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    Article Analysis Assignment - Reading 5

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    This document provides instructions and a rubric for students to analyze an article on a current event or issue. Students are asked to summarize the article, identify the major people or groups involved, connect the article to what they are learning in class, analyze the author's position and tone, describe the structure of the text, and write a personal response expressing their own position on the topic. Their work will be evaluated based on comprehension, analysis, and writing conventions.

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    Article Analysis Assignment - Reading 5

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    Name: _____________________ Period:______

    ARTICLE ANALYSIS
    Date Due: 02/18
    Directions: Approved Sources:

    Use the article from last week’s assignment. • Newspaper


    Read the Rubric at the end of the worksheet to • Time.com
    complete all the requirements for this • USA Today
    assignment. Attach the article to the • The New York Times
    worksheet. (You sent it last week.) • Any other notable source
    Do not use gossip columns, entertainment articles,
    or sports articles.

    Topic of Article: _____________________________________________________________________


    Title of Article: ______________________________________________________________________
    Source: _____________________________________________________________________________

    Summarize the article below. You should have the central idea and at least 3 key details in
    your summary.

    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    Deconstruct the article. Who are the major people or groups involved on both sides of the issue?
    Where do we see the effects of this problem?
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    Connect the article. What does it have to do with you? Can it be connected to anything we
    learned or are learning about in class?
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    What is the author’s position or bias about the topic? Cite specific evidence to support your
    ideas.
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    What is the overall tone of the article? Cite specific evidence to support your ideas.
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________

    How is the text structured? How do you know?


    (Examples: cause/effect, problem/solution, descriptive, chronological, question/answer)
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________

    Personal response. Write at least a paragraph explaining your position on this topic. Do you agree
    with the author? Do you disagree? Be sure to state a claim and add evidence and details to support your
    argument.
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________
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    Current Events Analysis Rubric

    4 3 2 1
    The student The student The student The student
    displayed a clear displayed a clear displayed a displayed little
    Comprehension understanding of understanding of moderate understanding of
    the text, with all the text, with most understanding of the text, with all
    information being information being the text, with some information being
    accurate and accurate and information being accurate and
    clearly clearly accurate and unclear
    communicated. communicated. communicated. communication of
    ideas.
    The student The student The student The student
    showed advanced showed proficient showed basic showed below
    analysis skills in analysis skills in analysis skills in basic analysis
    Analysis their writing, their writing, their writing, skills in their
    thinking beyond thinking beyond sometimes writing, rarely
    the text and the text and thinking beyond thinking beyond
    accurately cited accurately cited the text and the text and rarely
    evidence to these evidence to these inconsistently cited evidence to
    support ideas. support ideas. cited evidence to these support
    these support ideas.
    ideas.

    The student wrote The student wrote The student The student wrote
    in complete in complete sometimes wrote in incomplete
    Conventions sentences, with sentences, with in complete sentences, with
    very few errors in some minor errors sentences, with many errors in
    their writing. in their writing. many errors in their writing,
    their writing. making it difficult
    to understand.

    Total Score: ___/ 12

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