Current Events Journal #7

1/27/12

Bailey Levy 802

Current Events Journal #7

Title: Should the driving age be raised to 18?

Author: Representative John D'Amico and Alex Koroknay-Palicz

Source: The New York Times

Topic: driving age

Main Idea (Implied/Stated): The main idea of this article is should the driving age be raised to 18? It is stated because it is the title of the article.

Author’s Purpose: The authors’ purpose for writing this article is to persuade why or why not the driving age should be changed.

Author’s Perspective: The authors’ perspective in this article is subjective/biased because each author states their personal beliefs and opinions.

Pattern of Organization: The patterns of organizations of the article are argument and support and compare and contrast.

-The reason the author chose these patterns for the article is so that readers can understand what the main point each author is trying to make and to compare and contrast their different opinions.

Text Features: The text features included in this article are title, subtitle, and examples. The title helps by giving the readers a little hint on what the article is about, the subtitle explains the title and more about what the article will be about, and the examples help support the authors’ arguments.

Summary (in your own words): The article is about the main reasons why or why not the driving age should be 16 and moved to 18.

Importance: The significance of this article is that the reader gets to hear two sides.

What I Learned: What I learned from this article is that there was a tragic car accident on December 29^th, 2005.

What I Liked: What I liked about this article was that it included two sides and that the readers were able to hear two different opinions.

What I Disliked: What I did not like about this article was that it didn’t give enough examples.

Recommendations: I recommend this article to anyone who wants the driving age to stay 16 and for anyone who wants the driving age to become 18.

Text-to-Self Connections: A text-to-self connection I made with the article is how I am so excited to be getting my permit next year and my license when I am 16.

Text-to-Text Connections: A text-to-text connection I made with the article is with an article I read in the newspaper about a fatal car accident including two 16 year olds near my house.

Text-to-World Connections: A text-to-world connection I made with the article is that there are many teens around the world that get their license at 16.

Vocabulary:

Word	Context Clues	Meaning
1.  Fatalities	#5 infer When something is fatal it is deadly	Deaths
2.  Burdensome	#5 infer A burden is something that is heavy and holds you back	Difficult to carry out or fulfill
3.   Mobility	#5 Infer When something is mobile it moves	He ability to move or move freely