Initial Activity How many sentences are in a paragraph? Can But or And be the 1st word in a sentence? What is the difference between 1st person and 3rd person speech?
SWBAT Write a Successful Current Event Article via document analysis. With Mr. Kullman
Overview WOTD MLA Exploration of Articles Exploration rules Current event Assignment MLA citation Fox News Article Exploration rules Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Exploration Activity Break up into groups and summarize a section.
Word of the day MLA
Word of the day MLA- Modern Language Association.
The assignment
Example of an Article Ukraine forces lose more ground to rebels as Putin calls for 'statehood' talks By Published September 01, 2014 •FoxNews.com
How to cite MLA
Paragraph 1 Should include the Title of the article. Where its from. Who wrote it. Should summarize the entire article. Quote if possible.
Paragraph 2 Declare officially the opinion of the author as Informative- uses little to no adjectives in describe the topic. Biased when one side is portrayed as the hero and the other the villain Indifferent- when both sides are portrayed as good and bad. Quote
Paragraph 3 Declare if you agree or disagree with what is going on in the article. Or your reaction to what is going on in the article. Declare if you agree or disagree with the author. If no opinion reflect on his presentation. Can be written in 1st person.