Feature+Articles

[|Lost in the Mountains" Article] - Read the article on the following site and then write a summary/hard news lead for the same story.  [|"Pulling Together" Article] -- OOPS! Here is the WHOLE article now. Sorry about the mix up! Read the article and label the parts of the feature. Narrative Feature Article Link

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20060525thursday.html
 * “Life in the Fast-Food Lane” by Frank Bruni **



[[|Read List of 10 Favorites]]
 * ALL THE STOPS MADE AND RESTAURANTS VISITED** **1. Piscataway, N.J.** McDonald’s **2. South Plainfield, N.J.** White Castle **3. Fogelsville, Pa.** Yocco’s **4. Mechanicsburg, Pa.** KFC **5. Morgantown, W.Va.** Wendy’s **6., 7. Parkersburg, W.Va.** Rax, Hardee’s **8., 9. Georgetown, Ky.** Gold Star Chili, Sonic **10. Knoxville, Tenn.** Sawyer’s **11. Athens, Tenn.** Burger King **12., 13. Calhoun, Ga.** Krystal; Checkers **14. Atlanta** The Varsity **15. Douglasville, Ga.** Mrs. Winner’s **16. Birmingham, Ala.** Chick-fil-A **17. Clinton, Miss.** Popeyes **18. Tallulah, La.** McDonald’s **19., 20. West Monroe, La.** Raising Cane’s, Captain D’s Seafood **21., 22., 23. Shreveport, La.** Whataburger, Dairy Queen, Taco Bell **24. Rockwall, Tex.** Culver’s **25., 26., 27., 28.** Dallas Taco Bueno, Taco Cabana, Sonic, Burger King **29., 30. Fort Worth** Whataburger, Jack in the Box **31., 32., 33. Odessa, Tex.** JumBurrito, Taco Villa, Bush’s Chicken **34., 35. El Paso** Chico’s Tacos, Jack in the Box **36. Tucson** McDonald’s **37. Guadalupe, Ariz.** Carl’s Jr./Green Burrito **38. Ontario, Calif.** Baja Fresh **39. Santa Monica, Calif.** Tommy’s **40., 41., 42. Torrance, Calif.** In-N-Out Burger, Carl’s Jr., El Pollo Loco.



Use the following sites to complete your

"Reading Feature Articles" Assignments

The assignment is attached here if you need it. When you are finished submit it to my project drive in the feature articles folder. Save as: your last name, your first name - feature articles.

Reader's Digest - http://www.rd.com/stories/ Time Magazine - http://www.time.com/time/ - you will have to look around for the features on this site, but they are there. Good Housekeeping - http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/ Martha Stewart Living - http://www.marthastewart.com/ Field & Stream Magazine - http://www.fieldandstream.com/feature_hunting_page.jsp?typeID=2345 USA Today - http://www.usatoday.com/ - click on sections such as "life," "travel," "tech" Fox News - http://www.foxnews.com/ - Click on sections such as "health," "sictech," "entertainment" etc. Parade Magazine - http://www.parade.com/index.jsp

[|The Pulitzer Prizes] - When you get to this site click on “Past Winners,” and then select “Feature Writing” winners. Then click on "more details" to read the articles and then click on "works" in order to read each story. NOTE: they are long so they will take some time to read.