2009-2010

ARTICLE REVIEWS w/ Application/Critical Analysis

 

ARTICLE REVIEWS  are written summaries and critical analyses of a newspaper or magazine article about current scientific topics.  The application/critical analysis should answer one or more of the following questions:  1)Who would benefit from knowledge about this article & why?; 2)Who might be impacted by info from this article & why or how?; 3)Predict a consequence or “future” that might result from this article’s info.  The articles these summaries/critical analyses are taken from are to be no more than 1 year old from current date.  The summaries are to be TYPED, on normal paper (typing/computer paper) using 12 pt. type (font) with 1" or less margins on left/right sides (on MSWord you’ll have to set them on FILE then PAGE SETUP because the default setting is different than this).  The information at the top of the page is to be SINGLE SPACED and located in these general locations:

 

"Article Title" in quotes                                                                                            Your First & Last Name

           Newspaper /Magazine Name  (italics)                                                                      Class Name

           Date of Newspaper or Magazine                                                                              Due Date

           Pg. # of the article (and internet address if applicable—must have both if from the internet)

 

       (This is where the summary goes:  it is to be DOUBLE SPACED, a minimum of 10 complete lines long, with the same margins as before.  Any direct quotes from the article must be in "quotation marks"--remember, this is to be a   SUMMARY of an article—direct quotes are no more than ¼ of your review!).  Following the 10 line summary, is an APPLICATION or CRITICAL ANALYSIS of the article.

 

A COPY of the original article must be stapled behind your summary and critical analysis.

Article Reviews with more than 3 misspellings, grammatical or punctuation errors, or more than 3 of any combination, will be marked down.  PROOFREAD YOUR ARTICLE REVIEW OR HAVE SOMEONE ELSE THAT YOU TRUST DO IT FOR YOU!!!  Please note that scientific names also should be underlined or italicized, e.g. Homo sapien  or Felis domesticus.

Magazines that would be helpful from the school library:  Popular Science, Discover, E (The Environmental Magazine), National Geographic, Smithsonian, Time, Newsweek, US News & World Report.  You can find the Wenatchee World, US News & World Report, and Science News periodicals in my classroom, which you are free to borrow.

Please use the following guidelines when picking your articles:

If you use Science News for your Article Review, the article should take up AT LEAST 1/3 of the page; for Reader's Digest an article should be AT MINIMUM 1 complete page; for most other magazines, the articles should be a two page minimum length; for newspaper articles the article should be at least 16" of column; if you are unsure, please ask (HINT:  it is easier to get a long enough SUMMARY if the article is a bit longer…!).  No articles from newspapers or magazines more than 1 year old from current date.  Note:  all articles must come from a published newspaper or magazine…no reviews will be accepted on articles from the Internet that haven't been published in hard copy (in an actual newspaper or magazine that is not part of the internet)--if it doesn’t include a date when it was published in hard copy,  then DON’T USE THE ARTICLE!  Note—I need both the internet address and page number of the magazine/newspaper where originally published if it comes from the internet.

 REMEMBER:  This is to be a SUMMARY of an article…i.e. in your own words.

 

DUE DATES:_________________________________________________________________________________

Article Review TOP TEN Checklist:

 

_____ 10.  Margins 1” or less?

 

_____ 9.  If article is from the internet, was it published in hardcopy?  What was the date and page number?

 

_____ 8.  If the article is from the internet, do you also have the internet address listed?

 

_____ 7.  Did you summarize?  No more than ¼ of your “summary” should be quotes from the article.

 

_____ 6.  Did you put “quote marks” around your quotes?

 

_____ 5.  Did you italicize the magazine or newspaper name and italicize or underline any scientific names?

 

_____ 4.  Any misspellings, grammatical errors or punctuation marks missing?

 

_____ 3.  Is all the information in the upper left and right sides of your paper complete, and single-spaced?

 

_____ 2.  Is your summary double-spaced?

 

_____ 1.  Was the article published in hardcopy within the last year, in a reputable NEWSPAPER or MAGAZINE?