On Octobober,5th,2017 we have completed language and literature first unit, over this unit, we were focusing on news article writing.
Activities we have done through this unit:
-5Ws+H
-News article writing
-Annotations
-Compare and Contrasts
-Take notes using Turbonotes online
News Annotation
Compare & Contrast 2 Similar News Stories
Similarities:
Both two articles are focusing at Hurricane Harvey and how is the US affected, both two articles are focusing on the same two affected states which is Houston and Texas because Houston and Texas are the most affected area
Both are also focusing on the statuses of Hurricane Harvey, such as categorization of Harvey and its wind speed, how is the storm unusual, and lastly, how did its wind speed and storm change over time and how it was expected to change; both have the same information on the statuses.
Both articles mentioned about the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, he claimed that everyone has to work together to rebuild the affected state.
Differences:
Even though both two articles are focusing on the same affected areas, but the statuses of how they are affected are a little bit different caused by the different update meant the time of two articles. One is released on September,28th, 2017, and the other one was updated by 30th, August 2017, such as the older article says the city had received 20 inches of rainwater, but the newer one says the city received 24 inches of rainwater.
The newer article explains better and more detailed. For example, both two articles talk about the category of the storm and tropical storm, but the newer one explains more detailed, it talks about what speed the wind is called “Tropical storm” (39-73 miles), and how is the storm categorized by its wind speed.
One article is also focusing on rescue effort, such as “Texas Governor activated 12000 national guards, and state guard troops, other states also activated emergency workers in order to help those