
5. is passing period affecting your attendance?
6. how much time do you feel you need to get to class?
7. do you think it's right to be assigned Saturday school if you don't make it to
class on time?
8. do you take your time to get to class or are you rushing?
9. when you are late is it because your standing around talking or is it because
your classes are to far apart?
10. how many tardies should you think you need before you get a lunch
detention?

Teachers
1. do you think students have enough time to get to class?
2. what do you think about students who always come in late?
3. do you think students are late because they take their time to get to
or because there to worried about other things?
4. what privileges do you think should be taken away from students in there
late?
5. do you think it's right to give a student lunch detention after 1 tardy?
6. Do the same people come in late or is it always someone different?
7. Do you think it's right to give a student 1 whole day in iss just because they
didn't go to lunch detention?
8. when a student is late does it affect other students learning?
9. how many students are late a day?
10. why do you think students are late all the time?

Parents
1. is your child always late to class?
2. do you get a phone call when your child is late to class?
3. do you think you should be contacted when you child is tardy?
4. how much time do you think your child needs to get to class on time?
5. what privileges do you take away from your child when he/she is late?
6. do you feel students should decide on how much time they need to get to
class?
7. do you agree with your child that he/she doesn't have enough time to get to
class?
8. how many tardies does your child get a week?
9. how many times has your child been assigned Saturday school?
10. do you feel your child learns her/his lesson after being in Saturday school
for 3 whole hours?

school topic

1. choose a topic
passing period

2. what is the issue
students don't have enough time to get to there classes on time

3. who is involved
student and teachers and parents

4. who could you interview for this information
the students, faculty, teachers, and parents.

5. is your topic relevant? will faculty students parents care about the issue?
i think the faculty, students and parents would care to talk about this issue, because students aren't having enough time to get to class. Parents are having to worry about there child missing out in school because if your late to class you get assigned lunch detention if you don't go to that you have Saturday school if you don't go to that then your going to spend one whole day in iss !!! that's like missing 2 days of school. i really don't think that's right they should let us have more time to get to class.teachers have to worry about a student coming in late and interrupting the whole class.

Transplanted cornea still sees after 123 years

who? 80 year old Norwegian
who is involved? Doctors of Cornea transplant
who does/ did the situation affect?
what? Bernt Aune's transplanted Cornea
what is happening? he had a Cornea transplanted into his eye
what did happen? it was one of the first successful transplants
when? It was built over 123 years ago
where? Norway
why? His vision was bad
what did happen? he got a cornea transplant

Three interesting facts about interviewing.

1. Don't ask yes-or-no questions, keep questions short and avoid charged words, which can distract people.
2. Ask indiscreet questions that yield compelling conversations.
   
3. Generate curt answers.
   

Interview
1.What are your goals?
To be successful in life.

2.What kind of classes are you interested on taking?
Basketball.

3. What do you like to do on your free time?
Get on the computer. (myspace....)

4.Where did you grow up?
Austin T.X.

5. What's you favorite subject?
Algebra

6. What are you hobbies?
Playing Basketball....

7. What is your favorite type of music?
Rap

8. What are you plans after high school?
Going to college

9. Do you have a favorite sport team?
Patriots

10. What's your favorite movie?
Transformers

11. If you have a nick name what is it?
Twin

12. Are you an only child?
no

13. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Going to College.

14. Do you see yourself getting married in the future?
Yes.

15. Do you play any sports?
Yes, Basketball...

16. What's your favorite brand of clothes?
Jordan....

17. How many brothers and sisters do you have?
3 brothers and 1 sister.

18. What's your favorite type of food?
Asian.

19. Who's your favorite actor/actress?
Will Smith.

20. Do you have a girlfriend/boy friend?
Yes, her name is Daniel!!!!!

DRESS CODE

Source- people who know the topic well enough to provide factual and
useful information.
You would need to interview the students, teachers, parents, school administrators,
and the school board, to find information about school uniforms. Some good questions to ask
students, would be, how would they feel about uniforms? Teachers, is it going to effect the learning enviornment? School administratiors and school board, what was there reason for them giving uniforms? Parents is it going to be affordable?

Sources
1.Teachers
2. Students
3. Parents

School Uniforms
1.students how do they feel about school uniforms?
2.parents is it going to be affordable?
3. how is it going to affect the learning enviorment?
4.is every student going to follow the dress code?
5. what was there reason for making a dress code?
6. what are students going to have to wear?
7.do students think it's fair that they have to wear uniforms?
8. are teachers going to have to wear uniforms just as students do?
9. are students going to have a choice?
10. is every school having to wear uniforms?
11. what if they can't afford the uniform?
12. what if parents start making complaints?
13. why should students have to follow dress code?
14. do students have to tuck in their shirts?
15. is the school uniforms going to be really strict?
16. what if parents can't afford it?
17. is it going to have to be school colors?
18. do teachers think it's right that students are having to wear uniforms?
19. do parents think its right that sudents have to wear uniforms?
20. why should'nt teachers have to wear uniforms too?

