Marking Period 3--Columnists Ahoy!

Marking Period 3:  COLUMNISTS AHOY!
a)    select one credible columnist who posts on a weekly basis.  The length of the column should be approximately 1-2 pages.  For 4 weeks, paraphrase 3-4 main points about her/his column.
b)    For two of the columns, analyze (1) what the writer’s position is and (2) how the writer communicates her/his position to her/his audience.  Cite text appropriately.
c)    At the end of the marking period, synthesize this columnist’s posts into a statement on how she/he views society.
d)    Provide one image that contradicts this columnist’s position(s).

Marking Period 2--Differing Perspectives

Marking Period 3:  WHO OWNS THE SOURCES?  DO YOU OWN THEM, OR DO THEY OWN YOU?

a)    select one general issue of contemporary controversy.  For this marking period, find 4-5 distinct opinions.  Each week, paraphrase 3-4 ideas from these columnists on this topic.  One  source is non-print.
b)    At the end of the marking period, synthesize these opinions with your own in forming an opinion on this current controversy.

Monday Matters #3--Analyzing Visual Rhetoric

Monday Matters #3: provide a link to an image on a current newsworthy event, and analyze the visual rhetoric.  What's the overall argument?  Analyze 3-4 features of the text in service of this argument.


Be sure to provide a link to the site, and/or correctly cite the location of the text.


Thank you.

Monday Matters: week 2

Monday #2; provide a link to an editorial about this issue and paraphrase 3-4 points. An editorial is an opinion piece--a column often written by an editor, journalist, or freelance writer.   When you paraphrase, you rewrite one opinion in your own words.

Be sure to cite the document appropriately.

Remember this formula:  Paraphrase + Paraphrase + Paraphrase etc. = Summary

Thank you.

Monday Matters

For your first post on your own blog, summarize a story in the news that is both current and of interest to you.  Be sure you that are able to cite the source correctly.  Ideally, this story is something that you have linked to on your newsreel.  Remember, the goal of Monday Matters is to become an informed citizen, and do so in a paperless way.

I look forward to our journeys together in becoming more informed citizens!

Thank you.

Mr. Heller

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