https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016 Read the posted article and respond to the focus question. Remember to put your name as the title of the post! en-us 2016-10-19 16:13:45 UTC 2016-11-01 16:44:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Moderncam.png poyner https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132139012 Read this article. 
Discuss how the author personalizes this story to make it meaningful to every reader. Give two specific examples.
 ]]> 2016-10-20 16:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132139012 https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132269010 The author personalizes this story by introducing the fact that these people are doing low minimum wage jobs which really strikes you because most would complain about these jobs. The author also kind of emphasizes the fact that these immigrants are human too when mentions their stories.]]> 2016-10-21 05:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132269010 https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132372370 The author makes this story meaningful for readers because he elaborates on how the friendship developed for a kid in college and the janitor he saw every day. They explained the common struggle for a lot of kids in college, like the amount it costs for just housing and how some are immigrants and the things they will do to stay there]]> 2016-10-21 15:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132372370 k_larrick98 https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132372939 The author personalizes this story in multiple ways. The first way we see is by explaining the beginning to a friendship and adding information like how the student went and met the janitor's daughter. Another way is by going into detail about how the two teamed up and worked together.]]> 2016-10-21 15:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132372939 https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132392294 The author uses several methods to paint the article in a personal and relatable light for all those reading. For one, the lead is presented in a story-telling way, allowing readers to feel more emotionally invested than they would to cut-and-dry facts. Additionally, telling the viewpoints of both sides of the situation made it easy to identify with.]]> 2016-10-21 16:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132392294 https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132393339 The author personalizes this story for everyone by adding details that people can relate to. For example, the author added the fact that most of the workers are immigrants. So many people in the US came here from other countries with dreams. The author also added that most of the students never noticed the janitors or cafeteria workers because they were too busy on their phones, like most people are today. ]]> 2016-10-21 16:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132393339 https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132402437 2016-10-21 16:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132402437 https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132503802 The author makes this article meaningful to all audiences. He does this by explaining how the workers feel and how the students treat them. He then explains how one student and a janitor ink up and make dreams come true.]]> 2016-10-22 17:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132503802 https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132870275 The author makes this story personal by sharing the stories of these two individuals and how they became friends. Two examples that really made the article more personal was the fact that the author mentioned that it had been around ten years since a student broke the ice with the janitor and Bellamy's back story of how he immigrated to America and grew up in a family who worked hard for what they receive. ]]> 2016-10-24 23:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132870275 https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132883880 The author personalizes the story by using examples of personal life experiences. One example was when one man was given a go fund me page and got over $5,000 to go visit his family in Aourh Sudan that he hasn't seen in over 45 years. Another example would be when a Jamaican man had. a dream of opening up a Jamaican restaurant withal a special dish as the main ingredient. ]]> 2016-10-25 01:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132883880 https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132991522 The author personalizes this story to make it meaningful to every reader by showing that just because someone is different from you they may have something in common and can be struggling with something in their life. One example is that the janitor, Oneil Batchelor and student  Febin Bellamy are both immigrants. Another example is the cafeteria cashier has been separated from his family in South Sudan for 45 years. ]]> 2016-10-25 13:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/132991522 https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/133061845 They relate this story by taking someone who has a hard time to make friends and]]> 2016-10-25 15:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/133061845 https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/133082465 He uses real people talking about their feelings.
The man who works really hard.
The other woman worker.]]> 2016-10-25 16:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/lhsnews102016/wish/133082465