Final Exam Review

1. Timeliness- The newsiness of facts.

2. Proximity- The nearness of a given event to your place of publication.

3. Human Interest- Stories with a heartwarming twist, drama or a unique turn on human lives.

4. Prominence- The "newsworthiness" of a given event to your place of publication. 

5. Conflict- The meeting of two or more opposing forces. These forces can be physical, emotional or philosophical.

6. Interviews- A meeting that is to get information from someone.

7. Research- The study of information to get facts.

8. Quotations- A punctuation that is to quote someone.

9. Yes-no question- The question is answered with a yes or a no.

10. follow-up question- The questions get more information.

11. Objective writing- The writing is based on facts.

12. Transition paragraph- The paragraph transitions the idea into the other paragraph. 

13. Hard news story- The story are about serious news.

14. Soft news story- The story is to entertain.

15. Inverted Pyramid- The structure of writing news stories where the most important information is at the top then the important details is in the middle then the general information and background information.

16. Third-person point of view- The story is being told through the narrator and uses pronouns like he,  she, it, or they.

17. 5 Ws and H lead- The lead of the story has the what, why, where, when, who, and how all together in the lead of the story.

18. editing- The errors of the story are corrected and changed.

19. attribution- Establishing a particular person as a creator of work.

20. paraphrase- The story is put into someone else's own words.

21. fragmentary quotation- The quotation is made of disconnected parts.

22. direct quotation- The quotation is word from word of the author.

23. partial quotation- The quotation isn't complete.

24. Uses of quotations- The quotations are used for quoting someone word from word or titles of information.

25. When to use quotations- The double quotation marks are used to quote word form word and single equation marks are used for quotes inside another quote.

26. When quotations are unnecessary or not desired- The quotations are unnecessary or not desired when it is not a direct quote form someone.

27. Editorial- A opinion story written by the newspaper staff.

28. editorial page- A story in the newspaper that is a opinion.

29. columns- A story that is on a particular subject like giving advice or recommend or giving information.

30. editorial that criticizes- The story is to get the reader to see the problem but not the solution.

31. editorial that explains- The story explains a sensitive or controversial story.

32. editorial that persuades- The story is to get the radar to see the solution not the problem.
33. letter to the editor- The letter to the editor is to get the issues or concerns to the author.

Final Draft

Isabella Mata

Period 7

   Imagine someone just nearly losing life form a doctor’s mistake in surgery and only a couple months later into recovering a doctor tells them that they have been diagnosed with cancer. That is exactly what happened to Robert Mata.

 

   On March 19, 2012, Robert Mata was informed that he had stage three Multiple Myeloma. Multiple Myeloma is a type of blood cancer that if found in the bone marrow. This type of cancer is uncommon and happens to be only found in one in 143 people and unfortunately Robert Mata happened to be one of them.

   

  According to Robert Mata the cancer was detected when a doctor had noticed that his blood work was off and told him to go to a cancer specialist. After running numerous of test the doctor detected little holes in his spine and if that wasn’t treated soon his spine could snap due to the weak bone. The doctor had called him back in to tell him the results.

  "My first thought after the doctor had told me that I have been diagnosed with cancer was what can we do to treat it," said Robert Mata.

  

 Although Robert Mata had past experiences with cancer before he never had even thought that he would be diagnosed with cancer himself. His mom had ovarian cancer and his farther had prostate cancer. Betsy Mata, his wife, had breast cancer a couple years before he was diagnosed.

  “It was hard to believe the news because we just got back on our feet only to be pushed back done,” said Betsy.

  

 Apparently Betsy received a call from the doctor who told her that Robert had Multiple Myeloma a week before Robert himself actually found out.

  

  "I was shocked and in disbelief when I heard the news that he was diagnosed with cancer,” Betsy said. "Even though I did anticipate the outcome of test. I was still hoping that it wasn’t going to be cancer."

 Although Betsy anticipated the outcome his son, Cameron Mata who was only in 8th grade at the time, didn't expect anything like this. He was only a child when his mom was going through Breast cancer and didn't think that his family would be pulled back into the world of daily hospital visits and chemotherapy treatments again.

