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Teaching current events via media

"Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Trailer "

"Step 1: Read News Next Here are two examples of news writing. The first is a news story, the second, a feature article. Both present unique challenges to the writer. A news story tells you exactly what happened at a recent event. A feature article puts you in the subject's shoes by giving you more details, more background. Like a news story, a feature article can be about a person, place, or thing. It can make readers laugh or cry - or both."

In this unit, students will explore the genre of memoir. They will see that writers write about the ordinary happenings of their lives and that their own lives are packed with meaningful experiences and memories that can form the basis of their own writing. Students will be encouraged to reflect upon the significance of remembered events and to keep a notebook of their thoughts and feelings.

"Using Graphic Organizers Graphic organizers are excellent tools for helping students connect ideas and see relationships between different pieces of information. The goal is for students to expand their knowledge by understanding the material in their own way. Graphic organizers can be used for a variety of purposes, such as eliciting prior knowledge, demonstrating a sequence of events, and comparing and contrasting. "

Using term "critical" in relation to critical essay does not imply that you will have to attack a certain work. One can create a critical essay that wholeheartedly agrees with assigned literature. The word "critical" describes your attitude when you examine the reviewed work. Such mind-set may be termed as "uninvolved analysis," which implies that you consider the coherence of the literature, the completeness of its desribed events, and so forth, before you accept or refuse it.