TKAM+Entry+1

= Background Information: =

Select one of the researched topics you completed as a homework assignment in class. Write a newspaper article as a journalist connecting the topic to what you have read so far in //To Kill a Mockingbird.//

- Honors English I Handout

- English I Handout

Suggestions for Success:
1. Review the nonfiction articles we read in class together. 2. Keep in mind author's purpose (your purpose) in writing the article. 3. Pay close attention to the format of a newspaper and how you can "recreate" that same affect through your wiki. 4. Your structure for this article should be either compare/contrast or cause/effect. 5. You are a journalist, so use the 5 W's to lead you in your planning. 6. Type your article in MSWord and then copy and paste it to your wiki (you will be able to fix grammar and spelling errors this way PRIOR to saving to your wiki). 7. Click "New Page" to add this assignment to your personal wiki. Label the wiki page as "Entry 1."

Scoring Guide:
4 pts- Creative Article Title and Author 10 pts- Specific details about ONE selected historical event 2 pts- citation of research (identify the source of the information- you may simply use the URL as a link within your wiki- see me on how to add this) 10 pts- Specific details from //TKAM// by Harper Lee that will be used as a connection to the historical event 2 pts- citation from literature- example: (Lee 36) - in parenthesis write the author's last name, space, page number where you found supporting information 10 pts- one full paragraph showing the direct relationship between the historical event and the novel

38 pts. available for this project