https://padlet.com/svinson2/hkcwprr0adcf Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2019-06-29 02:04:53 UTC 2025-10-23 00:33:22 UTC hello@padlet.com svinson2 https://padlet.com/svinson2/hkcwprr0adcf/wish/369625267 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1: “Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively]]> 2019-06-29 02:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/svinson2/hkcwprr0adcf/wish/369625267 svinson2 https://padlet.com/svinson2/hkcwprr0adcf/wish/369625666 “Who is front-staged? Who is not heard from? What is missing from each source? What images are featured in each? Consider aspects of visual literacy as well. ”


The source I did was based on animal rights. We talked about things like:

• Timeliness -- News that is happening right now, news of interest to readers rights now. Are people really 
• Relevance -- The story happened nearby or is about a concern of local interest. How long has this issue been going on. 
• Magnitude -- The story is great in size or number; for example, a tornado that destroys a couple houses might not make the news but people taking away animal rights by killing them .
• Unexpectedness -- Something unusual, or something that occurs without warning. Animals being killed for fun and what could we do to stop that. 

]]> 2019-06-29 02:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/svinson2/hkcwprr0adcf/wish/369625666 canna2 https://padlet.com/svinson2/hkcwprr0adcf/wish/371228891 2019-07-15 22:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/svinson2/hkcwprr0adcf/wish/371228891 canna2 https://padlet.com/svinson2/hkcwprr0adcf/wish/371228893 I read an article from the New York Times that was titled "Zoos Called It a 'Rescue.' But are Elephants Really Better Off?" 

It was a very interesting look at differing viewpoints on the conservation of elephants, and whether or not zoos are really the best places for them to be. 

In looking at the source I was able to look at the objectivity of the article: I asked myself questions such as "does the author have an underlying motive for writing this?" and "Are the statistics and facts in the article accurate?"

I also thought about how this article relates to animal rights on a deeper level. A lot of what was discussed was the fact that Elephants have, in recent years, been found to be much more intelligent then people initially understood. Furthermore, elephants, when left in their natural habitat may travel up to 50 miles in a day. There have been new minimum acreage standards for elephant enclosures, but it is still nowhere near the amount of space that they would roam if left in their natural habitat. 

Overall this article gave a lot of good information on why we should be taking a deeper look at keeping animals, elephants especially, in captivity. Although it did seem to definitely be biased in the fact that it didn't touch much on why we continue to keep elephants in zoos. ]]> 2019-07-15 22:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/svinson2/hkcwprr0adcf/wish/371228893 eschuil https://padlet.com/svinson2/hkcwprr0adcf/wish/372898015

I read an article from FOX news that shared about a fisherman who caught a record breaking fish, specifically a Mahi Mahi. 
This is considered "news" because we as humans are doing something supposedly great. This begs the question, is this really something we really need to shed light on? When teaching ecosystems to a group of fourth graders this could be something shared with them. Having a discussion on why ecosystems get out of balance could lead to this article. It is natural for fish to have predators and to be predators, but when humans intercept it throws off the ecosystem and living things become out of balance. What is missing from this article is the statistcis on how many of these fish are hunted every year and what that does to their ecosystem around them. ]]> 2019-08-01 03:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/svinson2/hkcwprr0adcf/wish/372898015