Teacher Pageant:
To winner:
What was your performance and how did you come up with the idea?
How long did you practice, what was your motivation?
Have you participated in the teacher pageant before?
(depending on talent) have you done other things relating to this?
What other teachers presentations did you like?
To Interesting Talent:
How/Why did you pick this talent?
What place were you?
Have you participated before / will you be participating again?
To Judge: (Or vote collector/ however it works)
Was the winner who you expected? (brief explanation of voting process)
Did you have any favorite acts?
Basketball:
To Coach:
What are your expectations for this season?
Is there anything you will be doing different/participating in as a team this year? (elaborate both on new and old)
What have you previous successes as a team been/ how did you come by these?
Are you familiar with the team/ do you have many new players?
What drives you to coach?
(What player(s) of yours should I interview)
To player(s):
How many years have you been playing before this? (elaborate)
Is basketball your favorite sport or just something you participate in? (elaborate)
How well do you think the team will do this season?
How long have you know the coach(es)? (elaborate)
What accomplishments have you had as a player? (elaborate)
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Presentation Notes
Scanner- skips page to page, needs reason to read
Hunter- Looking for something specific
Grazer- Reader of full paper
Brainstorming is important: Getting a writer, photographer, and Graphic Designer tegether can lead to dynamic layouts.
Every noewspaper page should have a center vidsual interist, or CVI
Info graphics can be simple and effective
this combination of writing and visuals can be called packaging
photos can be rearanged, something simple like cutting and matching a visual can lead to a better story. Fonts are important, as well as color choice.
Sometimes it is good to borrow ideas from the layout and design of other newspapers/yearbooks/magazines.
Sometimes it is good to have the input of random students - it breaks up space and catches the readers eye.
Again: fonts and titles are important for the scanner-type readers.
Find an interesting angle, a general prom story will not catch anyone's interest.
Hunter- Looking for something specific
Grazer- Reader of full paper
Brainstorming is important: Getting a writer, photographer, and Graphic Designer tegether can lead to dynamic layouts.
Every noewspaper page should have a center vidsual interist, or CVI
Info graphics can be simple and effective
this combination of writing and visuals can be called packaging
photos can be rearanged, something simple like cutting and matching a visual can lead to a better story. Fonts are important, as well as color choice.
Sometimes it is good to borrow ideas from the layout and design of other newspapers/yearbooks/magazines.
Sometimes it is good to have the input of random students - it breaks up space and catches the readers eye.
Again: fonts and titles are important for the scanner-type readers.
Find an interesting angle, a general prom story will not catch anyone's interest.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Story
Ethan Miller
Cross Country is sprinting towards success. Recently a Cross Country District meet involving Del Valle, Austin High, Anderson, and Bowie took place; Akins runners were scored alongside competitors from these schools for a chance to participate in an upcoming Regional meet. The team had some impressive success.
The top three scoring teams earn a place in Regionals as a whole; the team did not make the cut, but came very close.
“In the district meet Akins finished with 85 points, just one point behind Anderson’s score of 84. Had we gotten that one point, because it’s all based on the top five runners’ scoring positions, we would have tied or beaten them. We missed going to Regionals as a team by one place,” Cross Country coach Heather Cuthbertson said.
Despite falling short of third, two Akins runners did qualify for the Regional meet: Sophomore Evan Ortiz and Senior Eddy Gonzalez.
“In District the top ten individuals in the race qualify for Regionals. Eddy Gonzalez finished second, so he qualified, and Evan Ortiz finished fifth, so he was also able to qualify,” Cuthbertson said.
The two were happy with their rank.
“Placing in the meet feels good because I’ve been running all my life,” Ortiz said.
While their score is impressive, they still wish to improve.
“I would have liked to place first, of course, but that didn’t happen,” Gonzalez said, “It’s (the Regional meet) going to be a lot of fun.”
Cuthbertson is a new to athletics in Akins.
“This is my first year of coaching here, so I don’t know what they did previously, but I think the team has really been consistent with workouts this year,” Cuthbertson said, “I ran track for the University of Texas, and I did a short stint of coaching at my high school when I was home for a semester. This is my first official high school head-coaching job.”
