Science Feature Articles

Put your angle to the test

Choose the top two angles that you think would work for your science topic.

Put each one through the “What about it?” protocol.

Share your angle…What about it?What do you think about it?How does this affect me?

Reflect from the Protocol

What’s the angle? What idea will be running through

your feature to keep your audience interested?

How does that connect with your intended audience for the feature?

Now… what needs to be done?

In your Writer’s Notebook, write down all of the things that need to be done or written to complete your feature article.

It can be a web or a list.

Some ideas Identify the Audience Angle Brainstorm Thread Hook Outline/organization Arrange interview Interview questions Conduct interview Pull facts to support

Further research to support angle

Choose quotes to include Order information Write body Hook /beginning Conclusion/ending Revision/peer revision Editing Check the rubric Publish

Order up…

How should you attack this paper? Look at your tasks and think about the most logical order for you.Number the tasks. Check off each one when done. (It’s very satisfying.)

Get started

You are responsible for your learning. You will have this class, about 45 minutes in the next class, and about 30 minutes in Tuesday’s class to work. (The rest will be for peer feedback.)

This should also be worked on for homework.

Final draft is due Thursday, 27/3.