Current event # 2

Date: 11/13/11

Name: Nikolas m.

Current Events Journal # 2

Title: A legacy of service

Author: Perry Stein 

Source: miam herald

The topic of the article is

A ww2 veteran history and the history of is son and grandson.  

The main idea of the article is: 

To inform readers to history about Boviler Perez-Rious

The author’s purpose for writing this article is to 

Inform readers

The pattern of organization of the article is
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The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is 

To entertain readers

This article is about (a summary in your own words) 

92 year old veteran tells his history in serves in ww2 and tells about his son who fought in Vietnam and his grandson who fought in Iraq. 

The significance (importance) of this article is 

Tells readers to respect the service of our veterans.  

What I learned from this article is

Boviler Pereze-Rious got a purple heart for his service.  

What I liked about this article

It tells history of a soldier.

What I did not like about it 

To much information to fast.

Who should read this article and why 

People who are former veterans.

This article reminds me of (text-to-self) 

A friend's dad who fought in Iraq.

(text-to-text) 

A book called World at War.

(text-to-world) 

Wars and other veterans. 

New vocabulary I learned

Word Context Clues Meaning

1. patriotism

2.recognition

3.Freemasons