**4th HONORS AMLIT HW DUE COMPLETED MON. 2/1**

 4th HONORS American Lit./Comp.

HW TO COMPLETE DUE MON. 2/1:

1) Read the Upfront Magazine (Jan. 9, 2017), informational news article "FAKE NEWS FOOLING MILLIONS" pp. 6-7, given to you in class THURS. 1/28 (WRITING SECTION/ALSO PDF ATTACHMENT ON THE CLASSROOM)  

2) THEN, in the WRITING section of your binder, complete JOURNAL #5 by answering/responding to BOTH questions below RE: the article:

• Experts say that fake news sites are eroding the public's ability to distinguish between fact and fiction. Why might that be a concern in modern society?

• What does the author [Stoffers] mean when he writes that fake or distorted news is "nothing new" (7)?

**QUICK JOURNAL REMINDERS:

• JOURNAL RESPONSES are 150-200 words (minimum) length, and written or typed responses are fine 
• you may use "I"/"we" [1st person] in these less-formal responses 
• be sure to answer ALL the prompts/questions included and you may also opt to practice "USING THE TEXT to back up your own assertions" (#).

**F2F KIDS: WRITE OUT OR PRINT THESE OUT YOURSELF BEFORE CLASS! You MUST have a 'hard' copy of each of your journal responses for your BINDER WRITING SECTION!

--MOST OF ALL, BE READY FOR DISCUSSION AND PARTICIPATION POINTS MONDAY IN CLASS for volunteering and adding to our discussion of this article!

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**ALSO PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU TO CLASS EVERY DAY; we're not done with it just yet!