Journalism
May 29, 201X
Work on your Final Project: Student Newsletter
Instructions and Rubric in Journalism folder
Due Date: There's been a change in the deadline for
final grades, and this is good because we know you need more time.
Deadline for the newsletters is June 5.
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Warm-Up: Current Event No. 38
1. Critiquing news sources - Due May 17
2. Writing Feature Stories
3. Writing Movie Reviews
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Warm-Up: Current Event No. 36
1. Discussion: Writing News Stories and Headlines
Read-Alouds / Reading Guide
quotes, transitions, patterns, sidebars, critique On Display
2. Homework: Deadline: May 17, p. 184 #9
Critiquing news sources: Identify a current-interest story about
an issue on which opinions differ - for example, gun control - and
find examples of a balanced and biased treatment of it on the Internet.
Write about the following (3-4 paragraphs).
Which news sources seemed to have objective presentations and verifiable
facts? Which consisted largely of opinions?
What conclusions can you draw about how critically you have to evaluate
Internet stories?
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Warm-Up: Current Event No. 34
1. Good vs Leads with Problems
2. How to write news articles video clips 1 to 4
2. Assignments:
a. Writing leads based on
the given information (Journalism folder)
b. News Story around Campus
c. Read through the student leads on pages 138-139. Write
a one-page critique telling which you find most and least
effective. Give reasons for your choices.
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April 201X
Warm-Up: Current Event No. 33
1. Discussion: Writing News Story Leads
The Inverted Pyramid
2. Guided Practice: Using the 5Ws1H
3. Independent Practice: On Display, p. 138 - 139
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Warm-Up: Current Event No. 29
1. Discussion: How to Write a Profile Story
An Inspiring Story - Interview with MEwert
Questions....
2. Worksheet: Choosing someone to interview
3. Due: Interview Article
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Current Event No. 26
1. Discussion: Critique: on Display, p. 111
2. OLC: eFlashcards, Activity, Assessment
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1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 25
2. Discussion: Writing the Interview Story, p. 107-113
In eNotes, write 10 things to remember in writing the interview story
3. Critique: On Display, p. 111 - one page long
What research went into the reporter's questions?
How well did the story bring to life the person being interviewed?
Do you think that other questions should have been asked? What are they?
March 201X
1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 24
2. Turn-in final draft of News Article based on Polls today.
Submit thru Edmodo
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1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 23
2. Write first draft of survey/interview article today.
Submit thru Edmodo.
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1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 19
2. Work in Groups: Finalize your Survey Questions - submit thru Edmodo
Print final draft of survey forms.
3. Submit thru Edmodo: All current events
eNotes
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3. Analyzing an Interview Story: On Display, p. 111
4. Key Words: -est question, formal interview, off the record,
open-ended question, primary source, Q and A
stock question
5. Apply what you learn: Critique an online interview story - instructions
in Journalism folder
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February 201X
1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 16
2. Work in Groups: Finalize your Survey Questions - submit thru Edmodo
3. Analyzing an Interview Story: On Display, p. 111
4. Key Words: -est question, formal interview, off the record,
open-ended question, primary source, Q and A
stock question
5. Apply what you learn: Critique an online interview story - instructions
in Journalism folder
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1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 13 - 16
2. Job Descriptions for Newspaper staff
3. Read: The Basics of Conducting Interviews for News Stories
3-sentence comments on each paragraph, use blue font and turn in thru Edmodo
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1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 9 - 12
2. OLC Chapter 4 eFlashcards
3. Activity and Assessment
4. Using Edmodo
5. Organizational Chart in MindNode
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1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 8
2. Research Online: Composition of a Newspaper Staff
and their Job Descriptions
3. Create an organizational chart and indicate the job descriptions
for each element in your chart.
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1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 4 and 5
2. Analyzing News Based on Polls: Teen Smoking on the Rise, p 77
3. Activity: Construct a Sample and Devise A Questionnaire
4. Chapter Assessment, OLC
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1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 3
2. Generating News Story Ideas: Conducting Polls, p. 71-75
3. Read/Think Alouds
3. Files You Need: Information from Polls
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1. Warm-Up: What is newsworthy for specific target audience?
2. Generating News Story Ideas: Brainstorming (Rules, Steps, Advantages)
3. File You Need: In you Journalism folder - Generating News LabWork
4. Group Activities: Questioning Authority and/or Unusual Analogies
OLC for instructions.
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Welcome back! and Happy New Year!
