6th Grade Language Arts: Article Structure

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Article Structure

Today's Goal: Investigate methods of organization that writers use to write articles, including interviews/anecdotes.

The Plan:

Collaboration Rubric - self-score today
Problem/Solution Essay Types
Anecdotes/Call to Action
Work time

Essay Types:
The New York Times, in this article, outlines the different structures that they generally use to write their articles on a daily basis.

Which one are you focusing on?

Notice the signal words and phrases:

so that
in order to
as a result
since
cause
because
problem
solution
As a result
therefore
due to
for this reason

Anecdote: a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident (Merriam-Webster)

Check out THIS ARTICLE for an example of how you can use a real person's story to jumpstart your article and hook your readers. It is also an example of a problem/solution essay, but it's REALLY LONG, so don't spend too much time on it.

You must include anecdotal evidence (or information from an interview) in your article, meaning you need to include a real person's experience, using their name. You can find those in your research OR by asking someone you know who can speak about your topic because they experienced it or worked with those who did.

Call to Action: Identify ways that people who read your article can get involved or help. This should END your article. What organizations can people donate to? Where can they volunteer? If they're IN the place where people were affected, what can they do besides give money? This can even be a list of places and phone numbers/websites of organizations to contact.

Reminders/Homework:

NO THOUGHT QUESTION. I want you to focus your energy on the current writing task and on getting great scores on your achieve articles. You're welcome.
Two Achieve Articles due by midnight FRIDAY.