The Eagle’s Eye Leads

Finland, Germany, Italy, and Norway. These are the countries from which Akins has welcomed foreign exchange students this year.

a. Who: exchange students

b. What: Akins welcomed foreign students this year.

c. Why: They managed to come to texas for organizations

d. When:this year

e. Where: Akins high school

f. How: Are exchange students from Finland, Germany, Italy, and Norway.

5. How many sentences is the lead? 2

6. Is the lead interesting? yes it is.

7. Does it make you want to read more of the story? Why or why not? Yes, because interest me to know who these students are.

8. What is the "news" of this story?what they think about to be studying here.

9. Students journalists tend to have a hard time to write without including opinion. Read the article closely to detect OPINION. If you see anything that you believe to be opinion that is unattributed (not in a direct or indirect quote) to a source, copy the sentence that contains the opinion on your blog. 

1. Explain why you believe this section of the article is opinion.
2. Explain how the writer could have avoided using opinion in the article.
3. Explain whether you think the writer is biased or just sloppy with their writing.

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• What is the name of the interview subject? The 9/11 Museum
• What is this person known for? are relatives of the victims of the attack of the 9/11
• What is a memorable quote from the interview? not talking about a simple little thing happened, we talking about a brutal attack on our country.
• What question prompted the memorable quote? Even it is painful for children in future generations?
  
  
• What did you learn? how felt the families of the victims and that the museum will be amazing. The journalist asked good questions.

types of questions

• Closed- Ended Questions: A question that allows the interviewee to answer with a yes- no or one word answer.

• Open- Ended Question: A question that force the interviewee to answer with more than a yes - no or one word answer.

• Follow-up Question: A question that originates from listening to something the interviewee says.

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