Article of the Week

Articles of the Week for 2015-2016

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Article of the Week Mark the Text 1.     Number each paragraph. 2.     Circle key terms 3.     Underline the words or phrases you do not understand. 4.     Left Margin: What is the author Saying? 5.     Right Margin: What is the author DOING? (Power Verbs)

Choose any passage and respong to it.

Time-sensitive Articles

• “How America is Defeating ISIS,”by The Week Staff. (pdf)
• “The Brexit, Explained,” by The Week Staff. (pdf)
• “The Puerto Rico Crisis, Explained,”by The Week Staff. (pdf)
• “Republican Party’s disruption laid bare in Drumpf’s Nevada victory,”for The LA Times. (pdf)
• “The History of Socialism (Connected to Bernie Sanders),” by The WeekStaff. (pdf)
• “There are big changes underway in Saudi Arabia,” by The Week Staff. (pdf)
• “America’s ‘Everything’ Fighter Jet is a Complete Disaster,” by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry for The Week. (pdf)
• “7 Things Experts Said Were Healthy in 2015” and “7 Things Experts Said Were Unhealthy in 2015,” both by The Week Staff. (pdf)
• “The Struggle Inside Iran,” by The Week Staff. (pdf)
• “Inside the Paris Climate Summit,”by The Week Staff. (pdf)
• “Paris Stunned After Wave of Terror Attacks Across City,” from The Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff. (pdf)
• “A Growing Disenchantment With October ‘Pinkification,’” from The New York Times. (pdf)
• “A Brief Guide to Big Pharma,” fromThe Week. (pdf)
• “Martin Shkreli: America’s most despised man who makes AIDS sufferers pay $750 per pill,” by Sadie Nicholas from The Sunday Express. (Thank you to Ken Greco for sharing this AOW!)
• “8 Reasons Europe’s Refugee Crisis is Happening Now,” from The Washington Post. (pdf)
• “China’s Military Parade Was a Massive Display of Political Weakness,” from The Week. (pdf)
• “America’s Biker Gangs,” from The Week. (pdf)

Timeless Articles

• “Can Facebook bring internet access to the entire world?” by Erin Blakemore for The Week. (pdf
• “Why you should really start talking to old people more,” by Karl Pillemer for Aeon Media. (pdf)
• “Is nuclear armageddon more likely than ever?” by The Week Staff. (pdf)
• “Why China and America are barrelling towards war,” by Kyle Mizokami for The Week. (pdf)
• “Inside America’s lottery addiction,”by The Week Staff. (pdf)
• “Inconvenient Gun Facts for Liberals,”by Nicholas Kristoff for The New York Times. (pdf)
• “Too Much TV And Chill Could Reduce Brain Power Over Time,” from Angus Chen at NPR. (pdf)
• “Procrastination: Is Your Future Self Getting a Bad Deal?,”from Psychology Today. (pdf)
• “The deadly threat of a solar superstorm,” from The Week. (pdf)
• “Slowly, more Saudi women find their way into the workplace,” from Newsela.com. (pdf)
• “The End of Smoking?,” from The Week. (pdf)
• “Teachers, Students, and Sleep,” from my blog, with modifications for student appropriateness. (pdf)
• “A Brief Guide to America’s Sharing Economy,” from The Week. (pdf)
• “How to Be Loved by Everyone: 6 Powerful Secrets,” from Barking Up The Wrong Tree. (pdf)
• “A Race to the Top of the Most Beautiful Place on Earth,” fromNarratively. (pdf)
• “How Saudi Arabia Exports Radical Islam”, from The Week. (pdf)
• “The Frightening Truth About the Future of Driverless Cars,” from The Week. (pdf)
• “The Walking Dead,” part III of a series on sleep, from The New Yorker.(pdf)
• “The Work We Do While Sleep,” Part II of a series on sleep, from The New Yorker. (pdf)
• “Why Can’t We Fall Asleep?”, Part I of a series on sleep, from The New Yorker. (pdf)
• “The rise of workplace spying,” fromThe Week. (pdf)
• “”Follow Your Bliss” Advice,” fromThe Week. (pdf)
• “Making Graduation Meaningful: A Real Qualifications System for U.S. Students,” from Education Week. (pdf)