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Dear Students, This course has four Lessons and each one is set up exactly as the others. The first page always deals with summaries of articles from our reader TOM DODGE TALKS ABOUT TEXAS. These are short and easily to read articles. Below you will see how the first page is to be formatted. Each summary is only one-paragraph long and should start with the title of the article and the name of the author as seen below.

Name

Course

Lesson 1

Date

Article about a World War I Soldier

“Uncle Dock” is an article written by Tom Dodge about …

(be sure to cover the article’s five Ws (who, what, when, where and why)

Article about Elvis and the State Fair of Texas

“Elvis and My Little Darlin’s” is an article written by Tom Dodge about …

(be sure to cover the article’s five Ws (who, what, when, where and why)

The second page of the Lesson is either a report or an essay. Lesson 1, for example, is a one-paragraph report on a place with a specific address such as theme park, a workout facility, a school, a church or a store. Write on any place so long as it has a specific address.

Name

Course

Lesson 1

Date

A Texas Shrine

The Alamo is one of the most revered sites in Texas. It is located at …

(be sure to cover the place’s five Ws (who, what, when, where and why)