Alleged aggravated robbery
Yes i do think it relevance to the media to know during the current election. The media has to report such thing because they have the obligation to do so, obligation of law, promise, and contract. Action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which one is bound or restricted.

Define the vocabulary words-

1. ethics- a general term for what is often described as the "science (study) of morality.
2. libel- the act of presenting such material to the public.
3. slander-a false and malicious statement or a report about someone.
4. is a legal term applied in the context defamation actions (libel and slander) as well as invasion of privacy. A public figure (such as a politician, celebrity, or business leader) cannot base a lawsuit on incorrect harmful statements unless there is proof that the writer or publisher acted with malice (knowledge or reckless disregard for the truth). The burden or proof is higher in the case of a public figure.
5. Private Citizen- a citizen who does not hold any official or public position.
6. Hazelwood case- what was the decision between hazelwood v kuhlmeier court case???
   

Fan crew out in Texas to search for Ike victims

Who? At least 3 million people

Who is involved? Houston fire department members

Who does/did the situation affect? Houston people


What? Hurricane Ike weakened to a tropical depression as it headed across western Arkansas.

What is happening? Hurricane Ike is make a landfall on the Texas golf coast, smashing houses flooding thousands of homes blowing out windows in Houston's skyscrapers, and cutting off power to more than 3 million people!!!

What did happen? Hurricane Ike is being blamed for 2 deaths.

What are the choices? To rescue as many people as possible before being trapped in their homes,waiting for days to be rescued.

When? For the next week or more....

Where?
Where did or will this happen? In Houston Texas

Rescuers will continue to search for victims they have already rescued 940 people in Texas of people stranded in their homes. "This is the largest search-and-rescue operation in the history of the state of Texas." Some emergency officials were angry and frustrated that so many people ignored the warnings. I feel that people should have left when they had a chance they had enough time, they heard all the warning, and know their living with the after math of hurricane Ike....

Who? Sara Foley, 26
Who is involved? Austin School District
Who does/did the situation affect? Evacuees

What? She was asked to leave the shelter
What is happening? People yelling that they would have received
better accommodations in jail.
What did happen? Sara Foley was asked to leave the shelter
What are the consequences? She had to find somewhere else to stay

When? Saturday, September 13, 2008

Where? Crockett High School


Why?took photographs of an altercation during breakfast
Why did this happen? Because people were making complaints

How do you feel about this? I feel that this is a time to help people not complain about the food that's provided for you.

Blogger removed from shelter
I didn't think it think it was right for her to be criticizing Red Cross for providing food and shelter for evacuees. She should of appreciated what they were doing for people in need. I'm sure the people staying in the shelter wouldn't have wanted anyone taking pictures of them anyway I mean come on it's a pretty rough time for some people. I wouldn't want somebody in my face taking pictures when I'm going through allot. I don't think Sara Foley had any right to be at a shelter people are struggling with everything that's going on, after all this is a time for helping not criticizing. This article falls under conflict.

Hurricane Ike
The images in these photos show me that hurricane Ike hit pretty bad it damaged a lot of life's. I see allot of people without homes allot of fixing. Peoples homes being destroyed in hurricane Ike. The images in these pictures make me really sad I'm just thinking about all the lives that were affected by hurricane Ike. What people are going to have to do to fix everything. It's kind of sad to see home, schools, shopping centers,ect everything people worked for just be taken away from hurricane Ike. Hurricane Ike did'nt just affect people from Houston and Galveston, Tx it effected everybody in Austin and other places were people went to stay. I'm just wishing the best for everybody and hoping that everything goes good for people who lost everything.

Houston, Galveston vulnerable to Ike's fury

Who?
4 million people

Who is involved?
The people of Texas
What?
Forecasters fear hurricane could hit Cat 4
strength by weekend landfall

What is happening?
The city is evacuating people with special needs
as Hurricane Ike moves closer.

When?

When did or will this happen?
Some forecasts say Ike could strengthen to a
fearsome Category 4 hurricane with winds
of at least 131 mph over the Gulf of Mexico,
and emergency officials warned it could drive
a storm surge as high as 18 feet.

When was this discovered?
some flooding based solely
on the surge in some low-lying areas

Where?
Corpus Christi and Houston.

Where did or will this happen?
Forecasters expect the storm to make landfall
this weekend somewhere between Corpus Christi and Houston.

Why did this happen or will it happen?
based solely on the surge in some low-lying areas

How did it or will it happen?
expected to happen this weekend

How many people does this affect?
About 1 million people live in the coastal
counties between Corpus Christi and Galveston

Drug-addicted elephant kicks heroin habit

Who? Who is involved?

illegal traders, elephant, and police

Who does/did the situation affect?

