Print out and annotate "Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories." Highlight important sentences. When taking notes, refer to the post on this website, "How to Analyze and Evaluate an Argument." (See the Rubrics tab at top of website.) If there is not enough room for annotations on the printout, write notes in your binder. Indicate page numbers, paragraph numbers, line numbers, as appropriate. Also complete the "Shorter Analysis of a Text Activity":https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analysis-of-text-shorter-version.html
Instead of doing the Shorter Analysis Activity, you may answer questions on pages 341 and 342 in the textbook (in file cabinet at the back of the room). Take pictures of the question pages. Complete half of the questions in each section: Comprehension, Purpose and Audience, Style and Structure. You choose which questions. For example, if there are four questions, choose any two questions. You do not have to write the question itself. Your answer (a complete sentence with a quotation for support as needed) should reveal the nature of the question.
Always remember to research some biographical facts about the author. Add these findings to your notes.
Link for PDF of Text
https://people.eou.edu/socprob/files/2016/10/RationalPeople-ConspiracyTheoriesNYTimes.pdf
If you are unable to print the text, please read it on an electronic device. Make sure you have copious notes in your binder (indicate page numbers, paragraphs, line numbers) when referring to different sections. Of course, it is preferable to have a printed copy of the text.
How to Annotate a Text
http://schoolhabits.com/annotate-text-reading/
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/01/english-i-how-to-take-notes-on-fiction.html#more
https://prezi.com/ctwiszjrqb7h/why-how-to-annotate-a-text/
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/handouts/the-writing-process-1/invention/Annotating-a-Text
Additional Ways to Take Notes
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analyzing-text-paragraph-by-paragraph.html
Taking Notes if the Reading Assignment is Fiction
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2020/01/analyzing-short-storiesfiction.html
For Ideas on How to Summarize (Useful for Fiction and Nonfiction)
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2020/01/httplearnonpoint.html
If you are unable to print the text, please read it on an electronic device. Make sure you have copious notes in your binder (indicate page numbers, paragraphs, line numbers) when referring to different sections. Of course, it is preferable to have a printed copy of the text.