We have a long weekend ahead of us. Rosh Hashana is a Jewish holiday that celebrates New Year. If you are Jewish, La'Shana Tova to you and your family. If you are not, enjoy the long weekend. We have our first periodical report due. This assignment is not designed to inundate you with work. It goes together with my evil master plan to help you develop your reading, writing, and critical thinking. The following list is a suggestion on the process of writing this report. I want to eliminate guesswork and concentrate on text analysis.
- Use a reputable news source. Choose a
source that offers well-written and well-researched news. Avoid blogs and
other personal websites. Determine the credibility of the source by
examining the author, the news source, who owns the news source, and so
on.[1]
Some possible news sources might include your local newspaper or larger
newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles
Times, Atlantic monthly.
- Choose an
article on the topic that interests you, such as healthcare, government, technology,
international news, or sports. These are still very broad topics, so you
should be able to find plenty of news.
- Make sure the article is a good length. You
should choose an article that gives you enough information to work with.
It should help you understand the topic at hand, and it should give you
enough material to write about in your summary. An article that is one to
two paragraphs long is not going to be lengthy enough.
- Read the
entire article. Take
some time to read through the entire article. Make sure you understand
what the article says. Your objective with this assignment is to write a summary
of the news story, so you need to fully understand the article.
- Outline the news article. The first paragraph of the
current events summary is a
summary of the events discussed in the article. Write an outline of the
article, focusing on the five Ws and H. You may choose to rearrange the
five Ws and H so that your summary makes sense.
- Outline your thoughts about the article. The reflection paragraph is your opportunity to make connections between this article and the community at large. Think about why this story is important. Think about the connection to your community, or your state, or the country. You might also think about the connection to your class. What themes are you discussing in class that relate to this article? Even though the reflection is short (usually just a paragraph), you should still aim to make an argument, at least to some degree.
http://www.theatlantic.com/
http://time.com/
http://www.economist.com/
http://www.popsci.com/
And other reputable sources. You can also visit your local library and peruse the printed periodicals.
Here is an amazing piece of argumentative writing
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