To get to the Austin American-Statesman - click the link and then put in the user name and password - you might as well bookmark the link.
The user name is MAC-J
The password is Knight1!
1. To answer Question No. 1, please see "Pope urges U.S.: Heal globe’s ‘open wounds’" on the top right of page A1.
What was the central message of the speech that Pope Francis delivered yesterday? To whom was the speech delivered? How does the story illustrate the huge interest for his address? How was the speech historic? Who invited him to come?
2. T0 answer Question No. 2, please see "Facts behind attack on referee remain elusive" on the bottom right of page A1.
3. To answer Question No. 3, please see "Students hold 2nd ‘leveling’ protest" on the right side of B1.
What legal opinion has state senator John Whitmire, D-Houston, asked from the attorney general? When does the law he is asked about take effect? How does Whitmire interpret the law? What alternative interpretation is possible? How long does the attorney general have to answer Whitmire's question and why might it not matter anyway?
5. To answer Question No. 5, pick any story that catches your interest. Summarize the story in a sentence of two and express an opinion about the topic or how well the story covers it.
1. To answer Question No. 1, please see "Pope urges U.S.: Heal globe’s ‘open wounds’" on the top right of page A1.
What was the central message of the speech that Pope Francis delivered yesterday? To whom was the speech delivered? How does the story illustrate the huge interest for his address? How was the speech historic? Who invited him to come?
2. T0 answer Question No. 2, please see "Facts behind attack on referee remain elusive" on the bottom right of page A1.
What broad difference of opinion exists about the incident that was at the heart of Thursday's UIL state executive committee hearing? What is the likelihood that John Jay assistant football coach Mack Breed and players Michael Moreno and Victor Rojas will return to the school? What most frustrated Mike Motheral, the chairman of the committee about yesterday's hearing?
3. To answer Question No. 3, please see "Students hold 2nd ‘leveling’ protest" on the right side of B1.
What action caused more than five dozen parents and students to assemble outside of East Austin’s Maplewood Elementary School on Thursday morning? What caused the school district to take this action and how has it hurt the sixth grade at Maplewood? What was the outcome of a similiar protest at Bryker Woods Elementary School in Central Austin?
4. To answer Question No. 4, please see "Clarification sought on gun carry near schools" on the middle left of page B3.
What legal opinion has state senator John Whitmire, D-Houston, asked from the attorney general? When does the law he is asked about take effect? How does Whitmire interpret the law? What alternative interpretation is possible? How long does the attorney general have to answer Whitmire's question and why might it not matter anyway?
5. To answer Question No. 5, pick any story that catches your interest. Summarize the story in a sentence of two and express an opinion about the topic or how well the story covers it.
EXTENDED REPONSE:
Yogi Berra died on Tuesday. He's one of those sports personalities who transcends sports, so I think we all should read his obituary that appeared in Wednesday's The New York Times. I think you will enjoy reading about him if you don't know much about him. After you read the story, consider the type of article this is: an obituary. They appear in newspapers every day.
What elements make up an obituary? (There are obituaries on page B4 of today's Statesman if you want to look at more examples to support your answer). What kind of information
is available? What thing would you expect to read in an obituary that you
rarely find in one (see if you can deduce this one on your own)? Did you know
that many new reporters first assignments are to write obituaries? What would
you think about having to write one of these?
CORRECTION: This version of the post corrects an earlier version which misidentified the affected Maplewood class as the fourth-grade class. The AISD action has affected the sixth grade at Maplewood. The journalism teacher regrets the error.
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