The elephant

Who said so?

the paper


What? What is happening?

An elephant is being drugged by illegal traders then
finally captured by authorities and sent
to a rehab facility and saved the elephant.

What did happen?

List five facts about the First Amendment

1.It covers several enumerated rights, including Free Speech, Free press, Freedom of Religion, Freedom to assemble, and Freedom to petition the government

2.It was first applied to the states through the 14th Amendment in Schenck v. New York (1925).

3.It covers several implied rights like freedom of association, freedom to travel, freedom to participate in politics, freedom to donate to political candidates, and a limited right to anonymity.

4.Palko v. Connecticut (1937) identified freedom of though as the unifying theme of all the first amendment guarantees. There even exist question as to whether mental patients have the right to refuse psychotropic drugs.

5.It was actually not the first amendment proposed in the original bill of rights, containing thirteen proposals.

What document lists the First Amendment?

1.The Bill Of Rights

How many words are in the First Amendment?

1.Forty-five words

Define libel.

A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures,
that damages a person's reputation.

Define slander.

Is an untruthful oral statement about a person that harms
the person's reputation or standing in the community.

What is the Pulitzer Prize?

Is an American award regarded as the highest
national honor in newspaper journalism.

How much money does an individual win?
10,000 cash reward


Name the movie which reveals the press's role in
uncovering a story that forced a president to resign.

All the presidents men

Who is Mike Barnicle?

Mike Barnicle is an award-winning writer and media personality. He is a political analyst for MSNBC and a frequent contributor, and occasional guest host, on the network’s Hardball. Barnicle can also been seen regularly on NBC’s “Today Show.”


From what newspaper was he fired and why?

The Boston Globe/ plagiarism

Bob Woodward

He is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post who helped undcover the Watergate Scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation


William Randolph Hearst?


William Randolph Hearst was an American media magnate. Hearst was a leading newspaper publisher and the son of self-made millionaire George Hearst. Upon becoming aware that his father had received a northern California newspaper, The San Francisco Examiner, as payment of a gambling debt, he asked his father to give him the newspaper to run. Even though he was still a student at Harvard, in 1887, he became the paper's publisher.

helen thomas

Helen Thomas is famously mostly for her part being the very first woman in the White House Correspondence Association and the National Press Club. She is also an authoy with recently published books.

Who is Tom Brokaw and what books did he write?

He is an American television journalistThe Greatest Generation

Who is Alan Diaz and why is he noteworthy?

hispanic journalist that won the Pulitzer prize in 2000

What motto does The New York Times print in its upper left corner?

"All the news that's fit to print"

What is The Associated Press?

The associated press is a news gathering organization they have reporters around the world that moniter local news. this info is transmitted to there news room where it is then broadcast to other news organization (newspaper radio or tv) for worldwide broadcast

What is Gannett?

The largest news paper publisher in the United States

What is Knight Ridder?

Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. Until it was bought by The McClatchy Company on June 27, 2006, it was the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspapers

What is the American Society of Newspaper Editors?

The American Society of Newspaper Editors is a membership organization for daily newspaper editors, people who serve the editorial needs of daily newspapers and certain distinguished individuals who have worked on behalf of editors through the years.

Who is the founder of USA Today and where is he from (provide city and state)?

bob sema

What is the difference between a publisher and an editor?

The Publisher decides if the book is going to sell on the market and the editor goes through it and looks for errors.

Explain Tinker v. Des Moines. Why is it important to school press?

They wore black arm bands to protest Vietnam's government policy. It's important because it's like showing the First Amendment like the freedom to express yourself.

Explain Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier. Why is it important to school press?

They removed an article explaining teen pregnancy in a school newpaper. Its important because it's freedom of press.

Define yellow journalism.

Exagerating the headline or making it more eye catching in order to get more people to buy that certain newspaper.

Define censorship.

counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy.


List five books that have been censored.

1. The Bastard
2. Bloodline
3. The Catcher in the Rye
4. Brave New World
5. Carrie

Born in raised in Honolulu,Hawaii. Attended school at Punahou for the fifth grade in 1971, graduated high school from punahou in 1979.
Use to do drugs like marijuand,cocanin and alcohol, which he says is his greatest moral failure.Barack Obama fallowing high school,moved to Los Angeles,studied at Occidental College for two years.
Then moved to Columbia University in New York City.
Later majored in political science with a specialization in international relations.
In 1983 graduated with a B.A. from Columbia.
Worked for a year doing Business International Corporation.
Four years later Obama moved to Chicago to work as a community organizer.
Obama was Senator from the 13th district.In mid-2002, Obama ran for the U.S. senate.
Obama was the fifthe African American Senator in U.S. history.
He was also third to have been popularly elected.In 2005 Obama voted in favor of the Energy Policy Act.In 2007 Obama sponsored an amendment to the defense Authorization Act.

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