Read pp. 71-96

Know the following terms:  exit poll;  muckrakers, public opinion, sampling; yellow journalism

The materials in this chapter will be part of Test One to be taken Sept. 29- Oct. 5

Read the following links: Muckraking ;  Public Opinion (good brief)

FORMAT OF RESPONSE QUESTIONS:
      1. Select one of the following questions.
      2. Your answer should be at least 200 words.
      3. Choose  a simple font (arial, courier), font size 10 or 12.
      4.  Be sure to save your work.
      5. Your work should be a Word document or saved as a Rich text file,

      Microsoft Office 2007 – If you are using this new version of Word you may need to save your documents as Microsoft Office 2003 documents with the .doc rather than the .docx extension.  If you are using Microsoft Works or WordPerfect word processing program, save your file and change the “save file as” to Rich Text Format.  This will allow your document to be opened by your instructor using any word processing program.     
      6. Send this question and the others from Chapters 5 and 6 as a single document using the WebCT Assignment link.
      7.  There is a five ( 5) point penalty for late work.  Work will not be accepted two(2) days after the date due.

GRADING RESPONSE QUESTION:
  1. on the content of the response.
  2.  the mechanics of the answer.  (the Edited English standard will be used see below). 
  3. 20 points for the question.

Select one of the following Response Questions: Due Sept. 26 ( Fri.12:00 noon).

1. List and discuss the forces/factors that are a part of political socialization

2. List and discuss various methods for determining public opinion.  Are public opinion polls a good thing or     not?     Why?

3. Is the media an impartial presenter of facts/information on political issues/political figures?  Why/Why not? be sure to include one or more examples in your work.

4. Having read about muckraking and its impact on government policy, do we need muckrakers today?  why/why not?

5.  Describe polling methods used, what are criticisms of the methods, do polls have a role in shaping the public's decision-making.  Is this good or bad? why/why not?

Grading Standard  Edited American English is the form of English which is used in newspapers and magazines, in textbooks and fiction works, and in memos and letters.

Type I:  Gross Errors (-10 pts. each)

              A. fragment (ex.   Because I had a flat tire.)

              B. lack of subject/verb agreement (ex. The man were having a nervous breakdown.)

              C. fused/run-on sentence (ex. I had no choice I had to take the test.)

              D. incorrect tense or verb form (ex. The boy gone to the store for his father.)

Type II:  Major Errors (-5 pts. each)

              A. comma between subject and verb(comma fault) (ex. The mother,gave her son the apple.)

                 B. comma splice (ex. We went to the store,we  got some bread and milk.)

                 C. failure to show possession (ex. My husband pants are dirty.)

                  D. no indentation at beginning of paragraph and incorrect paragraph form.

Type III: Minor Errors ( -2 pts. each)

               A. misspelled words or incorrect capitalization

                B. misused homonyms or words used incorrectly

               C. commas added unnecessarily or commas lacking

               D. punctuation missing or incorrect

                E. incorrect pronoun agreement

               F. misleading pronoun reference

               G. unnecessary shift of tense or person

               H. words left out/dangling or misplaced modifiers.