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Taryn, 5th period Good topic! A lot of your questions seem to be "close-ended", so if you are going to ask these you might want to rephrase them to get ore depth on your topic. For example: "Was your school well-rated or poorly-rated?" could be rephrased as "How would you describe what your school looked like?" or by just simply adding a "What's your opinion?" to the end of it. Two questions you could ask your main source could be: What was the most memorable time of your life? What do you think most defined who you are today? A question you could ask your secondary source could be: How would you describe Aunt Beth growing up? You could also interview one of her close friends or another relative of yours. 1. The audience could be anyone because it deals with people of different generations. 2. The author's main point is to compare her lifestyle to her aunts 3. The part that interests me the most is finding out how different it actually w...

1. My Aunt Cathey 2. My mom, Grams 3. Growing up an army brat 4. 3rd person 5.  How would  you describe your childhood? Where was your favorite place to live? Would you want to go back and change anything about your childhood? Who was your inspiration growing up? Was it hard on you to move?  Where was your least favorite place to live? What was one thing that influenced you growing up? What was your favorite meal to eat put on the base? Was it ever frustrating to have a dad in the army? Is there anyone that you can still remember that you miss? Who was your best friend? Was school hard for you? What differences, if any, are there between growing up on the base and growing up in a  neighborhood?  What life skills did you learn growing up? Whats your favorite memory on the base? Was there anything different you did growing up that most people didn't? (a game or something) Where do you think was most home? What i...

1. The difference between a hard news lead and the one I read today was that this one did not require the 5W1H (Who, What, When, Where, Why, How), but instead tried to capture the audience's attention first. 2. I learned all of this information in paragraph 2 a. Who: Ted Williams b. What: became an internet sensation c. Where:  Hudson Street ramp off northbound I-71. d. When: January 4, 2011 e. Why: for his amazing voice  f. How: a video posted on Dispatch.com  3. Yes 4. Yes 5.  Kevin McLoughlin,  Doral Chenoweth III,  Ken Andrews,  Tony Florentino,  Shane Cormier,  Frank Willson,  Patrick Harris,  Ted Williams 6.  "We could make him a millionaire," Cormier said. I think that this is the most powerful quote in the story because these guys are planning on completely changing the life of this homeless man, all because he just happened to be gifted with an amazing voice.  7. 33 paragraphs 8. The story is 76...

1. I think that in today's society that people do perceive beauty, but in their own unique ways. While some people may find beauty in gardens or flowers, others may think that punk rock is truly beautiful.  Everyone has their own tastes in life, which reflects what we find beautiful or not. Finding theirselves in a situation where they are busy or unavailable might affect what they perceive as beautiful because they may not be as focused on their surroundings as they should be. 2. Beauty is not always appreciated in today's society because people can find it so often. Our culture and lifestyles are completely different today than they were in the 1800's. Nowadays, if people want to listen to classical music they can look it up on youtube or any app that supports music. Back then, music was appreciated a lot more because it was a delicacy. Not everyone cold go out and listen to whatever they wanted to on a whim because concerts were expensive and did not occur whenever the...

A) 1. Sami Orange      2. Standardized testing      3. " Personally, I think that standardized testing should not be issued."      4. Yes      5. No because she was very persistent about what she believed in and supported it will many facts and resources.      6. Yes      7. 1st B) 1. Karis D.      2. Allowances      3. " I like the idea of this system because it teaches kids the importance of money and hard       work. But weekly pay for children also must depend on the financial status of the family. "      4. Yes      5. Yes because they did not have a super strong opinion on this topic. They were understanding of both sides and you could slightly tell in their writing.        6. No      7. 1st      8. This is just a regular opinions piece because the...

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Ideas: 1. Phone addiction: is it a problem? 2. Stress levels 3. AISD Bond I read BuzzFeed a lot because they have entertaining stories with topics that I am interested in like cooking, fashion and DIYs. Their stories are well-written and are focused on things that mostly teens would be interested in. Most of their writers are mid-late twenties so it reflects a younger view and stance on the issues they discuss.

Wednesday night at 10 p.m., a 53 year old woman named Janice Jones was shot in the leg in Barstow, California after her dog accidentally knocked a 9 mm handgun off a seat. California Highway Patrol press liaison Tammy Rye was working the case. She reported that Jones was eating pork chops in the back of her motor home on Beach Boulevard near Highway 1 when the gun went off, shooting on impact of the fall. The bullet went through Jones' leg and exited out through the side of the vehicle. "It could have been worse," Rye said. "The bullet hit two inches from the gas tank." Jones was immediately transported to Huntington Beach Hospital for her injuries. Jim Washington, a spokesperson for Huntington Beach Hospital, confirmed Jones was treated at the hospital but gave no additional information. After inspecting the property, Jones’ dog, a pomeranian named Tombo, was removed by Huntington Beach Animal Control officers due to malnourishment and fres...

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