Coral bleaching News Article Commentaries – Guidance Select a current environmental science news story from a news source. Read the article and consider
Coral bleaching News Article Commentaries – Guidance
Select a current environmental science news story from a news source. Read the article and
consider the facts and impacts.
Objective:
To provide a critical review of an environmental issue by summarizing the article and
assessing its validity
Format:
One-page Commentary – Must be typed using 1” page margins, single spaced, and 12-point font.
The commentaries (Hard Copy) are due at the beginning of class on the following dates, but may
be submitted any time before the due date in my Mailbox: (5
th
Floor, Engineering Building). Due
Dates:
Article 1 – January 31,2019, Article 2 – March 14, 2019
Commentaries should have two sections and included the required elements as follows:
Section One:
Summarize the article
Clearly identify what is the environmental issue involved
Include the Who, What, Where, When, and Why
Include the date the article was published and the author (a hard copy of the article be
submitted with the assignment)
Section Two:
Discuss the environmental impact on the community and/or society
What are the possible outcomes and/or solutions?
What are the data or scientific facts that supports the article, was it peered reviewed?
What is the Author’s background? Does he show a bias?
How does the article effect your opinion?
Would you recommend this article to others and why?
The two News Articles will make up 10% of the final grade
Article Review Grading Rubric summarized below: News Article Commentaries – Guidance
Select a current environmental science news story from a news source. Read the article and
consider the facts and impacts.
Objective: To provide a critical review of an environmental issue by summarizing the article and
assessing its validity
Format:
One-page Commentary – Must be typed using 1” page margins, single spaced, and 12-point font.
The commentaries (Hard Copy) are due at the beginning of class on the following dates, but may
be submitted any time before the due date in my Mailbox: (5th Floor, Engineering Building). Due
Dates: Article 1 – January 31,2019, Article 2 – March 14, 2019
Commentaries should have two sections and included the required elements as follows:
Section One:
•
•
•
•
Summarize the article
Clearly identify what is the environmental issue involved
Include the Who, What, Where, When, and Why
Include the date the article was published and the author (a hard copy of the article be
submitted with the assignment)
Section Two:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Discuss the environmental impact on the community and/or society
What are the possible outcomes and/or solutions?
What are the data or scientific facts that supports the article, was it peered reviewed?
What is the Author’s background? Does he show a bias?
How does the article effect your opinion?
Would you recommend this article to others and why?
The two News Articles will make up 10% of the final grade
Article Review Grading Rubric summarized below:
Section 1 Article
Review
Organization
Section 2
Article/Author
Assessment
Grammar
Beginning
4 or more
required
elements
missing
Ideas are not
presented in
a clear
fashion.
Article lacks
organization
Article
review
missing 3 or
more
required
elements
No
proofreading
errors
impede the
sense of the
story
Developing
3 required
elements
missing
Accomplished
2 required
elements
missing
Exemplary
Meeting all of
the required
elements
Ideas are
presented
but students
takes too
long coming
to the point
Article lacks
organization
Article
review
missing 2
required
elements
Ideas are
presented but
concisely.
Article lacks
organization
The article
review is
organized in a
logical fashion
with ideas
clearly and
concisely stated
Article review
missing 1
required element
Article review
meets all the
required
elements
Some
Few errors,
proofreading mostly correct
errors still
paper
prove to be
an
annoyance
in the
reading of
the story
No errors
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