Monday, April 11, 2016
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
CE 5.3
Current Events Quiz
1. AISD and the City of Austin are working together to increase the funding used toward education. A proposed idea is to introduce a limited tax swap, where certain educational services would be city funded, and the district would pay less to the state.
2. It will 8 take years for California and NYC to raise the minimum wage to $15.
3. Villanova won the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament last night with a score of 77-74.
4. I want to visit India because there is so much culture, and I have never been to that part of the world.
5. I don't like the idea of Instagram expanding videos because I use Instagram to scroll through pictures and read messages just to get an idea of what everyone is up to.
Short Answer:
The major Democratic candidates in the race are Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and the major Republican candidates are Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. I was supporting Marco Rubio, but currently I am not supporting any candidates. I'm not supporting anyone because I agree with every candidate on certain issues, but I don't share major ideals with any of the current candidates. I think the country will become more divided after this election. There are so many contrasting ideas that large groups of people will be upset no matter who wins. I am concerned with economic issues, especially if Bernie Sanders gets elected. I'm slightly worried my Mexican boyfriend will get deported if Trump gets elected, even though he is a legal resident and almost a citizen. The big topics are immigration, terrorism, and wage gaps. The issue of terrorism is really important to me because it is a major issue and threatens the wellbeing of many lives.
1. AISD and the City of Austin are working together to increase the funding used toward education. A proposed idea is to introduce a limited tax swap, where certain educational services would be city funded, and the district would pay less to the state.
2. It will 8 take years for California and NYC to raise the minimum wage to $15.
3. Villanova won the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament last night with a score of 77-74.
4. I want to visit India because there is so much culture, and I have never been to that part of the world.
5. I don't like the idea of Instagram expanding videos because I use Instagram to scroll through pictures and read messages just to get an idea of what everyone is up to.
Short Answer:
The major Democratic candidates in the race are Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and the major Republican candidates are Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. I was supporting Marco Rubio, but currently I am not supporting any candidates. I'm not supporting anyone because I agree with every candidate on certain issues, but I don't share major ideals with any of the current candidates. I think the country will become more divided after this election. There are so many contrasting ideas that large groups of people will be upset no matter who wins. I am concerned with economic issues, especially if Bernie Sanders gets elected. I'm slightly worried my Mexican boyfriend will get deported if Trump gets elected, even though he is a legal resident and almost a citizen. The big topics are immigration, terrorism, and wage gaps. The issue of terrorism is really important to me because it is a major issue and threatens the wellbeing of many lives.
Friday, April 1, 2016
Sports Current Event
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODE/AustinAmericanStatesmanNIE/
Dell Match Play Championship:
Successful debut leads to return to Austin in '17
There was a World Golf Championship (Dell Match Play) held at the Austin Country Club this past weekend. The tournament was such a success that they want to hold the same event in Austin next year.
Jargon:
greens, drivable par-4's
Adjectives:
blue, iconic, great, well, nice, important, happy, remote, positive, picturesque, good, big
The article is a recap. It talks about the golf tournament last weekend, its success, and the outcome. The article includes the names of all the players that have one the Match Play tournament in previous years through present day.
Sports Exploration Activity
Serena Williams, Women's Tennis
Top 5 players and ranking: Women's Tennis Singles
This 2016 season so far, Serena Williams has had 13 victories and 3 losses during singles matches. The season started on January 5th, and is still in progress. Williams is currently competing for the Hopman Cup, a major tennis tournament. Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland won the 2015 Hopman Cup, while Williams came in second.
Rules:
| WILLIAMS, SERENA | 9505 | |
| 2 | RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA | 5775 |
| 3 | KERBER, ANGELIQUE | 5700 |
| 4 | MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE | 4776 |
| 5 | HALEP, SIMONA | 3960 |
| 6 | SUÁREZ NAVARRO, CARLA | 3800 |
This 2016 season so far, Serena Williams has had 13 victories and 3 losses during singles matches. The season started on January 5th, and is still in progress. Williams is currently competing for the Hopman Cup, a major tennis tournament. Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland won the 2015 Hopman Cup, while Williams came in second.
Rules:
1. All players are put into groups, and they will play 3 others in their group in a round robin format.
2. Two countries will play each other in 3 matches; women's singles, men's singles, and doubles.
3. When a team whens 2 of the 3 matches, they have one the session.
Tennis Jargon:
Ace- This is when the ball is served and the returner never hits it. The server gets a point.
Love- This is when a player has zero points.
Drop Shot- This is a weak shot that drops just over the net.
Tennis Cliches:
Tennis commentators will say things like, "experience made the difference." I think it would be better to say, "they've improved overtime," or, "her experience really helped her win this match."
Billie Jean King is a female tennis legend. She was born on November 22, 1943. She attended California State University. She played for the United States team at many Grand Slam events. She has 129 titles, and earned $1,966,487 in prize money. She won a career record of 20 titles at Wimbledon, and she was the fifth woman in history to win all four singles Grand Slam titles in 1972.
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