Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Creating front page of tabloid newspaper

As a part of IB course ( English language and literature) , I created a front page of tabloid newspaper. It was my first time to create this kind of thing. For creating a front page of tabloid newspaper I used the Microsoft word. It is the most familiar soft ware that I could use. I wanted to deal with the world issues for the front page. Especially I wanted something sensational because sensational headlines can attract more attention from the audience. I found very appropriate article for the front page of tabloid newspaper. It was an anti-Japanese demonstration in China. There were many sensational images and languages that I could use.Since the masthead was "The Korea Times" this tabloid newspaper is supposed to publish in Korea. So I wanted to contain some biases in this news paper. Japan is having a confliction not only with China but also with Korea about the territory. So usually many Korean medias have bias when they deal with the relationship with Japan. So for showing the bias , in the article I wrote that Japan has serious confliction with China,Korea and Russia. It can lead the readers to think that Japan is the center of the problem
By doing this task. I could show my understanding of bias in the media and how the front page of newspapers can attract reader's attention.
There were some learning outcomes.

  • Increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas for growth 
  • Undertaken new challenges

Monday, September 17, 2012

Summer Holiday 2012

During the summer holiday, I did some activities for CAS.

For action, I did 'jump rope'  everyday.
For creativity, I learned how to cook
For service, I cleaned the park in front of my house.

 Since I knew that 'Jump rope' is the best way to lose fat, everyday I am practicing the jump rope. There are many techniques  to practice . For example. 'making X' during the jump rope is one of the most difficult one. I have been practicing it everyday and finally I can do it .


 When I lived in Korea, my mother studied cooking and she also has license for Korean food. Since she has an license she knows a lot of Korean foods, therefore I am learning how to cook Korean food. During this summer holiday I learned how to cook' Bibim bab'which is one of the most famous Korean food. This food is very popular because it is very healthy food since it has low calories with many vegetables in it.

 For service, I cleaned the park in front of my house. There is a small park in front of my house. There are many visitors everyday, so there are many trashes everywhere in the park. I am also one of the visitors so I don't feel very good when the park is really dirty. So I decided to volunteer for cleaning the park. And during this summer holiday I cleaned the park