ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Language 7th – Study guide - Term 1

Rubén Darío Esparragoza Amón
"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care". Theodore Roosevelt

Name_Melisa Vega________________________________ Grade__7A_____Date_
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Writing

Newspaper Article Format

A typical newspaper article contains five (5) parts:

Headline: This is a short, attention-getting statement about the event.

Byline: This tells who wrote the story.

Lead paragraph:

This has ALL of the who, what, when, where, why and how in it. A writer must find the answers to these
questions and write them into the opening sentence(s) of the article.

Explanation:

After the lead paragraph has been written, the writer must decide

what other facts or details the reader might want to know. The writer must make sure that he/she has
enough information to answer any important questions a reader might have after reading the headline
and the lead paragraph. This section can also include direct quotes from witnesses or bystanders.

Additional Information:

his information is the least important. Thus, if the news article is too long for the space it needs to fill, it
can be shortened without rewriting any other part. This part can include information about a similar
event. (200 words written account)

Now let’s do some practice, imagine you are a journalist writing on the topic of: Over population:
every time issue

Overpopulation In India

India is one of the most populated areas on the world and because of it there is a

high poblation in there leave in poor conditions as for the same problem of over

population is one of the most polluted city in this article I will show some

important data taken from experts about the over population in India.

India had a population of 1.353 billion for 2018 according to the world bank and

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 the 22% of that population live in extreme property they leave with almost 1.25 a

day which is not enough for a family to maintain 23% of people in India live in

poor conditions with almost 5.00 a day that’s a bit better than just 1.25 the point is

that over population affects the country and families. I s one of the countries in

which kids, babies are death because of desnutrition. Its also one of the most

polluted areas in the world according to the WWF is number 3 and is for the cause

of overpopulation.

Some solutions could be letting people marry older because in India people need

to marry 20 and start having kids which is the actual reason of overpopulation.

This is nor the only problem, the people also affect the environment.

Reading

1. Taking as a starting point the information previously given in class what are the key points in
paraphrasing? Please provide an explanation for each one of them.

Take the key words, and the key information

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 2. How do we summarize?

Takind the mai ideas of the text

Which sentences are closest in meaning to the five sentences below?

1. 25% of adolescents who have one baby have a second baby within two years of the first baby's
birth.

a. 25% of babies are born to mothers who are adolescents.

b. One out of four adolescent mothers has another baby before the first baby reaches hissecond
birthday.
c. A quarter of adolescent mothers gives birth when their first born is two.
d. 25% of adolescent mothers become pregnant again when their first babies are two years old.

2. It has been reported that the richest one percent of Americans own 40% of the country's wealth.
1. The richest 1% are 40 times as wealthy as the rest of Americans.
2. If the gap between rich and poor continues to grow at the current rate, the richest one
percent will soon own 40% of the country's wealth.
3. 40% of the country's wealth is in the hands of only 1% of Americans.
4. 99% of Americans own 40% as much as the richest 1%.
3. The judge was relieved when the jury was finally ready to announce its verdict.
1. When the jury announced its verdict, the judge was relieved.
2. The judge asked the jury to arrive at a verdict.
3. The judge welcomed the prospect of an imminent verdict.
4. The jury welcomed the judge's relief.
4. Research data suggest that girls who witnessed maternal abuse may tolerate abuse as adults
more than girls who did not.
1. Women who witnessed the abuse of their mother as teens are more likely to become
abusive adults.
2. Women who observed the abuse of their mothers when they were young are more likely
to endure abuse themselves.
3. Women who were abused as children are more likely to abuse their own children.
4. Girls who testify about maternal abuse tolerate abuse as adults more readily.
5. Martha thinks that the issue of adolescent problems is important to write about.
1. Martha thinks that adolescents like to write about their problems.
2. Martha feels that writing about adolescent problems is worthwhile
3. .
4. Martha believes that the dream of most adolescents is to write something important.
5. Martha thinks that adolescents can write about their problems.

Write your own paraphrase for the following sentences:

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 1. A local newspaper claims that 75% of all homeless people do not like homeless shelters and
prefer to live as they do now.

A neighborhood newspaper claims 75% of all homeless people don’t like shelters and like to
measure as they are doing now.

2. Ronny told his aunt that a bear had attacked him, which she found difficult to believe.

Ronny told his aunt that a bear attacked she, and he doesn’t believe she

3. Anyone who has ever driven through the Mojave Desert knows that one should always carry a
supply of extra water.

Anyone that have been in Mojave Desert needs a supply of water.

4. Of the 138 million acres of land that Native Americans owned in 1887, 90 million acres were
taken away by whites by 1932.

138 million of land that Native Americans owned in 1887, 90 million was taken by whites in
1932.

5. A woman who was nominated by the president to head the department was quickly approved by
the board of trustees.

The head deparment accepted the woman who was nominated.

Paraphrase the following sentences from student paragraphs to avoid plagiarism.

1. However, college students today are the first groups of students to need the Internet for most of
their schoolwork.

The internet is necessary for collage students for schoolwork.

2. Chinese speculators are able to realize profits from this buy-and-sell practice as property prices
are currently on the upswing.

Chinese speculators can realize profits from buys and sell as property prices are normally on
the upswing

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 3. Researchers have found a strong association between computer and Internet use in
adolescents and engagement in multiple-risk behaviours (MRB), including illicit drug use,
drunkenness and unprotected sex.

Researches found that some adolescents use internet in a wrong way searching bad things.

4. Drug resistance remains a major problem in combating HIV infection, but a different approach to
drug development could be the answer.

It could be a different approach to drug for combating HIV

5. North China's Shanxi Province, the country's largest coal supplier and most polluted region, has
the dubious distinction of having 16 cities on the list. Neither Beijing nor Shanghai appear on the
list .The report found that only 22.94 percent of sewage was treated adequately in the cities
surveyed and less than 20 percent of household garbage met with proper handling. It said 178
cities examined had not built any sewage treatment facilities and 130 cities had not been
equipped with garbage disposal plants.

North Chinas Shanxi Provincehas the most pollutred region. Bejing and Shangai appear on the list.
Only 22.94% of sewage was treated adequately. And less that 20 percent of house garbage met with
proper handling.

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