Monday, December 12, 2011

Current Event #3

                                                                                       Date: 12/12/11
Name: Danielle Ben-David

Current Events Journal

TITLE: Animal shelter's behavior experts face life and death decisions for animals

AUTHOR: John owens

SOURCE: THE MIAMI HERALD NEWSPAPER.

The topic of the article is that people from a Chicago Tribune are part of a shelter program for dogs and cats, so that they can get adopted.
The main idea of the article is (implied/stated): The main idea of this article is that poeple are giving up on getting dogs or cats, more and more, and the only thing left to do is put them to sleep.  This article is stated.
The author’s purpose for writing this article is to show reader’s how one person can make a difference and be known for something good in this world.
The author’s perspective in this article is objective/subjective (biased) because it is saying the truth and not adding or taking anything away from the article. This article is subjective.
The pattern of organization of the article is strong and weak argument becausedogs and cats are being put to sleep and they have a lot of information on it, but they also don't have a good reason.
The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is because it knows what is right and what is wrong.
The text features included in the article are:
The important details.
The exact amount of numbers they expressed for dogs and animals.
All the sections in trhe paragraphs.
This article is about (a summary in your own words): how not enough people are adopting nimals these days and instead of letting them have a good life, they are being killed for no reason.
The significance (importance) of this article is: that people should think about these animals for and hope they stay healthy for the rest of their lives.
What I learned from this article is: you should always be thankful for what the world does or gives to you because it could've been you who lost someone or something.
What I liked about this article is how detailed the author was, about the issue and how he knew everything about what was going on with the animals.
What I did not like about it was that dogs and cats are suffering because of us,people.
Who should read this article and why:  I think that people who are interesting in reading about the world and animals should read this article.
This article reminds me of (text-to-self) because it shows how animals lives can be taken away in a heart beat.
(text-to-text) : I think this is text-to-text because it tells readers how things/people valuable and mean a lot to others.
(text-to-world): I think this is text-to-world because it is dogs and cats against people/humans.
New vocabulary I learned:
Word:                                    Context Clues:                                  Definition:

1. advocacy- love, and someone to nurture.

2.euthanasia- put to sleep; death.

3. utilitarian- toys; something to play with.

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