Meet 2: A matter of facts

 My learning strategies 

Journalism

Virna Mustika (1988203067)

6A2 English 

Fact or Opinion

1. _1. It is 86 degrees outside. (opinion)

2. _2. The school district will probably adopt a block schedule for next year. (fact)

3. _3. The school board voted 7-1 not to adopt uniforms at the high school level. (opinion)

4. _4. It is warm in the building. (opinion)

5. _5. Hastings High School colors are prettier than Taylor’s colors. (opinion)

6. _6. The yearbook was really bad last year. (opinion)

7. _7. The newspaper received the highest ranking from the Columbia Scholastic Press Conference. (fact)

8. _8. It looks like rain. (opinion)

9. _9. That food in the cafeteria is very unhealthy. (opinion)

10. _10. The colors selected by the school board for the new high school are silver and blue. (fact)

11. _11. The cost of the prom is $40 per couple. (fact)

12. _12. The State Legislature has passed a law outlawing soft drink machines within 50 feet of the cafeteria. (fact)

13. _13. It would really be a shame if high school students had to start wearing uniforms. (opinion)

14. _14. That girl’s skirt is way too short to be worn to school. (opinion)

15. _15. The President should not try to push through an amendment banning gay marriage. (opinion)

16. _16. The President announced that he would be sending 150,000 more troops to the Middle East. (fact)

17. _17. Coca Cola is better than Pepsi. (opinion)

18. _18. Albertson’s sells twice as much Coca Cola as Pepsi, according to sales reports. (opinion)

19. _19. Government guidelines show that most schools serve food that is too high in fat content. (fact)

 

Vocabulary logs

1. Concise /kənˈsīs/

Part of speech : adjective

Definition : giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.

Indonesian : ringkas

e,g,. “Her arguments were concise, simple, and clear”

Synonym : short, brief, to the point, compact, crisp.

 

2. Vivid/ˈvivəd/

Part of speech : adjective

Definition : producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind.

Indonesian : jelas

e,g,. “The dream was very vivid”

synonym : faithful, graphic, realistic, clear, colourful

 

3. Stake /stāk/

Part of speech : noun 

Definition : a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a tree, form part of a fence, act as a boundary mark, etc.

Indonesian : mempertaruhkan

e,g,. “She has a stake in the future success of the business.”

Synonym : post, pole, stick, spike, support

 

4. Exact /iɡˈzak(t)/

Part of speech : adjective 

Definition : not approximated in any way; precise

Indonesian : akurat

e,g,. “We don't know the exact nature of the problem.”

Synonym : accurate, correct, nice, precise, and right.

 

Summary 

A matter of facts this unit deals with factual messages that are valuable to readers because they are newsworthy, newsprovide facts (messages) that can help them make better life choices or information that they find interesting and meaningful (newsworthy), learn to sort through some factual messages and choose those that are meaningful to our readers using: “news elements" and knowledge of our readers. The news values meaning It is accurate. Reporters pay close attention to detail when gathering facts and details. It is concise. News is written as concisely and tightly as possible.And, for the news elements is piece of information about an event that would be a matter of interest for a large number of readers. 

Reflection 

For the most important of journalism is the matter of facts, news, and element this can help transfer knowledge effectively between educators and student. Now, I realise that journalism effective teaching preparation and recognize students strength and make me as a student more confidence to use and learn English feature materials news in class or public. So, to know what i want to do when i increase my knowledge about english and in the future when I became to be a teacher or journalist i know how to give the student effective of learning and know about fact or opinion. for me the activites learning that make me know all about english is to know what i will learn like i summarize, memorize the course and distribution of english and check the grammar to know if my english is already good. hopefully this material can add knowledge and insight related to learning innovation for me to get better sense of the purpose of the material.