1. Introductions
2. Class Syllabus and Seat Plan
3. Organizing the Desktop
4. Classroom Links (OLC, class website, etc.)
5. Acceptable Use Policy
6. Review: Analyzing News Stories
7. LabTime: What is newsworthy for specific target audience?
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December 201X
1. Warm-Up Question: How do editors decide what goes on the front page of a newspaper?
2. Chapter key words: news judgment, timeliness, proximity,
prominence, consequence, human interest, conflict
3. Lesson: Deciding What is News
4. Evaluating Simple Events / Elements of News
5. Analyzing news stories: Use worksheet A Ch 3 (in your Journalism folder)
5. Project Time: Newspapers
November 201X
1. Let us Do This Now! Research Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent School District.
What was the court's decision?
2. Lesson: The Hazelwood Decision (Facts and Arguments)
3. Chapter Quiz
4. Case Analysis for School Journalism (in your Journalism folder)
5. Project Time: Newspapers
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1. Warm-Up: Who can sue and who can be sued?
2. Surf the Net: Examine the Internet sites for these organizations: the Journalism Education Association,
the Student Press Law Center, and the Freedom Forum. Write a brief summary of how the sites might be
helpful in dealing with freedom of the press and censorship issues.
3. Turn-In: Outstanding assignments
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October 201X
1. Warm-Up:
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. - Thomas Jefferson
2. Discussion: The Libel Law and Defenses Against Libel
Why do elected officials have a tougher time winning libel suits in court than others?
How can journalists avoid libel suits?
3. Turn-In: MindNode on Ethics of Journalism
Factors in evaluating credibility of online newspapers (eNotes)
4. Project: Research Paper on Newspapers (Instructions and Rubric in your Journalism folders)
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1. Warm-Up: Agree or disagree: Most media are aimed at the middle class.
2. Discussion: Ethics of Journalism: Credibility, Accuracy and Objectivity
Other Ethical Principles, p. 38
3. Turn-In: Biography Report No. 2
4. Read and Write: How might the media do a better job of helping the public make "informed" decisions?
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1. Warm-Up: Analyzing Headlines vs. Functions, OLC Ch2 Text Identification
2. Discussion: Evaluating the Media: Is the press really preoccupied with "bad news"?
Factors in evaluating the credibility of online newspapers
3. Activity: Choose an online newspaper and evaluate its credibility using the 10 factors presented. (eNotes)
4. Career Profile: Ben Bagdikian
5. Project Time: Biography Report No. 2, Deadline Oct. 19
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2. Discussion: Functions of a Journalist
Graphic Organizer on Functions... in Journalism folder
OLC, Chapter 2, Text Identification
3. Article of the Week: Write about anything you want using the steps and traits of writing learned in
class - due Oct. 10, 201X
4. Project Time: Biography Report No. 1, Deadline Oct. 3 (extended)
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September 201X
1. Warm-Up: What are some of the issues facing journalism in the 21st century?
2. Prepare for the Chapter Test - TODAY!!!
3. Project Time: Biography Report No. 1, Deadline Oct. 1. (do this as extratime or homework)
6. Readings: The Tinker Decision
The Hazelwood Decision
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1. Warm-Up: How did the telegraph affect news writing in the late 1800s?
2. Discussion: Information in Wartime: Should news coverage be censored in periods of war? p. 16.
3. VideoClip: In 1993 graphic images telecast from Somalia ended US involvement. What exactly was in the broadcast and what were the effects?
How did the Internet change the way news is presented and read? p. 18
How does computer-assisted reporting aid in digging out complicated information? p.20
4. ProjectTime: Turn-in Autobiography with Photo Project
5. Project Time: Biography Report on famous journalists - note the deadline and rubric
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1. Warm-Up: Describe how the freedom of the press was established.
2. Discussion: Should the American press be restricted?
3. Surf the Net: How different are newspapers' print stories from those they run on the Internet?
Choose a newspaper with an online edition and find a story that appear in both. Compare
and contrast the content and the writing style.
4. Project Time: "Autobiography with Photo Project" Deadline is next week !!!!
5. Prepare for the next article to write: Biography Report on famous journalists - note the deadline and rubric.
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1. Do Now! Go to Glencoe Language Arts link, open Student Center, Chapter 1 - Activity - Do the drag and drop online activity. Check your answers, keep doing it until you get 10 correct answers and get credit.
2. Project Time! Go to your Journalism folder, pull out the “Autobiography with Photo Project” file. Read
instructions open the links for writing tips and strategies.
