Article of the Week (AoW) was an idea I discovered after reading Kelly Gallagher's book Readicide and is meant to help students acquire the background knowledge that they need to become better readers and writers. The Article of the Week is meant to broaden students' knowledge base in preparation for the English II EOC, the AP English Language and Composition exam, their college courses, and life.

Articles are chosen from a variety of sources and vary in type and style to show students multiple perspectives on an issue as well as multiple types of sources of information. We do not always use online newspapers, online magazines, or websites. We may listen to podcasts and news broadcasts or look at primary source documents on an issue if available.

Links to articles will be posted here so parents/guardians can also read the articles and discuss the materials with their student.

New Hanover County Public Library and Cape Fear Community College offer a multitude of resources to which my students have access.  Some of the resources we may use are (but are not limited to):

• Kelly Gallagher's Article of the Week website 

• Associated Press

• BBC News

• Biography

• Gizmodo

• History

• Mother Nature Network

• Mother Jones

• National Geographic

• New York Times

• ProQuest - database of articles and sources (available through CFCC)

• Science

• SIRS - database of articles and sources (available through CFCC)

• Smithsonian

• The Atlantic

• The Guardian

• The Hill

• The Space Review

• The Week

• Time Magazine

• USA Today

• Vogue

• Wall Street Journal

• Washington Post