1. Please read Chapter 3 and complete the three online quizzes as I demonstrated in class Wednesday. The quizzes can be taken as many times as you need to get the answers correct. That said, I only check to see that you’ve completed the quizzes and do not count the grades. They are helpful in driving your reading and skills comprehension week by week.

2.  Be sure you have a semester long subscription to the New York Times. CLICK HERE.

3. The third impeachment trial in the nation’s history is underway. Please pay attention. I recommend you sign up for the Times Daily briefing, which like The Skimm, offered a concise highlight of the day’s news with links to full stories.

4. Please read the news with Chapter 3 in mind — context and structure (lead, support for the lead, use and punctuation of quotes, attribution of sources, tone of the writing).

5. Look at bylines and consider your interests. In two weeks, you will tell me which Times reporter you want to follow this semester. It can be from general news, politics, international, features, sports, fashion, etc. It must be someone who writes at least a few times a week, and cannot be an opinion columnist.