The two runners have had other awards for athleticism.
“I wasn’t really involved in it (Cross Country) my sophomore or junior year, but during freshman year I placed third in District,” Gonzalez said.
They’ve worked hard for their sport.
“I [ran] summer track and I made it to nationals in the Junior Olympics,” Ortiz said.
Cross Country will continue to work hard.
“Dell Valle won the meet with, I think, 67 points, Austin placed second with 72, and Anderson placed third with 84,” Cuthbertson said.
It can be a great opportunity for all participants.
“It’s a lot of fun and, of course, a lot of work. It’s all about effort. The coaches are great, they’re willing to work with you any time,” Gonzalez said.
Cross Country is sprinting towards success. Recently a Cross Country District meet involving Del Valle, Austin High, Anderson, and Bowie took place; Akins runners were scored alongside competitors from these schools for a chance to participate in an upcoming Regional meet. The team had some impressive success.
The top three scoring teams earn a place in Regionals as a whole; the team did not make the cut, but came very close.
“In the district meet Akins finished with 85 points, just one point behind Anderson’s score of 84. Had we gotten that one point, because it’s all based on the top five runners’ scoring positions, we would have tied or beaten them. We missed going to Regionals as a team by one place,” Cross Country coach Heather Cuthbertson said.
Despite falling short of third, two Akins runners did qualify for the Regional meet: Sophomore Evan Ortiz and Senior Eddy Gonzalez.
“In District the top ten individuals in the race qualify for Regionals. Eddy Gonzalez finished second, so he qualified, and Evan Ortiz finished fifth, so he was also able to qualify,” Cuthbertson said.
The two were happy with their rank.
“Placing in the meet feels good because I’ve been running all my life,” Ortiz said.
While their score is impressive, they still wish to improve.
“I would have liked to place first, of course, but that didn’t happen,” Gonzalez said, “It’s (the Regional meet) going to be a lot of fun.”
Cuthbertson is a new to athletics in Akins.
“This is my first year of coaching here, so I don’t know what they did previously, but I think the team has really been consistent with workouts this year,” Cuthbertson said, “I ran track for the University of Texas, and I did a short stint of coaching at my high school when I was home for a semester. This is my first official high school head-coaching job.”
The two runners have had other awards for athleticism.
“I wasn’t really involved in it (Cross Country) my sophomore or junior year, but during freshman year I placed third in District,” Gonzalez said.
They’ve worked hard for their sport.
“I [ran] summer track and I made it to nationals in the Junior Olympics,” Ortiz said.
Cross Country will continue to work hard.
“Dell Valle won the meet with, I think, 67 points, Austin placed second with 72, and Anderson placed third with 84,” Cuthbertson said.
It can be a great opportunity for all participants.
“It’s a lot of fun and, of course, a lot of work. It’s all about effort. The coaches are great, they’re willing to work with you any time,” Gonzalez said.
Monday, November 1, 2010
The University Star Review
Ethan Miller
The effectiveness of the writing:
From the passages that I looked through (which were randomly chosen from the opening page, closing page, and Trends page) the writing seems consistent, proper grammar is used, things are spelled correctly, and the articles focus on the subject they are supposed to cover. Overall the writing does seem effective. There were two things that I noticed from these passages: some did not have much of a flare to them, the stories generally had an interesting subject, and covered the subject well, but there was no ‘pizzaz’ in most opening lines, or paragraphs to come. Also, and this happens in everyone’s writing, there were some repetitions (and they may have been related to quote transition style), but I think the writing (in one case) depended too heavily on journalistic structure.
Score: 9
The quality of the photographs:
The paper starts out with a pleasant eye catcher: a picture of a sculpted gray cat on a subtly different but contrasting background. Through the paper I noticed good use of photography: pages that stayed traditional with opening photos were displayed well, and pages that used more untraditional setup of photography arranged the photos in non-intrusive way. The only mistake in photography that I noticed were a couple of things on the front page, a head was cut off in a photo below the title, and their eye catcher bar cut off the head of a sports player at the bottom of the front page. The paper had good photography and choice of placement.
