Opinions Writing Preview Activity

Story 1- 

1. This is the editorial.
2. The story was about the FBI working with Apple to create a "back door" to people's cellphones to get information that they need and or want.
3. They feel negatively about this topic; "If, for example, if someone is assumed to have committed a huge crime, would they hack into that iPhone then? Either way is bad for consumers." 
4. Yes and no. They give some insight about the other side but there weren't any quotes to back them up.
5. No, they were straight to the point making it seem that the FBI was doing a bad thing with the encryption code and the hacking. 
6. No there are not.
7. This was written in 3rd person.

Story 2- 

1. Granger Coats, photo editor.
2. The story was about the rights that students should and shouldn't have at school.
3. He definitely didn't agree with the events happening. "That's why I believe the DAEP should be a punishment saved only for severe cases such as students considering a threat to the school, the well-being of students, or themselves."
4. Not really.
5. No, he was direct with his opinion and said what he meant.
6. No, there aren't.
7. It was 3rd at the beginning and 1st at the end.

Story 3- 

1. Alicia Molina, assistant editor.
2. Their article was bout the social media, and how it basically turned two nobodies into two really nice, famous guys. 
3. She was kinda hard to pick out what she wanted to say. Sometimes I thought she didn't like them and other times it seemed that she appreciated their work.
4. No, she didn't.
5. Yes she was, she didn't have a direct "bee-line" to where she was going with her opinion.
6. There were a few.
7. This was also a 3rd person beginning, 1st person conclusion.

Story 4- 

1. Fuaad Ajaz, news editor.
2. The article was about how the African-American population is being treated poorly.
3. He was siding with the African-Americans on this. "She's embracing her skin color; yellow-bone is a light shade of African-American skin. So go on and embrace it, girl."
4. Not Really.
5. No, he was straight with his ideas and opinions. 
6. There are a couple about Beyonce's lyrics.
7. 3rd person.

Story 5- 

1. Mia Barbosa, online editor.
2. The article was about collage credit classes being taken at Bowie now.
3. She supported the $93 fee that came with the test. "Considering all of the time, money and stress a student can save themselves by attempting to take the test for a fee of only $93 I believe it is a great idea to try."
4. No.
5. No she wasn't. She gave valid evidence to what she was trying to say and she had good theories as well.
6. No there weren't.
7. Mostly 1st person. 

A.  A hard news story follows the inverted pyramid well, while opinions follow it looser. Hard news stories have quotes and opinions don't. Hard news stories are all factual and no side, while that is the point of an opinion story. 

B. I don't think there are may photo's because they only show factual evidence and with opinions there aren't any facts for pictures to come up. 

C. I think that any new changes that are happening with the school would be good, Any competition that can be two-sided like debate cases or other things that have unexpected turnouts. Lastly I think that any social media things that are impacting students should be written about.