Huntington Story and Earthquake Story

Story #1: Huntington

Who: Janice Jones
What: Jones got shot in the leg
Where: In her motor home parked on Beach Boulevard near Highway 1
When: Wednesday night
Why:Dog knocked handgun off of seat.
How: The gun discharged when it hit the floor


Late Wednesday, 53 year old Janice Jones was shot in the leg when a handgun was knocked off of a seat and discharged when it hit the floor. The incident occurred in Jones' motor home that was parked on Beach Boulevard near Highway 1.

"I was out for an evening walk when all of the sudden a gun shot was fired close by," a witness John Jones said. "It took me a second to realize what really happened."

After being taken to the Huntington Beach Hospital, Jones had to be transported to the Irvine Medical Center where she is currently receiving treatment.

"It could have been worse," California highway Patrol press liaison Tammy Rye said. "The bullet hit two inches from the gas tank."

Jones' dog, a Pomeranian named Tombo, was brought to the Huntington Beach Animal Control Officers after is was deemed malnourished.

"It could have done with a little less abuse and a few more of those pork chops," animal control officer Janet Ngo said.

Janet Ngo and her office are now filing animal abuse charges against Jones. The county's district attorney's office is also considering charging Jones in her relation to the gun accident.

"Jones doesn't have a permit for the gun," Ryes said.


Story #2: Earthquake Story

Who: 6.4 magnitude
What: An earthquake
Where: San Francisco Bay area
When: Monday morning at 8:12 a.m.
Why: Hayward Fault under the hills
How:30 seconds of rolling motion


On Monday morning a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, resulting from the Hayward Fault, struck the San Francisco Bay Area. The earthquake resulted in a minute of complete chaos within the streets of San Francisco.

I was eating my breakfast when the room started rolling," Hayward resident Mike Beamer said. "That's when the screaming started across the street."

A building housing McHenry's Auto Supply at Plum St. partially collapsed.

"Six people were injured," public information officer Jennifer Vu reported. "There were two casualties in total.

The earthquake, which had a 6.4 magnitude on the Richter Scale, was the fifth largest earthquake ever reported in California.

"People as far south as Los Angeles and as far north as Redding felt the quake," a scientist Penny Gertz said."

The first-responders who reported to the McHenry Auto Supply building collapse are now being publicly acknowledged for the quick response to the incident.

"Twenty-one personnel, twelve police and five American Red Cross workers responded to the building collapse," Jennifer Vu said. "Some arrived within four minutes of the quake."

The last time there was an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 or higher coming from the Hayward Fault was 60 years ago. The earthquake then resulted in multiple building collapses as well.

"I haven't been in an earthquake this destructive since the one that hit when I was 10 years old," 70 year-old San Francisco native Sherry Owens said. "It was frightening then and frightening now."

The Earthquake that hit Monday was a result of the Pacific and Juan de Fuca Tectonic Plates rubbing against each other. There are three types of plate boundaries, conversion, divergent, and transform boundaries.

"It is called a transform boundary when two plates are sliding past each other," tectonic plate scientist Ian Book said. "The formation of faults and earthquakes are the results of transfrom boundaries.

The Asteroid

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Current Events Quiz #1.2

1. 13 members.
2. Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo.
3.11 years.
4. 10.46 yards per play.
5. 25 JuiceLands.

Long Response:
I have not noticed an increase in the appearance of potentially homeless people. However, I have never really gone out of my way to keep track. I believe that the new ordinance is not the correct approach to the homeless problem in Austin. That is because banning homeless camps throughout parts of the city will not fix the overall homeless problem that we have in Austin. I think to answer the homeless problem in Austin, we need to update the homeless camps that are already made. I thought of this idea, because in a TED talk I watched a while back for social studies, the speaker said that in order to fix overcrowding and homeless problems, we must supply the homeless with the basic necessities to live. For Example, a bathroom, running water, and some sort of shelter. The city can best serve both the homeless population and the rest of the constituents by finding a solution where both the constituents are happy and the homeless population while still making Austin a very clean city. That is because the only way to fix this problem is to make sure both sides like the solution.

Inverted Pyramid and Contest Story Rewrite

First Up Leads:
1. The "How lead", the "Why lead", and the "What lead".
2. These types of leads are better because they usually are the most important factors.

Now-Direct Quotes:
3. A direct quote is a quote that is linked to the paragraph that comed before the quote.
4. These quotes elaborate on the previous transition.
5. 'With the tight budget and tough economic times, I thought my Wi-Fi proposal was a pipe dream," she said. "I want to thank the donor for being so generous."
6. An attribution is where it explain who is saying the quote.
7. The attributions should be in the form noun then verb.

Transitions:
8. A transition is the sentence that links the paragraph together and holds the story together.
9. The three types of transitions are fact transitions, indirect quote transitions, and partial quote transitions.

Conclusion:
10.
.Are the most important and recent facts first?
.Is the story accurate?Are the sources identified fully?
.Are the paragraphs short?
.Is the sentence structure varied in the story?
.Is the story neat and double-spaced so that it is easy to read?
.Does your story flow? Did you use the transition/quote formula?
.Did you use active voice?
11.
.Editorializing- Keep your opinion out of the story.
.Using first and second person-Keep yourself out of the story. Common error: "our school"
.Messy handwriting, poor grammar and spelling.
.Paragraphs too long.
.Misspelling names in the story.
.Trying to use all of the information.