 "I was shock to say the lease,” said Cameron. “He told me that I would have to be the man of the house and take care of my little sister and mom."

 With his caregiver being his wife and his support group being his children, Robert started his first Stem Cell Transplant in the beginning of August in 2012.

“ All that mattered is that we had faith and family with us,” said Cameron.

   Robert daily schedule required daily visits to the Southern Methothodes Hospital in San Antonio. There he went through days of chemotherapy and spent most of his time sitting on hospital beds rather then his bed at home.

   

"The doctors had froze my stem cells and it looked like a bag full of frozen blood," said Robert.

  

    After the stem cells were frozen the rotors gave him chemo through an IV for a couple days before leaving back to were his family was staying to in will return the next day. The nurse had to use a big needle slowly put the stem cells back through his arm. This process was repeated for 15 days straight.

“The needle that she used look to be about 12 inches long and 2 inches in diameter,” Robert explained.

 

   Robert was required to wear a mask to and from the hospital and was told to avoid anybody who was sick due to his extremely weak immune system. Even though this was a long process Robert stayed motivated everyday.

 "What kept me motivated everyday was the thought of living and staying alive, “said Robert.

  This experience made Robert realize that people had it worst then him. There were so many people at that hospital that had a worst type of cancer that they were fighting.

    

    "I met so many amazing people at the hospital who I really connected to because they understood what I was going though,” Robert said. “All the people were so young and just gave off good vibes and we always kept on fighting though cancer together."

  

  Although in every situation there are some ups and downs. There were times when Robert and Betsy were separated from their children for weeks at time. Their children would be all the way at home in Austin while they would be in San Antonio. But the bad times only made Robert appreciate the good times even more.

  

  "I had to become really responsible when my parents were away and that meant growing up and not being a kid anymore,” said Cameron.

  This whole experience was life changing and left an impact on everybody. And after the first stem cell transplant he was told that he had to do another one due to having a certain type of chromosome that had fought off the first stem cell transplant. But he was so happy to have his family there by his aide for all this time.

 

  "I stayed positive because I felt that I needed to show my family that everything was going to be okay and that I would not give up." said Robert. “I had no doubt in my mind that I would not die form this cancer."

   He has been fighting cancer for four years now and is finally in remission but he will continue and never stop fighting with his loving family by his side.

“I will never stop fighting in till cancer is only a word used to describe monsters inside of a nightmare instead of a sickness inside reality,” Robert said.

First Draft

Isabella Mata

period 7

   Imagine just nearly losing your life form a doctors mistake in surergy and only a couple months later into recovering a doctor tells you that you have been diagnosed with cancer. That is exactly what happened to Robert Mata.

  On March 19, 2012 Robert Mata was informed by his doctor that he had stage 3 Multiple Myeloma.

Multiple Myeloma is a typeof blood cancer that if found in the bone marrow. This type of cancer is uncommon and happen to be only found in every 1in 143 people and Robert happened to be one of them.

   

According to Robert the cancer was detected when a doctor had noticed protein in his urine during a physical. the doctor had sent him off to a kidney specialist who noticed that it wasn't his kidneys but was something not right in his blood. After running numerous of test he was finally sent to a doctor that specializes in cancer who took a little bone marrow form his spine. the doctor found little holes in his bone that means that if this wasn't treated soon his spine could snap due to the weak bone. And finally he was called in to be told he had cancer. "My first throughout after the doctor had told me that I have been diagnosed with cancer I ask him what can we do to treat it," said Robert.

  

 Although Robert had past experiences before he never expected that this would effect him. His mom had Ovarian cancer and his farther had Prostate cancer. Betsy, his wife, had breast cancer a couple years before he was diagnosed.

  

 Apparently Betsy found out a week before Robert did as she received a call from the doctors with Robert not knowing. "I was shocked and in disbelief when I heard the news that he was diagnosed with cancer,"she said. "Even though I did anticipate the outcome form all the test. I was still hoping that it want going to be cancer."

