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Newspaper Article Reviews

Newspaper Article Reviews. HOW TO WRITE THEM. Writing – A way to communicate with others and……. Yourself. When you write, you:. select your thoughts. organize your thoughts. encode (put together) your thoughts.

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Newspaper Article Reviews

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  1. Newspaper Article Reviews HOW TO WRITE THEM

  2. Writing – A way to communicate with others and……

  3. Yourself.

  4. When you write, you: • select your thoughts. • organize your thoughts. • encode (put together) your thoughts. Your put your thoughts into a coherent (understandable) form for yourself and others.

  5. Two Types of Writing

  6. 1. Expressive Writing • Thinking on paper! • No filtering, just writing down whatever comes to mind. • Ex: Diary, Journal, Notes to friends, class notes

  7. Transactional Writing • Targets an audience • Is meant to persuade, instruct, or inform. • We have to really think about what we write! • Ideas become clear. • Ex: Essay, Summary, Encyclopedia entry

  8. Can you imagine an encyclopedia entry like this? • Rhinoceros – Rhinos are these big dumb animals. They smell bad if you ever get close to one in the zoo. They got big horns and are UGLY!!! They can live to be 50 years old, and that is OLD. I wouldn’t want to ever meet a rhino cuz I don’t like big nasty hairy beasts looking at me and being all up in my business.

  9. There is a certain way to write Transactional pieces of writing: • Remember your audience • Back up and explain things • Structure your writing

  10. Questions to ask yourself: • Remember this : B-E-C • Bottom Line: What am I writing about? • Explain: How can I most easily explain this? Provide at least THREE FULL sentences. • Conclusion: What do I think about what I just read? How could this affect me?

  11. Bottom Line: • This article is about _______________. • Explain: _______________________ • Conclusion: • I would never be caught doing ______. There should be rules about __________.

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