This document provides information and announcements for an upcoming ACT exam on Saturday, including what to bring, excuses that are not accepted for missing the exam, and details about free pizza for an event on the following Monday requiring closed-toe shoes. It also lists the due date of March 7th for a 10-college comparison chart and provides information about journalism majors and sample classes. Links are included for watching Oscar-nominated animated short films, followed by writing prompts about creativity and education and telling stories without dialogue.

1. 2/14/13

2.  Announcements
 Major of the Day
 Video Clip + Writing
Prompt
 Matrix time! (If you
are able to finish your
matrix and hand it in,
I will let you leave
early.)

3.  Excuses that won’t get you out of the ACT:
 *cough cough* I’m sick.
 My alarm didn’t go off and I overslept.
 Oh no! That was this Saturday?!
 You need to bring:
 A calculator (if you want one for the math section)
 Extra snacks (I’ll bring donuts but bring more food if
you think you’ll get hungry)

4.  If you qualify for a fee
waiver, make sure
you pick one up from
Ms. Quachvu in the
College and Career
Center BEFORE
Tuesday

5.  Monday, February
18th
 9 am-12 pm
 Free pizza!
 Wear close-toed shoes
and comfortable
clothes.

6.  Due Thursday, March
7th
 10 colleges—all parts
of chart filled in
 You are welcome to
turn it in early! 

7.  Good if you like:
writing, researching,
learning about current
events
 Magazine, newspaper,
online journalism,
photojournalism,
broadcast journalism,
and public relations
 Might work for
university newspaper
or radio station

8.  37 programs w/
journalism majors in
Texas
 Good programs in
Texas: UT, UNT, Texas
A&M
 Sample classes:
American Mass Media,
Literary Nonfiction,
Interviewing: Principles
and Practices

9.  http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/02/13/oscar_nomi
nees_for_best_animated_short_film_watch_all_five_here.html
 http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/watch-all-five-of-the-2013-
best-animated-short-film-nominees-in-full/

10. 1. What do you think this clip is saying about
creativity and the education system?
2. How is this clip able to tell a story without any
dialogue? Do you think it is effective?
You will have 15 minutes to write on one of the
prompts. If you feel like you’re running out of
things to say, you can talk about both
prompts. The important thing is to keep
writing!