 Although his son Cameron who was only in 8th grade at the time didn't expect anything like this. He was only a child when his mom was going through Breast cancer and didn't think that his family would gave to go through this again. Cameron was told a couple weeks after his dad was diagnosed. "I was shock to say the lease,"said Cameron."He had told me that I would have to be the man of the house and take care of my little sister and mom."

 With his caregiving being his wife and his support group being his children, Robert started his first Stem Cell Transplant in the beginning of August in 2012. His daily schedule required daily visits to the Southern Methothodes Hospital in San Antonio. When he first got there the doctors went into his neck and put a juggler vein in there. The next couple of days the doctors had to take out his stem cells through a machine that separate his stem cells and replenishes the plasma back into his body. Once the doctors got the stem cells the machine had to count them in order to make sure there was enough stem cells for the transplant. The doctors needed 5 million stem cells and he had 13 million taken out of him. "The doctors had froze my stem cells and it looked like a bag full of frozen blood," said Bobby.

  

  After the stem cells were frozen the rotors gave him chemo through a IV for a couple days before leaving back to were his family was staying to inly return the next day. They put the stem cells back with a needle that looked to be 12 inches long and 2 inches in diameter. the nurse had slowly put the stem cells back through his arm. Robert then came back for 15 days to check his white blood cells every morning before he was released back home.

  Robert wa required to wear a mask to and from the hospital every and had to avoid anybody who was sick due to his extremely weak immune system. even though this was a long process Robert stayed motivated everyday. "what kept me motivated everyday was the thought of living and staying alive,"said Robert.

 This while experience made Robert realize that people had it worst then him. There were so many people at that hospital who had a wist typeof cancer that they were fighting. "I met so many amazing people at the hospital who I really connected to because ether understood what i was going though,"said Robert."We all shared stories and all the people were so young and just gave off good vibes and we always kept on fighting though cancer together."

  

  Although in every situation there are some ups and downs. Robert and Betsy had to sometimes be away from there children for over a week. But his highest point was when he got to finally see his children. "I had to become really responsible when my parents were away and that meant growing up ad not being a kid anymore,"said Cameron.

This whole experience was life changing and left a impact on everybody. And after the first stem cell transplant he was told that he had to do another one due to having a certain type of chromosome that had drought off the first stem cell transplant. But he was so happy to have his family there by his aide for all this time. "I stayed positive because I felt that I needed to show my family hat everything was going to be okay and that I would not give up." said Robert."I had no doubt in my mind that I would would not die form this cancer."

 Robert Mata never stop fighting because even though the cancer will never fully go away he made it finally into remission.

 He has been fighting cancer for 4 years now and will continue and never stop fighting with his loving family by his side.

   

   

CE 3.3

1. To build a better community for the future generations and for their new baby.
2. Small class sizes, teacher training, and full-day schooling.
3. 58 stories and it has significant funding from CIM Group and it would be the tallest building in Austin and the tallest residential building west of the Mississippi River.
4. $217 million.
5. I would try Texas Trash.

Long answers
1. Homeboy Industries is a organization that works to help give theses who just got out of prison and former gang who want to change another chance. The main part of Homeboy Industries include baking in bakery, cafes, and a catering business. The staff working at Homeboy Industries get internships to go to the Bouchon and is well known.
2. This was compelling to read because it is such a amazing thing to read stories like this about people getting a second chance to change. I think that this was compelling because it showed how not every former gang member are terrible people because when given a chance they work hard to change who they are no matter how old they are. The story gave personal stories of former gang embers and I think that they drawled the reader in because they appealed to my human nature of people getting a second chance because they want to change and not everybody gets another chance to be able to do that.
3. I thought as i was reading this story is how amazing it is that theses people wanted to change who they are and were done with the their life in a gang. I was thinking about how this organization should be located in more areas because it can make such a impact on those peoples lives. In the story when the former gang member explained his experience of when he was done being in a gang I was thinking of how he used his commonsense and finally realized that this sing something he wanted to be in.