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MichaelW-Current Events 2



 ** Rename the template: your first name last initial - current event summary date

__1) Read the article of your choice, TWO times. The first time just read it all the way through. The second time, read, annotate, highlight, underline, being sure to number the 4 most important information/main ideas of the article.__

2) Article Citation: (Use either [|__Citation Machine__] or [|__Easy Bib__] to generate your correct citation - copy and paste into the space below)
 * Blood,Spagat, Michael, Elliot R. "Power Failure Puzzles Experts." [Denver,CO] 10 Sept. 2011: 6A. Print ||

 _3) Topic Sentence for Summary Paragraph: This article (title)... by (author)... (summary verb)... synthesis of article’s who, what, where, when, why, how...
 * In the article by Michael Blood and Elliot Spagat shows of a power line failure that started in Arizona went all the way to San Diego. Over six million people had a power outage. ||


 * Summary Verb List

Be sure to use one “summary” verb from the list for your topic and concluding sentence... || Transition List

Be sure to choose an appropriate transition to introduce each of the 4 most important details from the article... || 4 Important Details/Main Ideas Beginning with your transition, be sure to write a complete sentence describing each of the 4 most important details IN YOUR OWN WORDS... || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inner Voice Log

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your thoughts, ideas, opinion, questions, comments, concerns, connections, predictions, inferences... || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shows <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reports <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Investigates <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explains <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Identifies <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reviews <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Enumerates <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Elaborates <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">States <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Exemplifies <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Details <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Compares <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Provides <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Presents <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lists <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gives <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Acknowledges <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Depicts <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Suggests <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Proposes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Contrasts <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Compares <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Captures <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Clarifies <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Defends <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Advises <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Answers || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Transition lists__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: line-through; vertical-align: baseline;">Tells about

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Expository <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Second <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Last <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For this reason <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To begin with <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">However <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Although <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In addition <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Furthermore <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Moreover <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Also <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Besides <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">By the way <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Similarly <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Equally important <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For example <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For instance <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In fact <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Like <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As an illustration <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In other words <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In summary <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In conclusion <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Therefore <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As a result <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Consequently <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Accordingly || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To begin with, the power outage reached into Arizona to San Diego.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Second, when the power outage went off over six million people had no power.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Over two million gallons of sewage spilled into the ocean.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally, this was not the worst power outage ever, the worst effected about fifty million people. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First, how long did the outage go out for? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How long did it take to spread? ||

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> _4) Concluding Sentence for Summary Paragraph: Restate your topic sentence in your own words in a different way.Be sure to use a different “summary” verb from the list than you chose to use for your topic sentence..
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The article shows how the power went out and started in Arizona and made six million people in the dark. ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> _5) Copy and paste together your summary paragraph. Be sure to indent your topic sentence.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Blood,Spagat, Michael, Elliot R. "Power Failure Puzzles Experts." [Denver,CO] 10 Sept. 2011: 6A. Print

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the article by Michael Blood and Elliot Spagat shows of a power line failure that started in Arizona went all the way to San Diego. Over six million people had a power outage.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To begin with, the power outage reached into Arizona to San Diego.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Second, when the power outage went off over six million people had no power.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Over two million gallons of sewage spilled into the ocean.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally, this was not the worst power outage ever, the worst effected about fifty million people.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First, how long did the outage go out for? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How long did it take to spread? ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> _6) Final Step: REFLECTION- Reread your Inner Voice Log notes..
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the author’s purpose? (Is the article written to persuade or inform?) How do you know?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why is this event significant to the community, country or world?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are the consequences of this event on the community, country or world?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Make a text to text, text to self or text to world connection about the topic in your article.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are your thoughts about what happened? (Should be at least 6 sentences.)



<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">** Rename the template: your first name last initial - current event summary date

__1) Read the article of your choice, TWO times. The first time just read it all the way through. The second time, read, annotate, highlight, underline, being sure to number the 4 most important information/main ideas of the article.__

2) Article Citation: (Use either <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Citation Machine__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">or <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Easy Bib__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">to generate your correct citation - copy and paste into the space below)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Blood,Spagat, Michael, Elliot R. "Power Failure Puzzles Experts." [Denver,CO] 10 Sept. 2011: 6A. Print ||

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">_3) Topic Sentence for Summary Paragraph: This article (title)... by (author)... (summary verb)... synthesis of article’s who, what, where, when, why, how...
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the article by Michael Blood and Elliot Spagat shows of a power line failure that started in Arizona went all the way to San Diego. Over six million people had a power outage. ||


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Summary Verb List

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be sure to use one “summary” verb from the list for your topic and concluding sentence... || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Transition List

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be sure to choose an appropriate transition to introduce each of the 4 most important details from the article... || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4 Important Details/Main Ideas <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Beginning with your transition, be sure to write a complete sentence describing each of the 4 most important details IN YOUR OWN WORDS... || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inner Voice Log

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your thoughts, ideas, opinion, questions, comments, concerns, connections, predictions, inferences... || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shows <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reports <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Investigates <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explains <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Identifies <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reviews <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Enumerates <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Elaborates <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">States <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Exemplifies <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Details <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Compares <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Provides <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Presents <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lists <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gives <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Acknowledges <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Depicts <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Suggests <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Proposes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Contrasts <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Compares <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Captures <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Clarifies <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Defends <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Advises <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Answers || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Transition lists__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: line-through; vertical-align: baseline;">Tells about

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Expository <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Second <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Last <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For this reason <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To begin with <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">However <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Although <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In addition <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Furthermore <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Moreover <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Also <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Besides <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">By the way <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Similarly <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Equally important <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For example <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For instance <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In fact <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Like <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As an illustration <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In other words <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In summary <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In conclusion <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Therefore <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As a result <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Consequently <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Accordingly || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To begin with, the power outage reached into Arizona to San Diego.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Second, when the power outage went off over six million people had no power.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Over two million gallons of sewage spilled into the ocean.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally, this was not the worst power outage ever, the worst effected about fifty million people. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First, how long did the outage go out for? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How long did it take to spread? ||

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">_4) Concluding Sentence for Summary Paragraph: Restate your topic sentence in your own words in a different way.Be sure to use a different “summary” verb from the list than you chose to use for your topic sentence..
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The article shows how the power went out and started in Arizona and made six million people in the dark. ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">_5) Copy and paste together your summary paragraph. Be sure to indent your topic sentence.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Blood,Spagat, Michael, Elliot R. "Power Failure Puzzles Experts." [Denver,CO] 10 Sept. 2011: 6A. Print

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the article by Michael Blood and Elliot Spagat shows of a power line failure that started in Arizona went all the way to San Diego. Over six million people had a power outage.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To begin with, the power outage reached into Arizona to San Diego.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Second, when the power outage went off over six million people had no power.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Over two million gallons of sewage spilled into the ocean.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finally, this was not the worst power outage ever, the worst effected about fifty million people.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First, how long did the outage go out for? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How long did it take to spread? ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">_6) Final Step: REFLECTION- Reread your Inner Voice Log notes..
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the author’s purpose? (Is the article written to persuade or inform?) How do you know?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why is this event significant to the community, country or world?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are the consequences of this event on the community, country or world?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Make a text to text, text to self or text to world connection about the topic in your article.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are your thoughts about what happened? (Should be at least 6 sentences.)