Readers,
One way we gain information about our world is through reading news articles. Examples of good news articles are on the Scholastic News website. Go to http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scholasticnews/index.html to read an article. You can copy and paste the link.
We have been working on summarizing the main idea when we read - or another way to say it, "getting the gist." To help us with this, I want us to look at a digital tool called "tagging". When bloggers and other writers submit online articles, they can "tag", or label, the most important words and phrases. This allows people who are searching for specific information to locate their articles easily online. When writers "tag" words in their article, they think of the most important words and phrases, ones that stand out the most, and the words that show what the article is really about. In other words, online writers "tag" their Main Idea words.
Read one of the articles on Scholastic News. Write about the words you would "tag" as the main idea, explaining why you would choose those words. Then write a one-sentence summary about the article, pulling out the gist. I have given you an example.
33 comments:
Article: On Top of the World (this was not one of your choices)
Tags: Everest, climbers, mountain-climbing, Sherpas, Edmund Hillary
Summary: In the article, On Top of the World, Sir Edmund Hillary reflects back on his dangerous journey to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, while remembering those who died trying, and the selfless Sherpa friends he met along his journey.
I chose these words to tag: Otto, rabbit, eats chicken feed, sits on chicken eggs, hangs out with hens, and soul of a chicken.
I chose these words because Otto, the rabbit, thinks that he is a chicken. This story is about a rabbit that thinks that he is a chicken.
Article- Should 4 year olds be beauty queens.
Pageants- A contest where you must look nice to win.
Toddlers and Tiaras- A reality pageant show.
Summary: In the article, They talk about if 4 year olds should be allowed to be in pageants. They also say the moms can get out of control.
A Rabbit in the Henhouse
Rabbit, farm, Finland, sits on eggs, 10 chickens
On a farm in Finland there is a rabbit who has a soul of a chicken. He spends his time sitting and laying eggs. The family says that it came when they bought the chickens. He is not the best in the henhouse though.
Ms. Sikes,
Article: Should 4- Year-Olds Be Beauty Queens?
Tags: Terror, girls, beauty, fashions,screams
The article I chose is Should- 4- Year- Olds Be Beauty Queens? I chose the words above because they would probably describe a pageant.
My Summary: The main Idea of the article is about a little girl named Karley who does beauty pageants but screams in terror because her mom grabs the spray tan bottle. The article also states, that if it is good for a child to be so mature, and dressed like that? In a beauty pageant you need to have all of the fashion. You got to go full glitz in a pageant.
Article: Rabbit in The Henhouse
Tags:Rabbit in The Henhouse,chickens, soul of a chicken, and farm.
Summary: In the article, Otto the rabbit likes to sit on eggs, and eat chicken feed, he has the soul of a chicken, body of a rabbit, and he will be consitered as a chicken.
Article: Do We Still Need the Post Office?
Tags: United States Postal Service, losing jobs, shutting down, slow delivery
Summary: In my article, it said that they were going to deliver the mail a lot slower now, in 2-5 days, and fire people because it won't cost as much.
Article: Snow Day? Hooray!
Tags: David Sukhin, "Snow Day Calculator", Prediction, School
Summary: In the article, " Snow Day? Hooray!", Melissa Stewart reports on a new invention, The Snow Day Calculator, invented by David Sukhin. The Snow Day Calculator uses math to predict snow for school kids in city areas up to two days in advanced.
Article: Back to the red planet
Tags: mars, martian, curiosity.
Summary: In the article I read; Back to the red planet, scientists sent a large robot (about the size of a car) called Curiosity to see if life existed on Mars. It took two years to get to Mars but the the long lasting trip was thankfully successful. Scientists are looking for water, all known life forms need water to survive. And today the curiosity is still looking for any such life on Mars.
Hello Ms. Sikes,
Article: super Science.
Tags: eggs, biologist, ancient, layers
Summary: In the article the little chick started out as a speck then came out as a chick. James Stewart said that there aren't as many animals giving live birth to live babies as there are eggs.
From,
HH
Dear Ms. Sikes,
I read Stormy Weather. The key words I found were Atlantic Hurricane Season, Major Storms of 2011, Meterology technology advances. I chose the Atlantic Hurricane Season because it named all the major storms in the Atlantic. I chose major storms because hurricane are major storms and I chose meterology technology advances because that was all the last paragraph was about.
Summary: The hurricane season this year was especially bad but without the technology advances it could have been much worse.
Dear Ms. Sikes
My story is called Do We Still Need The Post Office. The tags are cut, jobs, impact slow, percent.
My summary 28000 jobs will be cut because of closing of about half of the mail processing centers
Ms.Sikes
I read "Who Will Run Against President Obama?" It's mostly about who will run against Obama in 2012. I'm going to "Tag" these words- campaigning, Obama, and Republican/Democrat
this article was about how who will take over when Obama steps down, or will he be president again.
Article: Should 4 year olds be beauty Queens?
Tags: beauty pageants, Pageants, Toddlers and Tiaras, Controversial, makeup, and Accomplishments
Summary: This article is mainly about why pageants are wrong and how kids are being affected by them. When the T.V. show was filming there hit show Toodlers and Tiaras, they noticed things that didn’t make sense. The thing that didn’t make sense was that the parents would spend tons of money, tons of makeup, spray tans, flippers, and fake nails. The vote for if it is right or wrong is in the middle. Some people don’t care, some people like pageants. Do you like Pageants or not?
