Merger photo preview.

1.One problem would be that the fence at he left side of the photo kind of starts to vanish, as in its not kept straight.

2. A good location in the bowie campus would be in the court yard in front of the big tree or even in the front of the school.

3. Something creative would be as if I'm walking or even walking up or down the stairs i the hallway.

4. Honestly wear what ever you want, i personally don't care. Slog long as the photos are clear and make sense.

My opinion story.

  Singer-songwriter, Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (aka. Lana Del Rey) who's from Lake Placid, New York has never had it easy in the music industry. Yet it did take her a while to find her fame over the vintage slow/ hip hop inspired music of hers.

  Lana has had a tough life while growing up in, she's been sent to boarding school because of her alcoholic abuse as a teenager. Now everyones not perfect but it shows that people the turn there lives around.

  Over the courses of years Lana began writing her own music and performed in night clubs/venues under the name of 'Lizzy Grant'. Her music was little more darker in my opinion but it was all for the aesthetic. She was later signed to an independent record company which later took a while to produce lana first album and later got shelved.

  After a while Lizzy Grant change her name to Lana Del Rey and was later signed to Interscope Records and Polydor Records. She then produced her first official album "Born To Die" in 2012 that had amazing instrumentals and vocals on it. That same year she performed on 'Saturday Night Live' (SNL) which wasn't pretty. Her performance was know as the " worst in SNL history". After this performance it wasn't certain if Lana had a career again.

  After the internet cooled down Lana still had a good hand full of supporters like me stay by her side and she later produced an extended edition of her first album called 'Paradise'. After that she kind of took a break on big television shows and when smaller. she gained her fandom back and was becoming more of a known artist but still underrated.

  Lana has 5 albums the third being more a stupid back version and more of an indie/alternative sound with heavier instrumentals and more vocals and an interesting story called 'Ultraviolence' (2014)
  The forth album 'Honeymoon' (2015) features the same aesthetic but more of and older vintage Hollywood vibe.

 Now Lana Del Rey isn't a natural performer as you may know, I've seen her live at ACL 2014 and she sounded amazing. After the SNL performance everyone put an image in there head that she just can't sing and to say that really won't matter because she already has us (her fans) that support her and stream her on spotify and buy her music on iTunes.

  Now for this fifth album 'Lust for Life' which has her first features on any of her albums; including The weeknd, Sean Ono Lennon and rumored Stevie Nicks. Lana's come a long way and will continue to surprise all of us secretly.

Peer review/ grade

Paragraphs -  40  pts
5 quotes - 25 pts
Inverted pyramid - 10 pts
Extra Credit? -  points
TOTAL = 75

Student of the Month:

Who- Jamie Anagnoes
what- student of the month
when-
where- James Bowie High school
why-



  Jamie Anagnoes a student of James Bowie High school who won student of the month for 2017. Jamie if a freshman at Bowie and is already starting off her first year of high school really well. After the hard work and respect she had towards everyone really paid off.

  At Bowie high school students and staff/ faculty vote for student of the month every year. Jamie never expected to win, she states "It feels very accomplishing". After the big win the Jamie won for student of the month, it's made her more "confident".

  Bowie has always been know for nominating and later having a student of the month. I asked Jamie if she every expected to win student of the month. Her answer is what surprised us, "No, because they're are smarter people than me." I understood what she meant by that but it's not if you smart, it's about how much of a dedicated student you are.

  " It feels really special because everyone's praising you." Even though Jamie is still in shock after winning, she is enjoying the attention.

  After winning student of the month there really isn't type of royalty after the whole win. Being student of the month has some pressure for the winners every time. Jamie says that there's 'more pressure to do good and better." especially after the month is over.

  Jamie wasn't all for being student of the month but her family was all for it. In fact her "family" forces her too. After the win she had to thank her family because of them she a better person.

opinion writing part 2. (Personal Essay)

1. A couple of things that you can use is more personal prespective by that i mean there can be a mix of facts and personal. Another thing that you can start is making connections on the essay and what it's about and having a hook that bring in the read and gets there full attention


2.One thing would be leaving the opinion aside w/ statistics. Now opinions are good as long as they make a connection. Generalizations should be no where near the essay. There should only be facts and just a alit bit of opinion if they make sense w/ the topic and helps.


3 No extra points for the number of facts you include. Academic essays contain more facts than opinion, personal essays contain more opinion than facts. But ensure the facts you use are accurate. Check names, spellings, numbers. Two sources of confirmation are better than one.

Writing essays in a great way to get your opinions off your chest, but avoid philosophical rants which make no connection to your reader’s experience. Again, keep it personal while relating to a wider world.

Take your ideas from wherever you can. Note your reactions to everything, pursue passing preoccupations and distractions, consider what makes you, glad, angry, passionate in what you read, see and hear. Mine your own past for incidents, images, lessons and epiphanies.

SLO Practice Information.

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2. A
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. C

Inverted pyramid