Article of the Week: Non-Fiction Discussion and Reading Practice

In this ongoing course, students will read non-fiction articles of the week focused on current topics. Before class, students will be asked to read the article posted in the classroom and come prepared to discuss the topics together in class. In each session, students will work through different close-reading strategy skills that we model in our discussion (and modeled by the teacher on screen) to help them deepen their understanding of the non-fiction topic while working on analyzing the article. 

Articles for 2025:
Week 1 (December 30th - January 5th): NO CLASS
Week 2 (January 6th - 12th): Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles Highlight Mental Health
Week 3 (January 13th - 19th):  "Free-Range" Parenting 
Week 4: (January 20th - 26th): Jeju Air Flight 2216 (Boeing's Recent Troubles are Highlighted Yet Again)

Week 5: (January 27th - February 2nd): Disease X and HMPV - How Worried Should We Be?
Week 6: (February 3rd - 9th): Are We Headed Toward World War III? The Doomsday Clock 2025
Week 7: (February 10th - 16th): The Invasive Plant Species Taking Over the World
Week 8: (February 17th - 23rd): Banning Red Food Dye

Week 9: February 24th - March 2nd): Singapore's New Nature Skyscrapers
Week 10: (March 3rd - 9th): Korea Impeaches Its President 
Week 11: (March 10th - 16th): 10 Chocolate Brands with Low-Quality Ingredients 
Week 12: (March 17th - 23rd): Clean Energy Production is Better Than Ever

Week 13: (March 24th - 30th): Hunting Endangered Species - 100% Legal in Some Countries (But There's a Catch)
Week 14: (March 31st - April 6th): Fewer Homicides = Budget Cuts?
Week 15: (April 7th - 13th): The Good of Climate Change
Week 16: (April 14th - 20th): The Medical World is Changing - Is it for the Better?

Week 17: (April 21st - 27th): The Shift Away from Reading Novels
Week 18: (April 28th - May 4th): Dog Breeding - Have We Gone Too Far?
Week 19: (May 5th - 11th): The Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda - How It Shapes the African Continent
Week 20: (May 12th - 18th): The Ghost Particle

Week 21: (May 19th - 25th): There's a New Predator in the Article Circle
Week 22: (May 26th - June 1st): Billionaire Donations Make a Difference
Week 23: (June 2nd - 8th): The Australian Government Works to Right a Wrong
Week 24: (June 9th - 15th): To Be Determined!

For previous article topics, please see the "Teacher Expertise" portion of this class description!