!!!! Note the deadline and rubric in your eNotes.
Answer these questions in your notebook as you read the writing tips links:
What is personal writing?
What are the five stages of the writing process? Who do you consider when you want to publish your work?
Explain the “life map” and how it is helpful in writing?
3. EXTRA CREDIT/Challenge Activity: Read ANY articles in online newspapers about the 9/11 anniversary Write a commentary on the article you read in your notebook.
*******************
Previous Lessons
Late work - still accepted (but points taken away :(
LOGINS - FOR PERIOD 6
Username: journ
password: gray#
1. DO NOW/WARM-UP ACTIVITY: KEYBOARDING PRACTICE
LOG IN TO: WWW.GOODTYPING.COM
username: graywolf#(of computer)
password: gray# (of computer)
Write your speed result in your index cards.
PRACTICE WITH FINGERS ON THE HOMEKEYS!!!!
2. Cornell Notes System
Read: The Cornell Note Taking System
On your eNotebook: Do or answer the following questions:
Who developed the cornell note-taking system?
Describe the page layout of the cornell system.
Draw a cornell note page on your paper.
Why do we need to write questions on the cue column?
Give ideas on how to write on the note-taking area.
What is the summary space for?
Tip: In drawing a line: click on INSERT, shapes, line....
3. Open your Journalism folder and go over the syllabus for the class.
In your notebook, write any questions or suggestions that you may have about the syllabus, or something you want to learn about that you think is not included and that we should include as part of our class syllabus.
4. Read about the History of American Media. Look for information and/or definition of the following terms:
muckraking, penny press, yellow journalism
partisan press, wire service
5. Mini-Project: Create a timeline on the History of American Media.
Your work should show evidence that you have read from a particular source and did not just do “copy paste” from an Internet source. You can research from the Internet or use the text in you Journalism folder. Do your timeline in your eNotebook. Deadline: September 7, 201X
6. Challenge Activity: Read “The State of the News Media 2012:http://stateofthemedia.org/2012/overview-4/ WRITE DOWN 5 QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ARTICLE.
May 29, 201X
Work on your Final Project: Student Newsletter
Instructions and Rubric in Journalism folder
Due Date: There's been a change in the deadline for
final grades, and this is good because we know you need more time.
Deadline for the newsletters is June 5.
*****************************
Warm-Up: Current Event No. 38
1. Critiquing news sources - Due May 17
2. Writing Feature Stories
3. Writing Movie Reviews
******************************
Warm-Up: Current Event No. 36
1. Discussion: Writing News Stories and Headlines
Read-Alouds / Reading Guide
quotes, transitions, patterns, sidebars, critique On Display
2. Homework: Deadline: May 17, p. 184 #9
Critiquing news sources: Identify a current-interest story about
an issue on which opinions differ - for example, gun control - and
find examples of a balanced and biased treatment of it on the Internet.
Write about the following (3-4 paragraphs).
Which news sources seemed to have objective presentations and verifiable
facts? Which consisted largely of opinions?
What conclusions can you draw about how critically you have to evaluate
Internet stories?
****************
Warm-Up: Current Event No. 34
1. Good vs Leads with Problems
2. How to write news articles video clips 1 to 4
2. Assignments:
a. Writing leads based on
the given information (Journalism folder)
b. News Story around Campus
c. Read through the student leads on pages 138-139. Write
a one-page critique telling which you find most and least
effective. Give reasons for your choices.
**************************
April 201X
Warm-Up: Current Event No. 33
1. Discussion: Writing News Story Leads
The Inverted Pyramid
2. Guided Practice: Using the 5Ws1H
3. Independent Practice: On Display, p. 138 - 139
************************
Warm-Up: Current Event No. 29
1. Discussion: How to Write a Profile Story
An Inspiring Story - Interview with MEwert
Questions....
2. Worksheet: Choosing someone to interview
3. Due: Interview Article
**********************
Current Event No. 26
1. Discussion: Critique: on Display, p. 111
2. OLC: eFlashcards, Activity, Assessment
***********************
1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 25
2. Discussion: Writing the Interview Story, p. 107-113
In eNotes, write 10 things to remember in writing the interview story
3. Critique: On Display, p. 111 - one page long
What research went into the reporter's questions?
How well did the story bring to life the person being interviewed?
Do you think that other questions should have been asked? What are they?
