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Common Core State Standard
SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support. FOR THE WEEK OF AUG. 22, 2005 Opinion polls show support for the war in Iraq is fading![]() ![]() What is your newspaper's stand on the war effort? How would you determine that? Check the opinion page and start a journal of war issues and what opinions are expressed. What columnists in your paper might express an opinion about the war? Where does opinion regularly appear versus reporting? Check the editorial cartoons and the comics section in your newspaper to see if the war gets attention there.
![]() Have the class read a story about the war and examine the words used to describe events. As an exercise, have the students rewrite a few paragraphs and change the words to slant the news a different way. Examine how choice of words can affect the tone of an article. For example, what's the difference between a regime and a government?
![]() Is the war coverage in your newspaper primarily local or national or international? Explain how you can tell the difference and make a list that shows which kind of coverage gets more attention in your newspaper.
Polls show that Americans are turning against the war in Iraq. A record high 57 percent tell pollsters they feel less safe because of the war. So far, nearly 2,000 U.S. troops have died in Iraq and 14,000 have been wounded. The approval rating for President George W. Bush has plummeted to 40 percent in one poll and 36 percent in another.
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