Ava Nielsen's Photojournalism Blog

1. What was one idea that the writer gave in the Wide Range of Topics section that you can use as you start deciding on a topic?     The writer started talking about how your opinion story will turn out really good if you have strong feelings toward your topic. I think it will be very hard for me to come up with a story topic, but It can be done since I do have many opinions on certain situations. 2. What was one idea the writer gave in the Opinions Pieces section that you should remember as you are writing your piece?     Using emotions in my writing and giving factual evidence to support my argument is something I will remember when I am writing my story.  3. List three suggestions the writer makes in the Personal Essays and Crafts section that you will use as you write. A question Connections Watching my usage of "I" 

    Does your homework load ever feel like the world is literally on your shoulders? For me, everyday I groan in how heavy my body feels carrying the stress of remembering what I have to do that night for my classes. The amount of school work we are required to do after school hours is ridiculous.     Homework is something that is given out by our professors and teachers daily. Either unfinished class work, notes, lessons, or projects, homework isn't a task that we can opt out of. As teachers are human too, most of the time when they give out hours of homework I question whether they have a life or not.      I am confused as to how 90 minutes is not enough to teach a lesson and get some practice in? The fact that in some circumstances teachers have THE STUDENTS teach themselves the lesson for homework is besides the point of being a teacher isn't it? Teachers are not paid for the students to teach themselves. We go to school to be taught and learn ...

1.   Reading through these websites was mainly a review for me. A while back, I taught myself how to use iMovie and use it very frequently to edit my video montage projects that I do for fun. Although the websites did go more into depth about fun features I was not very aware of before.       From the websites, I did learn that you could change the dimensions of your video, for I didn't know you could. I also learned that the term "playhead" is used for the yellow line that is wherever your mouse goes. 2. The website explained how to add voiceovers to a video and photos, which I already knew how to do. 3. I learned how to move and adjust the audio around, whereas before I just messed around with the system until I could get music. 4. I am concerned about how I will really portray a story through my photos. I want it to be creative and very different from other peoples, and I want to push myself to the limits. 5. I am going to try my best to get the photos and vi...

Going Above the Norm for College 1. Jake Brien 2. Getting ready for college and other info 3. "...going to medical school, or becoming a circus performer and attending the Circus Conservatory of America in circus arts, college is essential." 4. The other side of the argument was really mentioned, but the author was talking about the different colleges you could choose. 5. Jake seemed very confident with his statement about college being very important 6. No 7. Jake wrote in third person Betsy Devos Unfit to Serve as US Secretary of Education 1. Reagan Wallace 2. How Betsy Devos is said not to be the right person to be the U.S secretary of education 3. "Her support could be deemed helpful, yet I don't believe she is prepared to lead a country's education system." 4. They didn't address the other side 5. They only spoke of the fact that she wasn't ready for the position. She still needs more training and experience. 6. Not full qu...

http://nicolesphotojournalismblog.blogspot.com/ Paragraphs:  45/50 pts. She had many paragraphs, but they weren't as strong as they should have been. Quotes:  25/25 pts. It was so close to be being perfect! She had the correct amount of quotes and they were very descriptive and lovely. Inverted Pyramid:  20/25 It could have been a tad bit more in the inverted pyramid layout, but other than that, it was great! With an additional 10 points! Final Score: 100!

    This year, Bowie High School announced their student of the month: Peyton Barry. Besides the countless amount of hours she spends studying, Peyton focuses on family and friends. Peyton goes above and beyond to get her school work done, and is always finding new ways to try and better herself.     Not only does Peyton base her life mainly around school, she also participates in many after school activities! She does lacrosse here at Bowie as a freshman, and was recently moved up to varsity for her great athletic talent! At their game on Saturday, Peyton scored 2 of the 5 total goals made during the play!! Peyton also balances club soccer outside of school and is a hard working goalie! During her busy days, Peyton still manages "[to] study for 3 hours per class" every night. PER CLASS!! Yet she states she receives descent sleep and makes straight A's! She prefers studying alone, for she says "other people can't keep up with me."     Peyton is very exc...

    The odd word nut graf, is used to represent the subject of the story.  The term nut graf refers to the paragraph that sort of sums up the theme of a story.  Essentially the "newsworthy" part of a story. Having a strong nut graf is really a necessity if you want a good story. The whole story is interesting, but the nut graf is where most of the need-to-know information will be read.     In many stories, the nut graf is where it says why the story matters. The nut graf most of the time is written in a news format and anwers who, what, when, where, why, and how pretty quickly. You DO NOT mention in your nut graf, the ending of a story. No spoilers!!