March 201X
1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 24
2. Turn-in final draft of News Article based on Polls today.
Submit thru Edmodo
****************************
1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 23
2. Write first draft of survey/interview article today.
Submit thru Edmodo.
**********************************
1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 19
2. Work in Groups: Finalize your Survey Questions - submit thru Edmodo
Print final draft of survey forms.
3. Submit thru Edmodo: All current events
eNotes
******************
3. Analyzing an Interview Story: On Display, p. 111
4. Key Words: -est question, formal interview, off the record,
open-ended question, primary source, Q and A
stock question
5. Apply what you learn: Critique an online interview story - instructions
in Journalism folder
***********************
February 201X
1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 16
2. Work in Groups: Finalize your Survey Questions - submit thru Edmodo
3. Analyzing an Interview Story: On Display, p. 111
4. Key Words: -est question, formal interview, off the record,
open-ended question, primary source, Q and A
stock question
5. Apply what you learn: Critique an online interview story - instructions
in Journalism folder
**********************
1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 13 - 16
2. Job Descriptions for Newspaper staff
3. Read: The Basics of Conducting Interviews for News Stories
3-sentence comments on each paragraph, use blue font and turn in thru Edmodo
***********************
1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 9 - 12
2. OLC Chapter 4 eFlashcards
3. Activity and Assessment
4. Using Edmodo
5. Organizational Chart in MindNode
***********************
1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 8
2. Research Online: Composition of a Newspaper Staff
and their Job Descriptions
3. Create an organizational chart and indicate the job descriptions
for each element in your chart.
*******************
1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 4 and 5
2. Analyzing News Based on Polls: Teen Smoking on the Rise, p 77
3. Activity: Construct a Sample and Devise A Questionnaire
4. Chapter Assessment, OLC
*******************
1. Warm-Up: Current Event No. 3
2. Generating News Story Ideas: Conducting Polls, p. 71-75
3. Read/Think Alouds
3. Files You Need: Information from Polls
********************
1. Warm-Up: What is newsworthy for specific target audience?
2. Generating News Story Ideas: Brainstorming (Rules, Steps, Advantages)
3. File You Need: In you Journalism folder - Generating News LabWork
4. Group Activities: Questioning Authority and/or Unusual Analogies
OLC for instructions.
***************************
Welcome back! and Happy New Year!
1. Introductions
2. Class Syllabus and Seat Plan
3. Organizing the Desktop
4. Classroom Links (OLC, class website, etc.)
5. Acceptable Use Policy
6. Review: Analyzing News Stories
7. LabTime: What is newsworthy for specific target audience?
*********************
December 201X
1. Warm-Up Question: How do editors decide what goes on the front page of a newspaper?
2. Chapter key words: news judgment, timeliness, proximity,
prominence, consequence, human interest, conflict
3. Lesson: Deciding What is News
4. Evaluating Simple Events / Elements of News
5. Analyzing news stories: Use worksheet A Ch 3 (in your Journalism folder)
5. Project Time: Newspapers
November 201X
1. Let us Do This Now! Research Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent School District.
What was the court's decision?
2. Lesson: The Hazelwood Decision (Facts and Arguments)
3. Chapter Quiz
4. Case Analysis for School Journalism (in your Journalism folder)
5. Project Time: Newspapers
*********************
1. Warm-Up: Who can sue and who can be sued?
2. Surf the Net: Examine the Internet sites for these organizations: the Journalism Education Association,
the Student Press Law Center, and the Freedom Forum. Write a brief summary of how the sites might be
helpful in dealing with freedom of the press and censorship issues.
3. Turn-In: Outstanding assignments
*********************
October 201X
1. Warm-Up:
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. - Thomas Jefferson
2. Discussion: The Libel Law and Defenses Against Libel
Why do elected officials have a tougher time winning libel suits in court than others?
How can journalists avoid libel suits?
