Setting the Tone: Journal Writing

1. Setting the Tone:Journal Writing Explain what type of information you might be able to find in the daily newspaper. Give examples, if possible. (7 to 10 sentences)

2. Purpose • What are you learning? • How to analyze expository writing using newspapers. • Why are you learning? • To have a better understanding of how expository writing is used in our daily lives.

3. Grammar – Complex Sentences • Complete pg. 155 numbers 1-11

4. Crafting the Lesson(me/we) • Read and locate the 5 W’s in the newspaper article. Family Confirms Death of Coretta Scott King Associated Press Atlanta – Her family confirms that Coretta Scott King has died at the age of 78. The widow of Martin Luther King had suffered a serious stroke and heart attack last year. Flags at the King Center in Atlanta have been lowered to half-staff. In a statement, the family says, “We appreciate the prayers and condolences from people across the country.” The statement says she died overnight. Following her husband’s assassination in 1968, King devoted her life to ensuring that his own legacy of human rights and equality lived on. Former Atlanta Mayer Andrew Young, who’s close to the family, tells NBC that King’s daughter Bernice went in to wake her up last night, but was unable to do so. He says, “Her spirit will remain with us just as her husband’s has.” Poet Maya Angelou tells ABC it’s both a “bleak” morning and a “great” one—great because “we have a chance to look at her and see what she did and who she was.”

5. Did you find the 5 W’s – who, what, when, where, and why? Family Confirms Death of Coretta Scott King Associated Press Atlanta – Her family confirms that Coretta Scott King has died at the age of 78. The widow of Martin Luther King had suffered a serious stroke and heart attack last year. Flags at the King Center in Atlanta have been lowered to half-staff. In a statement, the family says, “We appreciate the prayers and condolences from people across the country.” The statement says she died overnight. Following her husband’s assassination in 1968, King devoted her life to ensuring that his own legacy of human rights and equality lived on. Former Atlanta Mayer Andrew Young, who’s close to the family, tells NBC that King’s daughter Bernice went in to wake her up last night, but was unable to do so. He says, “Her spirit will remain with us just as her husband’s has.” Poet Maya Angelou tells ABC it’s both a “bleak” morning and a “great” one—great because “we have a chance to look at her and see what she did and who she was.”

6. Check Yourself • WHO – Coretta Scott King • WHAT – died at the age of 78 • WHEN - overnight • WHERE - ? Does not say • WHY - had suffered a serious stroke and heart attack last year

7. Composing Meaning • TWO – Read “Candlelight Vigil Honors Coretta Scott King” and fill in the interesting or not interesting chart. • YOU – when finished with the second article, you will read on your own “Martin Luther King’s Widow Dies at 78”. Fill in the interesting or not interesting chart.

8. Interesting or Not Interesting? • After reading each news articles fill in the chart provided. Write at least four things that make the article interesting, and four things that you think were not interesting. • Write a summary about the article.

9. Homework • “Martin Luther King’s Widow Dies at 78” is homework if not finished in class.