Newspaper Article Reviews

Week 2: The classes are working on newspaper article reviews

1. Choose an article that has sufficient details for you to start a discussion, preferably one which features a problem or an important issue. For example, natural disasters, wars, crimes etc.

2. It is important to choose an article that captures your interest because you will need to spend a lot of time analysing the article.

3. Choose an article which talks about things that you know about. There is no point selecting an article about nuclear physics if you do not know anything about the topic. You will end up spending too much time trying to research on the topic to understand the article fully.

4. Share your thoughts on the article. Do you feel strongly about the issue? Why? What is your stand on the issue/problem? What would you have done if you were in that situation?

Don't...

1. Measure the quality of your reflection according to the number of words or the length of your writing.