3. Turn-In: MindNode on Ethics of Journalism
Factors in evaluating credibility of online newspapers (eNotes)
4. Project: Research Paper on Newspapers (Instructions and Rubric in your Journalism folders)
**********************
1. Warm-Up: Agree or disagree: Most media are aimed at the middle class.
2. Discussion: Ethics of Journalism: Credibility, Accuracy and Objectivity
Other Ethical Principles, p. 38
3. Turn-In: Biography Report No. 2
4. Read and Write: How might the media do a better job of helping the public make "informed" decisions?
**********************
1. Warm-Up: Analyzing Headlines vs. Functions, OLC Ch2 Text Identification
2. Discussion: Evaluating the Media: Is the press really preoccupied with "bad news"?
Factors in evaluating the credibility of online newspapers
3. Activity: Choose an online newspaper and evaluate its credibility using the 10 factors presented. (eNotes)
4. Career Profile: Ben Bagdikian
5. Project Time: Biography Report No. 2, Deadline Oct. 19
*****************************
2. Discussion: Functions of a Journalist
Graphic Organizer on Functions... in Journalism folder
OLC, Chapter 2, Text Identification
3. Article of the Week: Write about anything you want using the steps and traits of writing learned in
class - due Oct. 10, 201X
4. Project Time: Biography Report No. 1, Deadline Oct. 3 (extended)
********************
September 201X
1. Warm-Up: What are some of the issues facing journalism in the 21st century?
2. Prepare for the Chapter Test - TODAY!!!
3. Project Time: Biography Report No. 1, Deadline Oct. 1. (do this as extratime or homework)
6. Readings: The Tinker Decision
The Hazelwood Decision
*************************
1. Warm-Up: How did the telegraph affect news writing in the late 1800s?
2. Discussion: Information in Wartime: Should news coverage be censored in periods of war? p. 16.
3. VideoClip: In 1993 graphic images telecast from Somalia ended US involvement. What exactly was in the broadcast and what were the effects?
How did the Internet change the way news is presented and read? p. 18
How does computer-assisted reporting aid in digging out complicated information? p.20
4. ProjectTime: Turn-in Autobiography with Photo Project
5. Project Time: Biography Report on famous journalists - note the deadline and rubric
************************
1. Warm-Up: Describe how the freedom of the press was established.
2. Discussion: Should the American press be restricted?
3. Surf the Net: How different are newspapers' print stories from those they run on the Internet?
Choose a newspaper with an online edition and find a story that appear in both. Compare
and contrast the content and the writing style.
4. Project Time: "Autobiography with Photo Project" Deadline is next week !!!!
5. Prepare for the next article to write: Biography Report on famous journalists - note the deadline and rubric.
***********************
1. Do Now! Go to Glencoe Language Arts link, open Student Center, Chapter 1 - Activity - Do the drag and drop online activity. Check your answers, keep doing it until you get 10 correct answers and get credit.
2. Project Time! Go to your Journalism folder, pull out the “Autobiography with Photo Project” file. Read
instructions open the links for writing tips and strategies.
!!!! Note the deadline and rubric in your eNotes.
Answer these questions in your notebook as you read the writing tips links:
What is personal writing?
What are the five stages of the writing process? Who do you consider when you want to publish your work?
Explain the “life map” and how it is helpful in writing?
3. EXTRA CREDIT/Challenge Activity: Read ANY articles in online newspapers about the 9/11 anniversary Write a commentary on the article you read in your notebook.
*******************
Previous Lessons
Late work - still accepted (but points taken away :(
LOGINS - FOR PERIOD 6
Username: journ
password: gray#
1. DO NOW/WARM-UP ACTIVITY: KEYBOARDING PRACTICE
LOG IN TO: WWW.GOODTYPING.COM
username: graywolf#(of computer)
password: gray# (of computer)
Write your speed result in your index cards.
PRACTICE WITH FINGERS ON THE HOMEKEYS!!!!
2. Cornell Notes System
Read: The Cornell Note Taking System
On your eNotebook: Do or answer the following questions:
Who developed the cornell note-taking system?
Describe the page layout of the cornell system.
Draw a cornell note page on your paper.
Why do we need to write questions on the cue column?
Give ideas on how to write on the note-taking area.
What is the summary space for?
Tip: In drawing a line: click on INSERT, shapes, line....
3. Open your Journalism folder and go over the syllabus for the class.
In your notebook, write any questions or suggestions that you may have about the syllabus, or something you want to learn about that you think is not included and that we should include as part of our class syllabus.
4. Read about the History of American Media. Look for information and/or definition of the following terms:
muckraking, penny press, yellow journalism
partisan press, wire service
5. Mini-Project: Create a timeline on the History of American Media.
Your work should show evidence that you have read from a particular source and did not just do “copy paste” from an Internet source. You can research from the Internet or use the text in you Journalism folder. Do your timeline in your eNotebook. Deadline: September 7, 201X
6. Challenge Activity: Read “The State of the News Media 2012:http://stateofthemedia.org/2012/overview-4/ WRITE DOWN 5 QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ARTICLE.