Name: _____________________ Period:______

ARTICLE ANALYSIS
Date Due: 02/18
Directions: Approved Sources:

Use the article from last week’s assignment. • Newspaper

Read the Rubric at the end of the worksheet to • Time.com
complete all the requirements for this • USA Today
assignment. Attach the article to the • The New York Times
worksheet. (You sent it last week.) • Any other notable source
Do not use gossip columns, entertainment articles,
or sports articles.

Topic of Article: _____________________________________________________________________

Title of Article: ______________________________________________________________________
Source: _____________________________________________________________________________

Summarize the article below. You should have the central idea and at least 3 key details in
your summary.

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Deconstruct the article. Who are the major people or groups involved on both sides of the issue?
Where do we see the effects of this problem?
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Connect the article. What does it have to do with you? Can it be connected to anything we
learned or are learning about in class?
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What is the author’s position or bias about the topic? Cite specific evidence to support your
ideas.
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What is the overall tone of the article? Cite specific evidence to support your ideas.
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How is the text structured? How do you know?

(Examples: cause/effect, problem/solution, descriptive, chronological, question/answer)
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Personal response. Write at least a paragraph explaining your position on this topic. Do you agree
with the author? Do you disagree? Be sure to state a claim and add evidence and details to support your
argument.
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Current Events Analysis Rubric

4 3 2 1
The student The student The student The student
displayed a clear displayed a clear displayed a displayed little
Comprehension understanding of understanding of moderate understanding of
the text, with all the text, with most understanding of the text, with all
information being information being the text, with some information being
accurate and accurate and information being accurate and
clearly clearly accurate and unclear
communicated. communicated. communicated. communication of
ideas.
The student The student The student The student
showed advanced showed proficient showed basic showed below
analysis skills in analysis skills in analysis skills in basic analysis
Analysis their writing, their writing, their writing, skills in their
thinking beyond thinking beyond sometimes writing, rarely
the text and the text and thinking beyond thinking beyond
accurately cited accurately cited the text and the text and rarely
evidence to these evidence to these inconsistently cited evidence to
support ideas. support ideas. cited evidence to these support
these support ideas.
ideas.

The student wrote The student wrote The student The student wrote
in complete in complete sometimes wrote in incomplete
Conventions sentences, with sentences, with in complete sentences, with
very few errors in some minor errors sentences, with many errors in
their writing. in their writing. many errors in their writing,
their writing. making it difficult
to understand.

Total Score: ___/ 12