Readers,
Many of you have heard about the unrest in Egypt right now. Perhaps your parents have been watching the news coverage or discussing the problem at home. As a child, you might be confused or unsure what is really happening. When it comes to important issues around the world, especially those in unfamiliar areas, adults can feel the same way as well.
One way we gain information about world events is through reading news articles. Read this article about Egypt. Discuss it with your parents.
We have been working on finding the main idea when we read - or as I call 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.
What words would YOU tag from the Egypt article? What words stick out as really important? After reading the article, comment here about the words YOU would tag in the article and explain why. I have given you an example.
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From the article, "Egyptians Demand Change," I would tag the following words:
Mubarak - he is the President of Egypt and the article is about him leading the government
(Though I am only giving you one word in this example, you should have more than one word tagged.)
From this article these are the words that I would tag:
EGYPT-this whole story is taking place in Egypt.
MUBARAK-He is, was the president of Egypt and the article is about people wanting him to step down from office and go away.
RESIGNED-Mubarak stepped down from office and that is also what the story is about.
LEAVE-The people of Egypt didn't want Mubarak just not to run for president they wanted him to leave so they chanted LEAVE! LEAVE!
From the article, "Egyptians Demand Change," I would probably tag the words below:
Protesters- a group of people who are demanding something.
Hasni Mubarak-the President of Egypt. The arcticle is about him resigning from being their president.
Omar Suleman- former Vice President of Egypt.
resigned-stepped down from office.
After reading the article I think that I'd probably tag a few words.
resigned - Mubarak resingned from being the president of Egypt.
30 - Mubarak had been the president of Egypt for a full thirty years.
cheers - After Mubarak resigned the Egyptians cheered because Mubarak had resinged
protestors - Many protestors marched around some major cities saying that they wanted Mubarak to leave.
In the article Mubarak is leading the goverment. The Egyptians want Mubarak to step down from being President.
Mubarak- the president of Egypt, the atricle was about him leading.
Omer Suleimen- he is the vice president, he will take over since Mubarak steped down.
Resigned- stepped down from the office.
After I read the article, there were a few things I would tag. These words are:
resinged - Mubarak resinged from his job as president.
30 - Mubarak was president for an whole thirty years.
cheers - People cheered after Mubarak resinged
In the article "A New Day For Egypt" I would tag the words:
Protesters: People who want a change in something.
Cairo: Capitol of Egypt
From the article,"Egyptians Demand Change," I would tag the words:
resign- Mubarak resigned from office.
protest- People protested in Egypt.
rejoice- Egypt is rejoicing because Mubarak is out of office.
From the article, hear are some words I would tag:
Resigned- President Mubarak has been there for 30 years and is stepping down from his office
election- Mubarak anonsed that he was not going to run for president in September
In the article I just read I would tag the following words:
Democracy - Rights for all people
Mubarak - He was the President of Egypt but he resigned
Egypt - A country located in Africa
Military - A group of people fighting and protecting your country
President - The leader of your country
Cairo - A city in Egypt
Resigned - To give up or leave a position
Those are the words that I would tag.
These are some words I would "tag":
Egypt protesters - The protesters were the people telling Mubarak to step down.
Mubarak resigning - That means the the protesters want him to leave/ or if he decides to resign.
I would tag these words-
PROTESTERS, I would tag protesters because the protesters have been outraged for weeks.
RESIGNATION, I would tag resignation because President Mubarak finnally resigned.
From the article, ''Egyptians Demand Change,'' I would tag:
MUBARAK-He is the president of Egypt and everybody wants him to step down.
EGYPT-The country is in Egypt.
LEAVE-The protesters wanted Mubarak to leave immediately, so they chanted ''Leave,Leave,Leave!''
From the article I would tag on these words.
Protester's-many people who wanted something to happen or change.
Mubarak-he had been president in Egypt for thirty years and protester's wanted him to resign.
Croud- a really big group of people.
In the article, I tagged these words:
Mubarak-President of Egypt.
Resigned-to stop or go away from something, in this case it means to step down from the office.
Protesters-to go against something.
Suleimen-Vice President.
Democracy-everyone has a chance to vote.
From this article I would tag these words:
Mubarak- Mubarak was Egypt's president but people wanted him to step down and finally he did.
Protesters- Protesters are people who show their disagreement with something.
Cairo- Capitol of Egypt.
Egypt- Egypt is a country in Africa.
Omer Suleman- Vice president in Egypt
These are all the words i would tag.
I would tag the folowing words:
Mubarak- because he was the president of Egypt and the whole artical is about him.
Egypt- because the setting is Egypt.
Protesters: are people who demand something
These are the words I would tag for the main ideas:
resigned- President Mubarak was forced to step down as president.
protesters- The Egyptian people protested against the emergency powers.
emergency powers- Mubarak disobeyed the laws, he ignored elections and he didn't allow the people or the press to speak freely.
From the article the words that I would tag are:
MUBARAK- Mubarak is the president of Egypt, and he has been in power for 30 years. But now he is going away.
RESIGNED- Mubarak made some changes and then stepped down from the office.
PEOPLE CHEERED: People cheered when President Mubarak steeped away from the office.
From the article, these are the words I would tag:
30: Mubarak has been president of Egypt for 30 years.
resigned: Mubarak will resign from his office.
Leave: The crouds in Cairo yelled, "LEAVE!" because they Mubarak to resign immediately.
From the article about the egypitans the are words i this should be tagged
Mubarak- Was the president of Egypt and this article is about him be a horrible person and being a leader in the government.
The Vice President - The Vice President for Hosni Mubrack was named Omar Sulieman.
Resigning- Former President of Egypt Hosni Mubrack has stepped down from being president.
The words that stand out to me are,
Egyptions-people that want the soldiers to leave.
LEAVE-The people wanted Mubarak to win the election and shouted,"Leave,Leave,Leave!!!!"
Egyt-The whole story is taking and ending in Egypt.
I would "tag" these words if I was the writer of the article:
EGYPT: It is where it takes place
CHANGE: What the people want
PRESDIENT OF EGYPT or PRESIDENT MUBARAK: The article is about him in the first place
THIRTY YEARS: Mubarak was president for thirty years
PROTEST: The people of Egypt were protesting about their president (more like a king)
DEMOCRACY: That's what type of government the people of Egypt want to have
STEP DOWN: The people of Egypt wanted Mubarak to step down
In the article,"Egyptians Demand Change," the words i would tag would be:
EGYPT- This is where it takes place.
MUBARAK- He was the president of Egypt and people were wanting him to step down from the office.
OMAR- He will take over most presidential decisions.
LEAVING- People started chanting LEAVE! They did this because they wanted him to resign right away.
From this article, I would tag these words:
Mubarak- he is the president of Egypt and this article is about him resigning from being President of Egypt.
Cairo- the capital of Egypt
Omar Suleiman- he is the Vice President of Egypt and he will take over because Mubarak has stepped down.
resign- step down from office
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