Contest Story Rewrite:

Due to the  amount of fights that have occurred at Bowie High School, AISD has hired the TCRT to help students solve disagreements through non-violent solutions. A lot of the staff are happy for the program and believe it will be beneficial."Students have to learn how to solve life's problems without violence," school principal Mr. Brown said. "This program will teach our students just that."
The Teen Conflict Resolution Team program will begin on March 23. Any student who is caught fighting on campus must complete a TCRT non-violence workshop, including normal disciplinary actions. Many students are unhappy about the establishment of the TCRT program.
"Now students will get suspended and be forced to attend this program," 10th grader Opal said. "That's just too much."
With the new TCRT program, the school is striving to cut down the number of fights that occur on campus."Bowie is an elite school," science teacher Mrs. Abby said. "We need our students behavior to match what our school is known for."

School Uniforms Interview and Student of the Month Interview

School Uniforms:
Primary Source: Mark Robinson
Other Sources: Carey Wooley and Michael Reeves

Mark Robinson:
1. As principal of Bowie High School, what is your thought on the new district wide policy of enforcing school uniforms?
2. Are you in favor of school uniforms? Why or why not?
3. How are you going to enforce the school uniforms policy?
4. What will the consequences be for not wearing wearing the uniform?
5. In your mind, what are the advantages for school uniforms?
6. In your mind, what are the disadvantages for school uniforms?
7. How do you think students will react to this new policy?
8. What was your involvement in this new policy?
9. When will the new policy start to be enforced?
10.Why are school uniforms a new district wide policy?

Carey Wooley:
11. As a student of Bowie High School, what is your thought on the new district wide policy of enforcing school uniforms?
12. Are you in favor of school uniforms? Why or why not?
13. How will school uniforms affect your daily school day?
14. What have you heard about other fellow classmates opinions on school uniforms?
15. How do you think school uniforms will affect Bowie High School?

Stacie Feen
16. As a teacher at Bowie High School, what is your thoughts on the new district wide policy of enforcing school uniforms?
17.  Are you in favor of school uniforms? Why or why not?
18. How do you think school uniforms will affect life in the daily classroom?
19. What was your reaction when you heard that the district was enforcing school uniforms?
20. How will you, as the teacher, discipline students for not wearing their uniform?

Student of the Month: Ryan Jacobs
Primary Source: The student of the month
Other Sources:Ryan's mother and Ryan's favorite teacher?

Ryan Jacobs:
1. What extracurricular activities do you participate in?
2. What is your daily schedule?
3. Did you strive to be the student of the month?
4. Who is your biggest motivation?Why?
5. What are your expectations for yourself?
6.What advice do you give to future students?
7. How important is school work to you?
8. What do you want to be when you grow up?
9. Who is your favorite teacher and why?
10. What characteristics do you think the student of the month should have?

Ryan's mother:
 11. How did you react when Ryan won the student of the month award?
12. How does your child behave at home?
13. What are your expectation from Ryan?
14. What do you believe Ryan will do in the future?
15. How proud are you of Ryan? Why?

Ryan's favorite teacher:
16. What type of student is Ryan?
17. How does Ryan affect other students around him?
18.What is the main difference between Ryan and other students?
19. If you could use one word to describe Ryan, what would it be? Why?
20. What do you expect of Ryan in the future?

Current Events Quiz

1. To try and prevent shootings.
2. 2014
3. J.J . Pickle Research Campus at 10100 Burnet Road
4. A blitz package in football, that uses eight defensive backs
5. GSD&M
Long Response: Right now in America, gun control is a huge topic in our government, especially after a couple of mass shootings this last month. Representatives in Congress and President Trump are trying to find solutions on how to prevent these shootings from happening again. One of those solutions is a red flag. A red flag are laws that allow guns to be taken away from individuals that show harm to themselves or others. I believe that there should be tighter regulations on gun ownership. I think this, because I do not want another shooting to occur, and I think that this will help prevent them. I do worry a little bit about gun violence affecting my life. That is because a lot of major shootings in America have occurred in Texas. I think that this issue should be a national decision not a decision by individual states. I think this because shootings occur all over America, not just in one state, so the country as a whole needs to decide laws for guns.

News Values

Timeliness: Andrew Luck retires: Colts quarterback stuns the NFL with shocking retirement decision at age 29

I think that this article was published because of how shocking and breaking the news of Andrew Luck retiring was. Almost nobody expected Andrew Luck to retire this early in his career, so this article would attract many readers. 

Proximity: PHOTOS: Check out the College GameDay set on the UT campus

I believe that this article was written because of the proximity of an event. I think this because this weekend, College Gameday is taking place in Austin, TX before the LSU-Texas football game. That would  make sense as to why this article would be on KXAN News.

Prominence: Antonio Brown Thinks he's the victim

I think that this article was written over the newsworthiness of Antonio Brown. I think that because Antonio Brown is a very famous pro football player, so when news comes out of his accidents, many sports fans will be attracted to the news.

Impact: Hurricane Dorian's path and destruction

I think that this article was written based on the impact that Hurricane Dorian can have on millions of people. Many people will want to read articles like these, to know the path of Hurricane Dorian and whether they need to prepare for the hurricane. 

Conflict: UFC 242 viewers guide: Is Dustin Poirier the one to solve Khabib Nurmagomedov?

I think that this ESPN article is driven by the force of conflict. I think that because Dustin Poirier and Khabib Nurmagomedov are two opposing fighters who are about to fight each other in a long anticipated match. 

Human Interest: Splitting families showing effects ( Found in Austin American-Statesman)

I believe that this article is written based on human interests. I think this because it talks about the struggles of the families that are being separated at the border and the struggle that they are going through.

Novelty: Puppy Bowl 2019: This year's lineup of adorable rescue dogs revealed for first time

I think that this article is driven by novelty. I think this because the Puppy Bowl is a very unusual event that many people are attracted to, that takes place before the Super Bowl.

Important People in Journalism

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