Score: 9
Impact of the Layout and design:
The front page starts out well: I feel like fonts were carefully selected, border colors were considered and made to match each other and school colors, and that the pictures compliment the writing and visa versa, they don’t compete for attention. The back page has a story on top of a photograph, it works well, the text is placed over the sky so it is easily read and leads into the rest of the photo. They mixed up the display of writing, some stories are in columns, others in the normal chunk of text, and again they compliment each other. I think this is probably the strongest part of the paper.
Score: 10
The strength of the non-photo graphics and info graphics:
This paper is a shorter one, and a good portion of it is advertisements; It doesn’t seem like they had much space for non-photo graphics and they had basically no info graphics. The only pages to judge this portion on are the opinions page and the comics’ page. The comic book illustrations are good enough, simple like a comic should be, but the opinions page uses too much space for a lower-detailed drawing (it’s drawn well, it just seems like it could have been condensed). This would probably be the weakest portion of the paper, but it’s still pretty good.
Score: 7
The continuity of the theme/design elements visible throughout the entire work:
I don’t think there was a particular theme for this work; I guess it could be called school themed (and it does focus of the school activities, which is nice), but that would hopefully be all school newspapers. The design elements are particularly strong, pictures are displayed in interesting ways, and the stories are built around the pictures in carefully balanced ways (although there were a few mistakes). The paper is all around strong, does not make any obnoxious use of display, and, like I said before, does focus on the school.
Score: 8
Final Score: 43
The effectiveness of the writing:
From the passages that I looked through (which were randomly chosen from the opening page, closing page, and Trends page) the writing seems consistent, proper grammar is used, things are spelled correctly, and the articles focus on the subject they are supposed to cover. Overall the writing does seem effective. There were two things that I noticed from these passages: some did not have much of a flare to them, the stories generally had an interesting subject, and covered the subject well, but there was no ‘pizzaz’ in most opening lines, or paragraphs to come. Also, and this happens in everyone’s writing, there were some repetitions (and they may have been related to quote transition style), but I think the writing (in one case) depended too heavily on journalistic structure.
Score: 9
The quality of the photographs:
The paper starts out with a pleasant eye catcher: a picture of a sculpted gray cat on a subtly different but contrasting background. Through the paper I noticed good use of photography: pages that stayed traditional with opening photos were displayed well, and pages that used more untraditional setup of photography arranged the photos in non-intrusive way. The only mistake in photography that I noticed were a couple of things on the front page, a head was cut off in a photo below the title, and their eye catcher bar cut off the head of a sports player at the bottom of the front page. The paper had good photography and choice of placement.
Score: 9
Impact of the Layout and design:
The front page starts out well: I feel like fonts were carefully selected, border colors were considered and made to match each other and school colors, and that the pictures compliment the writing and visa versa, they don’t compete for attention. The back page has a story on top of a photograph, it works well, the text is placed over the sky so it is easily read and leads into the rest of the photo. They mixed up the display of writing, some stories are in columns, others in the normal chunk of text, and again they compliment each other. I think this is probably the strongest part of the paper.
Score: 10
The strength of the non-photo graphics and info graphics:
This paper is a shorter one, and a good portion of it is advertisements; It doesn’t seem like they had much space for non-photo graphics and they had basically no info graphics. The only pages to judge this portion on are the opinions page and the comics’ page. The comic book illustrations are good enough, simple like a comic should be, but the opinions page uses too much space for a lower-detailed drawing (it’s drawn well, it just seems like it could have been condensed). This would probably be the weakest portion of the paper, but it’s still pretty good.
Score: 7
The continuity of the theme/design elements visible throughout the entire work:
I don’t think there was a particular theme for this work; I guess it could be called school themed (and it does focus of the school activities, which is nice), but that would hopefully be all school newspapers. The design elements are particularly strong, pictures are displayed in interesting ways, and the stories are built around the pictures in carefully balanced ways (although there were a few mistakes). The paper is all around strong, does not make any obnoxious use of display, and, like I said before, does focus on the school.
Score: 8
Final Score: 43
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