Action Preview Assignment

This photo was part of a winning sports photography portfolio because it shows a lot of emotion with the team in clear celebration, but the coach looks displeased.
The shutter speed is fast.
 I don't think this is a key moment since it happens at nearly all football games and it could have been planned.
A technique that is showed in this picture is using the fast shutter speed to capture the water coming onto the coach.

Student of the Month Story

In March 2014 Kevin Waterworth, a junior at Bowie High School, was elected because his involvement in school activities and good grades. Being chosen as Student of the Month is a great honor and achievement, and only the most deserving students are chosen.

Teachers nominate students on their grades and how much they participate during class. Ms. Stephens, Waterworth's science teacher, nominated him because "he always has great grades and when he has extra time after an assignment, he helps the students that are falling behind."

Students then choose out of ten students who they want to be students of the month. Noah Lawson said he chose Waterworth because "he is a really well rounded student that many people respect and I enjoy the time we spend together during baseball practice."

When the principle announced that Waterworth would be student of the month for March he was very surprised that he got chosen, but at the same time "honored to have gotten the title."

Many times the students who get chosen are treated differently during that month and after. Waterworth said "People have shown me more than respect than they used to."

Students of the month have a chance to do something around school. Waterworth thinks that " in english it should be focused more on reading than writing."

They also get to help and give advice to  students that are struggling in classes so Waterworth said that need to  "just focus on the work and don't get too distracted." When asked for tips on studing for tests they need to "just go over the material until they know all the material."

Waterworth has been in baseball at bowie for three years and volunteers at the zoo. After high school he wants to go to the University of Texas, in Austin Texas, to be a zoologist.

Nut Graf

A nut graf is an editorial slang that refers to a sentence, or group of sentences, that summarizes the story.

Student of the Month Story

Who- Kevin Waterworth
What- won student of the month
Where- at Bowie High School
When- during the the month of march is junior year
Why- he made good grades and involvement in school
How- teachers nominated him and his peers chose him

Kevin Waterworth, a junior at Bowie High School, just won student of the month for March 2014.                              Kevin was nominated by his teachers because of his good grades and his involvement in school,but it was the respect his peers hold for him that they chose him. He is grateful and honored that people thought well enough of him to think he deserved the title.

Inverted Pyramid

Learning to Interview

Sources

1. Teachers
2. People on the school board
3. students

Questions

1. Do you support the change in dress code? Why?
2. Why do you think this decision was made? 
3. how do you think the results would be different if you had students or teachers vote?
4. Did you want there to be school uniforms?
5. Will you follow the the new dress code?
6. Why do you think we didn't have the uniforms before now?
7. How much do you think the uniforms will cost?
8. Do you think everyone will be able to afford them?
9. How will the uniforms have a positive effect?
10. How will the uniforms have a negative effect?
11. What will happen to the kids out of dress code?
12. Do you think the uniforms will create a sense of unity between the students?
13. Do you think the students will feel that having a uniform violates their rights?
14.  Do you think the uniforms will cause the students to act any differently?
15. What will you do if a student can't wear the uniform because of religious reasons?
16. How do the uniforms differ from the boys and girls?
17. Will any students transfer to a different school so they won't have to wear the uniform?
18. Do you believe this is the start of many policies in school changing and getting stricter?
19. Do you think the uniforms will cause tension between the students and teachers?
20. What will you do to still be unique even though the uniforms are all the same?

Student of the Month Interview

Questions

1. What is your name? Kevin Waterworth
2. What grade are you in? eleventh
3. What subjects do you excel in, why? Science and math because I really enjoy them and they seem to come easily for me.
4. What subjects do you struggle with, why? English because writing doesn't come naturally for me.  
5. Were you surprised when you were chosen to be student of the month? Very
6. Are there any other students you feel could be student of the month? There was 
7. What advise would you give to people who get this title after you? Don't let the title go to your head.
8. How does it feel to be student of the month? I feel really honored to have gotten this title 
9.  How hard do you work to reach your goals, academically and personally? really hard
10.  Are you in any extra curricular activities, if so what are they and how long have you participated in them? I have been in baseball for three years.
11. Since you made student of the month do you think others will look up to you to set examples and be a role model. yes
12. What advise do you have for struggling students? Just to focus on the work and don't get too distracted.
13. Who is your role model, why? Steve Irwin because I watched him as a kid and he was a zoologist 
14. What is your plan after you graduate high school? which collage do you want to go to and what do you want to major in? I want to go to U.T. to be a zoologist
15. Have people treated you differently since you become student of the month, how? They have shown me more respect
16. Why do you think you were chosen for student of the month? Because i had good grades and I worked hard to get them
17. How do you study and get ready for a major test or presentation? I just go over the material as much as I can until i know all the material
18. What qualities do you have that you think made you stand out from the other people who were nominated for student of the month? I think I probably worked harder than the other people 
19. What would you want to change to make classes more interesting? In english I would make it so that it focused more on reading than writing
20. Do you volunteer for anything, what? I volunteer at the zoo.