• Place this handout in your binder for reference.
• Articles are due the 2^nd and 4^th Monday of each month (except in Dec., April, and May)
• You have two weeks between deadlines to find an article to use, read often to find what you need.
• Article must be current, up to 4 months old, and may only be used once, even if it fits multiple topics. Check the date before you do the analysis.
• You may use newspapers, magazines or links posted in the Article Analysis section on my web page: Internet News Site.  Do not use encyclopedia or encyclopedia type articles. If you are not sure, ask before the day it is due.
• Attach the original article or a photocopy/print out of the article to your assignment. If there is no article attached, it can not be graded.
• Do your assignment on an 8 ½ X 11 sheet of paper and have it typed in black ink or handwritten using pencil.
• Late articles will not be accepted and a zero will be given for incomplete work.
• Use the format shown in the document section of this website.   Be sure to reference it and the practice analysis we started with in class.

Assignment adapted from www.middleschoolscience.com 2002