Reading a Magazine Article #2 + Weekend Homework

Today you will once again read a magazine article.  Here are six I selected for you to choose from:

• "How to Save Marriage in America"
• "The Growing Problem of Suburban Poverty"
• "Our Numbered Days: The Evolution of the Area Code"
• "Black History Month Isn't Making Life Better For Black Americans"
• "Why the Republican Push for Black Voters is (Mostly) Doomed to Fail"
• "Why Writers are the Worst Procrastinators"

Once again you will read the article then write a blog post as a response.  Your post needs to include these elements:

1. What is the main point / argument of the article?
2. Do you agree or disagree with its assertions? Why?
3. Which parts of it did you find most interesting / challenging / surprising? Why?
1. Include a quotation from the article as evidence
4. What questions are you left with as a result of reading this article?

You will need to have this posted on your blog by the start of class on Tuesday.

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Your homework for the weekend, which you can get started on during class if you have time, is to find an article for the rest of the class to (potentially) read next week.  How?

Start by going to this website: Arts & Letters Daily

In the left-hand side navigation column, click on "Magazines." This will take you to a list of many magazines, all linked directly to the Arts & Letters Daily Blog.  You may have heard of many of these magazines, or perhaps only a few. Spend some time browsing around through ones that look interesting.  Look through the articles available on the magazine website (note that in many cases only some of the content is available to the public - some is only for paid or registered subscribers).  Identify a few articles that look interesting, skim through then, and then choose one to read.

Write a new blog post including a link to the article and the rest of the information named above.

You will need to have this posted on your blog by the start of class on Tuesday.