Independent Reading: Articles
You have a minimum of four (4) articles to find and read on your own. You cannot use the ones we do as a class.
This is a minimum. Read as many more as you like. You are doing this to read examples of good articles, paying attention to structure, format, voice, style, content, rhetorical devices and so on, so you know what to do in your own article. But also as inspiration for your own 2-minute talks, article, speech, memoir and/or thesis. Your goal is to find opinion, commentary, or analysis articles. So NOT a review, editorial, feature, news report. The piece MUST have a point - a clear stance. Yes it can be an advice column or a how-to column.
Some recommended articles:
Here are some useful websites for you to find articles on your own:
Some other websites to try:
https://www.thecut.com/tags/i-think-about-this-a-lot/
https://www.wired.com/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/
https://www.theverge.com/
https://aeon.co/
You will need to track which four (4) articles you read on the tracking sheets provided which are due weekly..
This is a minimum. Read as many more as you like. You are doing this to read examples of good articles, paying attention to structure, format, voice, style, content, rhetorical devices and so on, so you know what to do in your own article. But also as inspiration for your own 2-minute talks, article, speech, memoir and/or thesis. Your goal is to find opinion, commentary, or analysis articles. So NOT a review, editorial, feature, news report. The piece MUST have a point - a clear stance. Yes it can be an advice column or a how-to column.
- Here is my example. 20/20. Obvi! Completed in 45 minutes. After having chosen the article, 45 minutes is reading it and completing the form at the same time. You can of course read the article first, and then go in the form and answer the questions. This is the article I read by Michael Leviton called "What I Learned About Love When I Stopped Being Honest".
- This is the rubric.
- This is a handout on rhetorical appeals & devices.
Some recommended articles:
- Katrina Onstad's "The Downside of Retro" published in The Globe and Mail
- Anne Sutherland's "Across Canada on a Bike, with Love" published in the Montreal Gazette
- Susan Schwartz' "Is Every Story Really Worth Hearing?" published in the Montreal Gazette
- "The Confidence Game: How to Play like a Winner" by Mary M. Mitchell published in the Montreal Gazette (this article type is also about advice but it's a dos and don'ts type)
- "Full Stop: Can you even Imagine not Buying any new Clothes for a Whole Year?" by Anna Shepard published in Elle magazine (this article type shares the author's own experience, in chronological order, from her assumptions about doing, to doing it, to the reactions of others, and to her realizations - hoping to inspire others to do the same)
- "Superheroes Teach our Kids the Wrong Message" by Craig and Marc Kielburger published in the Montreal Gazette (this article type compares and contrasts the author's real view of heroes with fake ones)
- "An Open Book" by Katherine Heing published in O Magazine. (this article type also goes in chronological order or sequence but does so by what you can learn about a person by the books they love).
Here are some useful websites for you to find articles on your own:
- The New Yorker online
- The Atlantic online
- Psychology Today online
- Oprah's O Magazine online
- Men's Health online
- The Huffington Post online
- Harvard Business Review online
- Rolling Stones online
- The Onion online (warning: known for irony, satire, and sarcasm)
Some other websites to try:
https://www.thecut.com/tags/i-think-about-this-a-lot/
https://www.wired.com/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/
https://www.theverge.com/
https://aeon.co/
You will need to track which four (4) articles you read on the tracking sheets provided which are due weekly..
- #1. Jan. 25
- #2. Feb. 1
- #3. Feb. 8
- #4. Feb. 15