Dear Ms.Sikes,
Article: Should 4 year olds be Beauty Queens?
Tags: flippers, Toddlers & Tiaras, 10 Pixy Stixs, eyebrow wax, wigs, makeup, and manicures. I taged these words because they tell things that pageant girls do and how crazy they are.
Summary: In the article, Should 4 year olds be Beauty Queens?, it talks about the good and bad things about girls doing pageants. Does it help them? Do they learn anything from it? It tells about how everything is so costly, and crazy.
Article:Should 4 year olds be Beauty Queens?
Tags:Beauty,Beauty Queen,Pageants,and
Make-up and Outfit.
Summary:In the article,"Should 4 year olds be Beauty Queens", Girls all over the world participate in a beauty pageant that includes Beauty, Talent,and Appearance.
ARticle: Do We Still Need the Post Office?
Tags:
Rescue:Congress is trying t save the USPS.
U.S. postal service:It is what the article is about.
Close: Many USPS' will close because they're not making any money.
In the article Do We Still Need the Post office, we learn that there are going tbe many changes in the USPS because they're nt making money.
Article:Should Four-Year Olds Be Beauty Queens?
Tags: pageants,queen, spray tan,money
Summary:In the article, Should Four-Year Olds Be Beauty Queens?,people debate on weather it is good or bad for people to do pageants.
Should 4 Year Old's be Beauty Queens?
Tags ( tears,screaming,money )
Summary
This article is mostly about how these young kids are going into pageants. The writer is saying that maybe the pageants aren't the best things for kids. They are very expensive to attend and you pay around 5 grand on one dress. You can bring a lot of stress to the child if they don't want to do it,and some of the children do not get all of the education they need.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
Article: A Rabbit in the Henhouse
Tags: hen, rabbit, Velkua, roost, Reuters
Summary: Otto is a rabbit, who lives in Velkua, that was raised by hens and thinks he is one.
Your student,
Jamison
The article I read was Stormy Weather. The tag words I picked are :
Atlantic Ocean-I picked it because thats where it all took place.
Hurricane-I picked this word Because that 's what kind of weather was happening.
Damage-I picked this word because that's what the hurricane did.
Dangerous-This word best describes hurricanes
The Main Idea is to inform of hurricanes.
Grayson Hill
Article: Back to the Red Planet
Tags: Mars, NASA, Curiosity (the name of the rover), Martian, Alien, Rover, Red Planet, Gale Crater
Summary: The article, Back to the Red Planet, discusses how NASA just sent a new rover to Mars that will search for evidence such as water, which might finally prove life on the Red Planet.
Article: Who will run against President Obama?
Tags: Republican, Democratic, President, nominee, primaries, caucuses, Obama, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich
Summary: In the article, President Obama is trying very hard to get re-elected, but there is a whole lot of competition!
the article was about who will run against Pres. Obama?
The tags were Democratic, primaries, Obama, Nute Ginrich,Republican, caucuses, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, and nominee.
Summerary: In the article, President Obama has some hard competition in being re-elected.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
I thought my artical was funny.It was "The Rabbit and in The Henhouse." The writer tagged some words that went along with the artical. I think his pupose was to get information and make it funny. This had a tag( or pupose) and that was to show something to get the writers attention. It`s tag was probably to "Tell About Something That Is Strange."
Love,
JZ
Article:A Rabbit in a HENhouse
Tags: Otto, Hens, Owner, Farm
Ms. Sikes,
My story was about a rabbit that lives in Finland. He acts like he is a hen, but he is really a rabbit. He also eats like a hen. They say he has a soul like a hen, but he is a rabbit.
My said...
Article:Who will run against President Obama?
Tags: Republican, Democratic, Presdent,nominee, primaries, causcauccuses, Obama, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich.
Summary: In the article, Obama is trying to get re-elected, but it's hard with the competition.
Article: bunny acts like hen
Tags: apichoeago
summary: This farmer has a hen house and hens. Then he buys a few animals from another farmer. Then they get a bonus bunny that acts like a hen. They find it funny but weird.
Ms. Sikes,
I read the article called Can You Crack The Code.
Tags: Hackers, criminals, codes, agency, spies, terrorists, agents, cracking,
Summary: The article was about spies who put this code on a web site so other people could try to crack the code. The spies wanted people to try to crack the code is because they wanted to make people who were able to crack the code new spies.
Your Student,
JPD
Dear Ms. Sikes,
artical:should 4 year olds be beauty qeenes
tags: screem,beauty,pagents.
summary:this artical is aboute little children in pageants, and the bad message that how you look is the most important thing in the world
Article: Rabbit in the Henhouse
Tags: Rabbit, Silkie hen, Finland
Summary: Otto, the rabbit, eats, sleeps, and acts like a hen but isn't one!!!!
Article:Rabbit in the Henhouse
Tags: Rabbit, Silkie hen, Finland
Summury: Otto, the fluffy rabbit, eat sleeps and acts like a hen even though he isn`t one. Personally, I think that he grew up with the hens and acts like family.
My word is perseverance because I need to persevere through hard things. Like if something is really hard in school, I should keep trying at until I get it. That is the same with sport. If I am having a hard time passing the ball in basketball, I should keep trying at until I get it. That is how I am going to persevere.
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