El Matador News

preview of El Matador #2

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next paper deadline: NOV 1

Front page 1 Calendar events NJHS AVID IBMYP 7th TX History Study Trip Joe Beach Club news Green Team – FEA	Community page 2 Band Orchestra Theater Production 6th Theater Art – Marlee Goodman Choir	Community page 3 Spanish French – Chinese Kiara Neto German   ESL	Sports page 4 Football 8 A Football 8 B Football 7 A Football 7B Dance
Sports page 5 Volleyball 8A Volleyball 8B Volleyball 7A Volleyball 7B Cheer	Photo collage: student life page 6	Opinion/editorial page 7 Book review– June B. Movie review Video Game review School issues: Lockers Block schedule Backpacks Dress code Rant-n-Rave (~100 word opinions)	OP-Ed continued and Literary page 8 Sixth Seventh Eighth

ARTICLE GUIDELINES:

NEWS ARTICLES SHOULD...

• start with a lead that has as many of the W's (who, what, when, where, why) as possible
• continue with paragraphs that tell the details about each of the W's (a 'who' paragraph, a 'what' paragraph, etc.)
• include some quotations from people involved -- be sure to attribute the words or facts to the person who said them by using quotation marks " "
• be as well researched as possible!
• not have a conclusion! when you run out of facts, just stop
• be written in 3rd person about the topic, using he/him, she/her, they/them (avoid second person "you/your/you're")
• NOT have opinions of the writer

EDITORIAL/OPINION ARTICLES SHOULD....

• be written like an essay with an introduction/body/conclusion
• state your opinion in the introduction
• be written in first person (I / me / my) to express your opinion
• have reasons/facts/quotations to back up your opinion in the body paragraphs
• urge the readers (in the conclusion) to do something if they agree

MOVIE / BOOK / GAME REVIEWS SHOULD...

• begin with a brief summary of the book/movie/game: don't give too much away, but perhaps include the characters' names, the genre of the b/m/g, and the setting.
• critique the b/m/g: what technology or literary techniques are used? what kind of description or scenes help the b/m/g? what could be better?
• praise the b/m/g: what elements are great and make you want to read/see/play more?
• end with a recommendation: should the readers of the newspaper read/see/play this book/movie/game? Tell them where to access it!
• these articles may be written in first person (I / me / my)

 

 

EL MATADOR wants your news stories!

El Matador student newspaper wants news stories from Murchison students!

Please submit your news stories to sbrennan@austinisd.org for consideration!

We want news about:

• football
• volleyball
• choir
• orchestra
• band
• art
• theatre
• Spanish
• French
• German
• Chinese
• technology
• AVID
• NJHS
• IB
• club news: such as Green Team

We also welcome opinion/editorial articles...

• no lockers
• new class schedule
• advisory 4x week
• movie review
• book review
• videogame review

Finally, for our literary section, we welcome...

• poetry
• short stories
• creative writing
• song lyrics
• comic strips
• illustrations

Please send us photos to accompany your article (with a caption to indicate who's in the photo and its location/event/date). For our first newspaper, please submit by September 20!

One more thing: most English teachers will award extra credit for your writing, so copy your ELA teacher when you send your email! Oh, and include your name and grade level.