Review the Academic Content Standards related to this lesson. Compare the front page article read in class to other articles in The Times covering the Mexican election to assess the differences among the accounts. Synthesize their knowledge of the issues behind the recent Mexican elections as well as their understanding of different journalistic styles to write their own articles recounting the elections.
Students then discuss their responses.
Each group should then create an informational poster which includes three quotations that best represent the tone of the article, an overview of the article, and responses to the questions. Each group then presents their posters to the class. Students should consider the questions reviewed in small groups for their group articles when writing their articles. Students should share their work in a future class. Students will be evaluated on written journal entries, participation in class and group discussions, thoughtful group completion of an article analysis, and well-organized and thoughtful newspaper articles.