Science
in the News
Choose a Scientific Article
from one of the sources below. Read the article and take
notes. When you're finished,
write a "rough draft" of your
Article
Review.
The
AR should have three main parts.
1. Citations: Record the Name of the Magazine,
the Author of the article, The Title of the Article and when it
was written.
2. Your Summary of the article: You
should include Who did it, what did they do and how did it
happen, why is this important, where did this happen.
Describe what the article was about in your own words.
You should include a
direct quote from the article where
possible.
The Summary section should be the largest section containing
around
20-25 sentences, at a minimum.
You may of course choose to write as much as you please.
Don't ramble, be clear and keep it interesting.
3. Your Reaction to the Article.
Tell the reader what you thought about the article, what your
opinion about the issue is,
what sorts of questions you might have and would like answered.
When you've finished your rough draft...
Check and correct your spelling.
Read your sentences and be sure they say what you want them to
say.
Count those sentences!
Double check that you've included all three parts,
the
Citations, the Summary and Your Reaction.
Be sure that this is a
very good example of your writing.
When you've finished your Final Draft...
7th graders go to the 7th
Grade Science Blog, 8th graders go to the 8th
Grade Science Blog,
and type in your Article Review as a "Comment"
under the assignment.
DON'T use your real name on the blog, use the code
that we discussed in class.
If I am in Period 1, I would be -----> ERp1
And that's
it!
Now
scroll on down and start browsing....find an
interesting Scientific
Article and start working!