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.
We have been working on summarizing 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.
Read one of the articles. 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.
25 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.
Article: Swimmin' Women
Tags: Swimmers, Olympics, pool, strokes
Summary: The article, Swimmin' Women talks about how swimmers are getting ready for the upcoming 2012 Olympics, but before that they have to compete in the winter championships from December 1-3.
Tags:LeBron James,fans,experts.
Summary: Experts had been in a fight, and they closed down the NBA for the whole November,and the NBA players will start again on December 25 because the experts had agreed on starting the NBA back up again!
Article: A record breaking day
By ST
In the article A record breaking day Millons of people over the world try their hardest on one day a year to beat records like a large group of students that hula - hoop and also people in Ireland break a long ,great record of Leprechauns.
Swimmin' Women
Tags:championship,losing,winning, hundredth
Summary: In the article, Swimmin' Women, girls compete against each other in swimming, and are already practicing for next summers championship,and it matters if you get behind a hundredth of a second of winning or losing!
Article: A Can-Do Thanksgiving
Tags: Thanksgiving,cans,canstruction,sculptures,canned food
Summary: In the article, A Can-Do Thanksgiving, every year people collect canned foods to construct sculptures made of canned foods,the sculptures are judged and they get awards for whoever wins,after they are judged the people take them down and send them to people on Thanksgiving who can't afford a Thanksgiving meal.
Tags: Will she let go? Will it snap? will it fly across the room breaking something? will it hurt someone? Tensest moments.
Summary:
In the article "It's All So Intense" you wait for that great
moment where you cannot stop reading. You wait for that unexpected and thrilling reveal.
Article:Stuck in the Snow
Tags:Blizzard, deadly, digging a cave
Summary:In my article, Stuck in the Snow, Bear Grylls informs us of what to do and what not to do in a blizzard.
Article: Lots of Buzz
Tags: sweat bees, new species, scientist, colony collapse disorder, Jason Gibbs, John Ascher
Summary: Scientist John Ascher discovered a new species of sweat bees in New York city when he saw a bee he couldn't identify and sent it in to scientist Jason Gibbs, who declared it was a new species along with ten others.
Article: A Can-Do Thanksgiving
Tags: Cans, Thanksgiving, Artists, Comunities
Summary:
In the article A can do Thanksgiving, People are giving back to their comunities by giving them many canned items by making sculptures out of them.
Article: A Can-Do Thanksgiving
Tags: Cans, Thanksgiving, Artists, Comunities
Summary:
In the article A can do Thanksgiving, People are giving back to their comunities by giving them many canned items by making sculptures out of them.
Article: Next Floor: Space!
Tags: space elevators, cable, scientists
Summary: This articles explains the new project of a "space elevator", and the many ideas scientists have put in, which could help astronauts and also tourists to be able to get to space faster.
Article:A-Can-Do-Thanksgiving
Tags: canstruction,sculptures
Summary: In the article, A-Can-Do-Thanksgiving, Many amazing can sculptures are arranged, and then taken down, and the cans are taken to the needy yet happy people.
By,
Gracey
Article: Should Schools Ban Soda?
Tags: Sugary, Soda, Machines, Influence
Summary: When you read Should Schools Ban Soda, you see how many students can't enjoy they're favorite fountain drink during school because of new regulations, but that dosen't put the cap on the tasty bottle, because students can still enjoy it outside of school, but lawmakers are trying to tax your favorite drink.
Article: Swimmin' Women
Tags: Olympics, Pool, Swimmers, Strokes
Summary: The article, Swimmin' Women is about swimmers getting ready for the 2012 Olympics, and they're going to swim butterfly, freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke, and the Winter Championships start Dec. 1-3
Article: Swimmin' Women
Tags: Math, water, swimming,actions,speed
Summary: Swimmin' Women is swimming into action, when olympic swimmers are warming up for the 2012 Olympics, by swimming in strokes so fast in the Winter Championships, so fast you would be soaked be the end and your socks and shoes came off!!!
Article: Stuck in Snow
Tags: Blizzards,snow,digging a cave,deadly,Bear Gryyls
Summary: In the article, Stuck in Snow,Bear Gryyls what not to do in an icy cold blizzard and that is, to not run and build a cave in the snow for pretection.
I learned in Extreme Survival how to survive a blizzard, a swarm of killer bees, an angry stampede of elephants, quicksand, and last how to get water in a desert.
Article: Swimmin' Women
Tags: Pool, Swimming, Competition, Olympics, 4 Strokes
Summary: In this article, Swimmin' Women the swimmers get ready for the 2012 Olympics, but before that,the swimmers need to get ready for the winter championships where the swimmers will swim a longer length than usual.
Article: Extreme Survival
Tags:dangerous, temptations, climates, attacks, running, safety
Summary: Ever get in a deadly situation? Extreme Survival is some situations with the answers there in front of you! Like, don't run for help in a blizzard, instead dig a hole just big enough for you body. There's much others to solve. Think twice before jumping in a pond when chased by bees!
article:should schools ban soda
tags:sugary,eliminating,beverages,general,
summary: In the article, should schools ban soda, schools in the U.S are banning sodas for a healthy diet. Students will still buy sodas out of school. law makers might make the tax on sodas go up.
Article: Swimmin Women
tags: winning,losing,tenth,hundreth and championship.
Summary: Swimmin Women is about a group of people who are great swimmers and are practicing for next years swimming championship.I chose the words winning and losing and tenth and hundereth because every tenth or hundereth of the lap counts to if you are going to win or lose. Championship because that means you made it to the big thing. chloe
Article:Game On!
Tags:LeBron James, Money, Chrismas, Basketball
Summary: Team owners of the NBA had been having trouble with money, so they shut the NBA down for all of November and some of December, but the players for Dallas and miami will be back on the court on Christmas!
article: Should schools ban soda?
Tags: soda, schools, goverment, ban,
healthy, and sugar
Summary: Experts are trying to explain how unhealthy sodas really are, so for that reason some schools have got rid of the soda, so will student's or experts win?
Article: Elephant Attack
Tags: Elephants, Matt Maltby
In the story Elephant Attack we learn how to avoid an elephant attack, but elephants don`t want to attack you they only do when you get to close to one then they will fell threatened and charge at you, Matt Maltby says the best way to get out of an elephant attack is to run down a steep hill, or of a cliff, an elephant attack can be very dangerous.
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