Choose a Scientific Article from one of the sources on the Science in the News Page. Read the article and take notes. When you’re finished, write a “rough draft” of your Article Review.
The AR should have three main parts.
1. Citations: Record the Name of the Magazine, the Author of the article, The Title of the Article and when it was written.
2. Your Summary of the article: You should include Who did it, what did they do and how did it happen, why is this important, where did this happen.
Describe what the article was about in your own words.
You should include a direct quote from the article where possible.
The Summary section should be the largest section containing around 20-25 sentences, at a minimum. You may of course choose to write as much as you please.
Don’t ramble, be clear and keep it interesting.
3. Your Reaction to the Article.
Tell the reader what you thought about the article, what your opinion about the issue is,
what sorts of questions you might have and would like answered.
When you’ve finished your rough draft…
Check and correct your spelling.
Read your sentences and be sure they say what you want them to say.
Count those sentences!
Double check that you’ve included all three parts, the Citations, the Summary and Your Reaction.
Be sure that this is a very good example of your writing.
When you’ve finished your Final Draft…
7th graders go to the 7th Grade Science Blog,
8th graders go to the 8th Grade Science Blog,
and type in your Article Review as a “Comment” under the assignment.
DON’T USE YOUR REAL NAME ON THE BLOG, USE THE CODE THAT WE DISCUSSED IN CLASS.
IF I AM IN PERIOD 1, I WOULD BE —–> ERP1
AND THAT’S IT!
Your well-done article review should be posted to the blog by the time you leave class on 10/3/2019, or the morning of 10/7/2019 at the latest.
Grade 7 Science Blog 