personal essays

1. stuck talking to a bore at a party
2. avoid abstract expressions
3.  

• a question
• strong statement
• good idea why the author feels that way

opinions writing preview activity

immigration laws getting out of hand

1. Editorial
2. Immigration laws
3. the ICE is violent and a result of trump pushing to exterminate minorities.
4. no
5. no, they didn't go back and explain the other side
6. no
7. 1

betsy devas unfit to serve as US secretary of education

1. Reagan Wallace
2.  betsy devos qualification
3.  devos is unqualified 
4.  no
5.  no, doesn't list a reason why she is good
6.  no
7. 3

our great tree is worth saving

1. ian miller
2. dying tree 
3. "this tree really is worth saving, even if it will cost our school some money."
4.  no
5.  yes, explains what would happen if let die
6. no
7. 1

going above the norm for college 

1. jake brien 
2. getting into colleges
3. administration should find easier ways to get into colleges
4.  no
5.  yes, he explains the different ways to get in the colleges you want and different techniques 
6. no
7. 3

importance of physics class

1. Abby ong
2.  physics
3. physics is important
4. no
5. no, keeps promoting physics
6. no
7. 1

SoM peer review

Erika's Photojournalism Blog
paragraph- (50) 5/8-10 ~30
5 quotes- (25)(5) 3/5~15
inverted pyramid-(25) ~ 15
extra credit- 10 points~10
total-70

slo practice

1. proximity
2. prominence
3. paints
4. lack of subject
5. the location
6. background information about the senior games

Malala Yousafzai and Justin Trudeau meet on Sunday, December 31st for a tea party. Yousafzai and Trudeau were also greeted by Ryan Reynolds.

sports portfolio

Alyssa Schukar

Eating disorder, Children

Distance

Lens

Dark

Graphic

Backgrounds

Don’t like,  weak photography

Travis Haughton

Disabilities

Sports

children

Back of head

mergers

signs

faces

quality

don’t like, too many kids

Nick Adams

Handicapped kids

Tightness

Frames

Busy backgrounds

originality

Silhouettes

Like, interesting techniques with distance

Jordan Murph

Sports

Composition

Posed (postcard)

eyecontact

Lighting

Silhouettes

Like, dramatic

Josh Birnbaum

Humor

Focus

skyline

wheels

lighting

Sam Adams

Simple activities

levels

camera man and tripods

composition

Simple shadows

Silhouettes

Don’t like, boring

Carlos Delgado

Disabilities

Clutter

Backgrounds

Color

focus

clouds

don’t like, blurry and cluttered

Justin Mott

Coastal culture

focus

graphic

selective focus

point of view

bacon

like, dramatic

Anthony soufflé

Sports

Surgery (sounds they made)

After the fact

Clutter

humor

tears

don’t like, similar

Daryl Peveto

sports

blur

captions

Diving board

lighting

don’t like, similar

Melissa Golden

people

focus

power lines

underwear

portrait

motion

like, people

focus and balance

tightness, variety, yes, clutter

choosing between techniques and variety

the red car, wasn’t interesting, sky wasn’t interesting.  Gopro is lame, lighting sucks

tennis celebration. Poor compositition

sports

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/100LFmxiC61WROSc57gTjdCCklMYpa_rtSvYF4Jw5vkc/edit?usp=sharing

inverted pyramid