Q Threshold Concepts: [LITERATE PRACTICES & PROCESSES] Meaningful writing is achieved through sustained engagement in literate practices. In this case, reading accurately to summarize key ideas and evaluate whether this topic would be one you'd like to research further. Complete this week's Discussion before completing Notebook 13. You have two options for this Notebook assignment. Be certain to clearly label your submission Two Views of a Debate or Newspaper/News Magazine Article. You may use articles to explore potential issues or focus on your topic of choice. If you choose to work with articles for your research topic, you may include the articles used for this assignment in your Research Journal. Option One: Two Views of a Debate. Be certain to name the two articles, authors, and publication information (website) in your responses. Use the summarizing skills you practiced in Unit 2. These entries may be adapted for your Research Journal, if appropriate. Go back to the New York Times’ Room for Debate blog (Links to an external site.), the Cato Institute (Links to an external site.) (Libertarian), the Heritage Foundation (Links to an external site.) (conservative), the Brookings Institution (Links to an external site.) (moderate liberal), the Center for American Progress (Links to an external site.) (progressive-liberal), and/or the Pew Research Center (Links to an external site.) (non-partisan). These sites will provide you with differing viewpoints. From any of these sites, select and read two articles on the same question or issue—a topic you’d like to continue exploring--but make sure each article expresses a different viewpoint on your topic. Respond to the following questions: 1. Name and briefly summarize each article. Don't forget to use attributive tags. 2. What were your expectations for the pieces prior to reading them? Think about what you were hoping the author would do (inform, persuasive, reaffirm, etc.) and cover. 3. What was the issue you read about? (Remember that you are to read articles on the same issue from two different sites.) Which viewpoints did you discover and from which sites? 4. Does the topic being presented speak to issues people face here in Salt Lake/Utah If so, how?(Sometimes it is easier to research an issue that has a clear local impact.) 5. Why do you believe that this is a topic worth exploring further? Is it something that holds personal value to you? 6. Is it something that you believe is purposeful for its intended audience? 7. Does it showcase a new way of thinking about an issue? Option Two: Newspaper or News Magazine Article Showing Multiple Viewpoints. Find an article that shows different viewpoints about an issue. Turn in your annotations indicating the multiple viewpoints AND a summary of the article (150-200 words). You may use this assignment to explore possible topics, or to begin research on the topic of your choice. Sometimes it’s possible to find three views of an issue all in one place. Many articles written for newspapers and magazines explore three or more views of an issue. Most newspaper articles and news magazine articles will interview two or more witnesses or call on two or more experts to weigh in on an issue. Other articles' purpose may be specifically to show readers multiple views on an issue. As part of your research, find an article where three or more different people or organizations are quoted or three or more sides are represented in the same article. Newspaper or news magazine sources are excellent places to find several views represented. Usually, proper nouns represent a viewpoint. So, when a person or organization is quoted that proper noun will represent a viewpoint. Less often, (like in the BBC World article) the viewpoints will be identified with subheadings. Copy the article into a document and annotate and label each of the views. This article might be your first source for your Research Journal, and it might lead you to further research the views presented and experts quoted in the article. PreviousNext