Students review articles on www.naja.com and then practice writing summaries and evaluating how valuable each article is to the students in creating their own websites.
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Research Practice
1. Name _____________________________________________ Date _______________ Period ______
HTTP://WWW.NAJA.COM
Go to the above site and check it out by reading articles on it or linked to it. For each article you
choose, write down its title, a one-sentence summary, and a rating of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest
rating an article can receive. When giving an article a rating consider the quality of its lead and
support paragraphs and its relevance to you. Then write one sentence explaining why you gave the
article whatever rating you gave it.
1. First NAJA article
Title:
One-sentence summary:
Awful Great
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Reason for rating:
2. Second NAJA article
Title:
One-sentence summary:
Awful Great
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Reason for rating:
3. First Native Voice article
Title:
One-sentence summary:
Awful Great
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Reason for rating:
2. 4. Second Native Voice article
Title:
One-sentence summary:
Awful Great
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Reason for rating:
5. First Project Phoenix Rising Voices past issues article
Title:
One-sentence summary:
Awful Great
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Reason for rating:
6. Second Project Phoenix Rising Voices past issues article
Title:
One-sentence summary:
Awful Great
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Reason for rating:
7. First RezNet article
Title:
One-sentence summary:
Awful Great
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Reason for rating:
3. 8. Second RezNet article
Title:
One-sentence summary:
Awful Great
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Reason for rating:
9. First Unity Journalists of Color article
Title:
One-sentence summary:
Awful Great
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Reason for rating:
10. Second Unity of Journalist of Color article
Title:
One-sentence summary:
Awful Great
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Reason for rating:
4. HTTP://WWW.NAJA.COM
Go to the above site and check it out by reading articles
on it or linked to it. You should read TWO articles
from EACH of the following online newspapers/
organizations:
1. NAJA
2. Native Voice x 2 = 10
3. Project Phoenix Rising Voices articles
4. Rez Net
5. Unity Journalists of color
For each article you choose, write down:
 The title
 A one-sentence summary
 A rating of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest
rating an article can receive
 A reason for your rating (E.g., consider the
quality of an article’s lead and support
paragraphs and the article’s relevance to you)
Awful
Great
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10