Article Bank

[Jen P]

It was mentioned more than once on the Article of the Week discussion, so here goes: a thread to post articles of the week (with thanks to Kelly Gallagher for getting us all started on this http://kellygallagher.org/resources/articles.html).
I'm attaching the practice one I did last week and today's. Again, my apologies and thanks to the teacher who came up with the stuff in the box (I got it in some workshop a couple of years ago and don't remember who to credit).

[Jen P]

Here's the article I'm using this week:

[Carrie]

"How Nonsense Sharpens Intellect" (The New York Times, October 6, 2009)

This will be next week's AoW. I have been using articles on social and political subjects, and wanted to mix in some science. Next sough-after topic: sports.

[Mary H]

For sports, I recommend most things written by Rick Reilly. Here's a sample: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/magazine/life_of_reilly/.

[Carrie]

Thanks, Mary. I wouldn't have known where to begin to look!

[Mary H]

You're welcome. At the top of the link I gave you above, there is a tab that says "Browse an SI Writer's Archive." You'll find plenty to keep you busy!

[Jen P]

Here's mine for this week -- I wanted to get two different editorials on Obama's Peace Prize win, but since grades are due tomorrow I didn't have much time to look -- I'll invite students to find opposing viewpoints on this one.

[Heather Stringham]

Here is an article I found today from the New York Times. Let me know what you think about my techniques for response please.
Thanks,

[Keia P.]

Good Morning all! Here is an article that I found this morning from the Washington Post about increasing the legal dropout age. It may be of interest to some of you.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2...

[Kelle]

Here's the article my seniors in a team taught (Honors English and Honors World History) class are reading. It is gritty and explicit -- but some of our units focus on religion, changing roles of women, and Africa. Students know to annotate and write a response.

[Whitney]

I am interested in using an article of the week with my 6th graders, however, the articles posted here seem to be a little more than we're ready for. I've looked at more kid friendly sites, like scholastic and natgeo kids, but the quality of the articles goes way down. I want the kids to read "real" news, not just the watered down variety. Any ideas?

[Mary H]

You might find something on the kids version of National Geographic: http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/

[Wendy Fairon]

Are you having your 6th graders respond to the articles in a similar way to the high schoolers? I'm working on setting something up for my 7th and 8th grade English classes and would be curious what your directions and activities end up looking like.