Steps to do the article review

How to go about doing the article review

1. Creating A Mind Map

§ In order to convince the reader, the writer presents a number of arguments in the article.

§ Create a mind map of the claims / arguments / ideas presented in the article.

2. Vocabulary

§ After you have completed Activity 1, write down at least 5 new words in your word bank book.

§ Using the dictionary, you should also write down the meaning of the words and an example sentence.

3. Worksheet (Template)

§ Using the template, write a list of claims / arguments / ideas made by the author (as compiled in your mindmap) in the left hand column.

§ In the middle column, write down the evidence the author presents in support of each argument.

§ In the right column, provide your own examples to support or refute the writer’s and evaluate them (i.e. Do you think they are valid? Why? Why not?) Please research. Other than Google, you can try other search engines like Answers , Wikipedia and Clusty

4. Application

§ Now based on the information gathered above, see how you can use these ideas and examples in answering (a) the Application question (b) the Essay question

Just come up with 2 questions each that involve the ideas/ examples discussed in the article.

Sample questions can be found at

• http://www.vjc.moe.edu.sg/campus_life/cca/gpsoc/k_index.htm
• http://schools.moe.edu.sg/rjc/subjects/english/gp/downloads/index.htm

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