Current Event #2

Date: 11-11-11

Name: Shianne Salazar

Title:A legacy of service: Three generations of Pines family have served in military

Author:PERRY STEIN

Source:Miami Herald

The topic of the article is veterans day.

The main idea of the article is (stated) “A legacy of service: Three generations of Pines family have served in military”

The author’s purpose for writing this article is to inform about families that have served our nation and continue to serve our nation.

The author’s perspective in this article is objective/subjective (biased) because objective because he just states facts he doesn't really take a side in the article. He doesn't use words like “I” and “ME”.

The pattern of organization of the article is flashback because its starts here 2011 and goes back in time.

The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is because the article has to do with present day and past life.

The text features included in the article are: a photo to show or give you an idea of what the article is about. A footnote to show you what is going on in the photo.

This article is about a military family that has THREE generations of soldiers that served America in wars and we honor them on veterans day.

The significance (importance) of this article is a family that loves our nation so much to go and fight for THREE generations. And the LEAST we can do is honor that family and show our appreciation on veterans day.

What I learned from this article is that there really are people that care, and want our country to strive and be the best it can be.

What I liked about this article is the ending it was a nice “quote” if you want to call it that by his wife Marjorie Perez- Muñiz.

Soldiers should read this and family’s of soldiers and pretty much everyone in general because it so cool that a family can have (once again) THREE generations of soldiers.

This article reminds me of (text-to-self) my brother who is in the Marines. (text-to-text) I never read anything that has do with soldiers I mostly fiction.. (text-to-world) The army has very brave people fighting for our country everyday and showing there appreciation and we show them our gratitude on veterans day.

New vocabulary:

Word:                              Clue:                                                                  Meaning:

Spanning “spanning 70 years from world War 2 to Iraq”    The distance or extent between

                                                                                                          two points or extremities.