Please Do Now:
- Read the following feature article: http://www.slate.com/id/2203154/
- Comment: What sort of information is found in this article?
- What are the strengths of this sort of reporting?
- What are the weaknesses of this sort of reporting?
Today, students will:
- Finish reporting for features articles
- Write first drafts of features articles
Tonight’s homework is:
- First drafts due Thursday on your blog
15 responses so far ↓
lenac2011 // October 28, 2008 at 5:13 pm |
1. The type of information in this article is about being green on halloween and how eating a lot of candy is not good for your health or the environment.
2. The strengths of this kind of reporting are that it offers a lot of information and a person can learn a lot from this article. Other strengths are that this article offers a lot of alternatives for going green on halloween that people can resort to so they don’t create much waste.
3. The weaknesses are that people could get disinterested very quickly because the majority of the article are just facts. Another weakness is that a lot of people think that halloween is a holiday where you are supposed to find the silliest costume you can find and then eat tons of candy and not care about how much you waste because it is halloween and you just want to enjoy it.
7y13r // October 28, 2008 at 5:14 pm |
What sort of information is found in this article?
This article details ways in which Halloween hurts the enviroment and then mentions ways in which one can lessen the strain. It contains fact and opinion.
What are the strengths of this sort of reporting?
It allows the reader to get background information as well as answers to their questions.
What are the weaknesses of this sort of reporting?
It’s biased to an extent, and it tends to hold less opinions or quotes than a news or even a regular feature article.
jessekirk11 // October 28, 2008 at 5:17 pm |
1. Information on the “green”-ness of candy for halloween is found in the article. The piece is a features piece. The article states that in order to be a green candy lover, you must purchase organic candy as well as an organic pumpkin from a nearby farm.
2. This reporting is strong because it combines two very popular topics, going green and the upcoming Halloween.
3. This type of reporting is weak because it is fairly unimportant, and does not encapture the reader’s attention.
LyssaG2011 // October 28, 2008 at 5:18 pm |
1) The article includes information about how Halloween candy can be harmful to the environment with the support of numerical data.
2) It takes a new look on Halloween, so the article itself is original.
3) The reader of the article may look at it as comical instead of serious because the topic seems silly. Also, there are going to be a lot of people out there who disagree, despite the statistics, because most people love Halloween.
RayL2012 // October 28, 2008 at 5:18 pm |
What sort of information is found in this article?
Information about enviromentally friendly candy, like dark chocolate.
What are the strengths of this sort of reporting?
It helps people who want to be more inviromentaly friendly
What are the weaknesses of this sort of reporting?
IT is unimportant
brittanywaserstein // October 28, 2008 at 5:19 pm |
1. This article offers information about being green on halloween and how we can help the environment from being so scary. For example, giving a trick-or-treater one candy instead of three or giving them dark chocolate instead of milk.
2. The strengths of this reporting is that there is a sufficient amount of information, which allows the reader to know exactly what is going on. This article offers many oppurtunities to improve the environment and try and make the holiday of Halloween more green.
3. The weaknesses of this reporting is that the reader can get bored very quickly because the speaker just offers many facts one after the other. This article depicts Halloween as a holiday to improve the environment when the readers would never expect Halloween to be like this.
alicel2011 // October 28, 2008 at 5:21 pm |
1. The article gives information gives information representing on how Halloween hurts the environment. It also has nutrition facts about the candy.
2. The strenght of the article gives all the information a reader would want to know. It includes facts and articles.
3. The weakness may be that the reader can easily bored themselves by reading the article. The article included a lot of facts it got boring to an extent.
hkramer14 // October 28, 2008 at 5:23 pm |
What sort of information is found in this article?
This article explains the concerns and issues with Halloween candy on your health and environment.
What are the strengths of this sort of reporting?
It doesn’t just tell about an issue, but how it you can help.
What are the weaknesses of this reporting?
The article is a little bit biased, to an extent. It also seems a little boring, as i was reading i lost interest. I think the author of the article could have made it a little more appealing to read.
hrynor // October 28, 2008 at 5:25 pm |
1. Comment: What sort of information is found in this article?
- What effect candy wrappers and overproduction of candy products does to the environment.
- Transporting pumpkins
- Organic chocolates
2. What are the strengths of this sort of reporting?
- It is purely informational and there for it required less interviews
- It clearly states what has been done the information and what should be done.
3. What are the weaknesses of this sort of reporting?
- Kids will be mad, because more people will switch to organic candy; which doesn’t taste as good.
- There are not as many people that could have been interviewed that would have improved the article.
– The Article is biased, because it does not show as many of the benefits, but rather focuses on the disadvantages.
Kelsey Sumalla // October 28, 2008 at 5:28 pm |
1. This article contains information about how Halloween isn’t a Green holiday and how someone can contribute to help make it Green.
2. The strengths of this kind of reporting is that it offers information on how to make a really popular holiday Green, which is the new thing.
3. The weaknesses of this kind of reporting is that Halloween is the sort of holiday that most people won’t care about being eco friendly. It is the one day in the year a person can go around their neighborhood dressed up silly asking random strangers for candy.
jessicaw2010 // October 28, 2008 at 5:28 pm |
1. This article is mainly concerning the environment and the health of trick-or-treaters. It says that eating too much candy is neither good for the environment nor one’s health.
2. I think that the strength of this reporting is that it provides the readers with alot of information that supports the central argument/idea. Not only does it give information but also suggestions for ways in being “green” and improving our environment. It also seems like the author of this article knows what he is talking about and has alot of good sources.
3. I think that this article’s weakness is that it gives alot of facts, which would sometimes start boring the reader. I would also say that the topic is not so interesting.
madisonjsanders // October 28, 2008 at 5:29 pm |
1. What sort of information is found in this article?
The information displayed in this article talks about how Halloween is not the most eco-friendly holiday, and explains why by tracing the production of candy and its’ consumers.
2. What are the strengths of this sort of reporting?
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3. What are the weaknesses of this sort of reporting?
There were no direct quotes, just statistics and story.
molliee // October 28, 2008 at 6:27 pm |
1. What sort of information is found in this article?
The information displayed in this article talks about how Halloween is not the most eco-friendly holiday, and explains why by tracing the production of candy and its’ consumers.
2.What are the strengths of this sort of reporting?
- The strengths of this kind of reporting are that it offers a lot of information and a person can learn a lot from this article. Other strengths are that this article it offers ideas of how to go green on Halloween.
3.What are the weaknesses of this sort of reporting?
-There were no direct quotes, just statistics and story.
rachelcoller // October 29, 2008 at 10:24 pm |
1. What sort of information is found in this article?
The information found in this article is statistics that support that Halloween is not a “green” holiday.
2. What are the strengths of this sort of reporting?
The reporter obviously spoke to many people and really researched this topic. From this article, the reader not only learns about how un-eco friendly Halloween is, but tips on ways to go “green” on Halloween.
3. What are the weaknesses of this sort of reporting?
Sometimes people are more interested in quotes than statistics, and this story is mostly statistics.
nadineg2012 // October 30, 2008 at 10:12 am |
1) This article contains statistics about the environmental effects of Halloween, most of which the reporter probably had to obtain by speaking to a person.
2) This kind of reporting offers a lot of information on the topic.
3) It does not, however, contain quotes , which are sometimes more interesting.