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SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support. FOR THE WEEK OF JAN. 21, 2008 Detroit Auto Show plugs in next-generation cars
 Alternative fuels and new engine technologies can be challenging to understand. Assign the class of future car-buyers to find recent articles about hybrid vehicles and discuss whether the language and explanations are clear to ordinary readers.
 Auto companies use the Detroit show to pitch products. Start a discussion about whether the event deserves coverage as a news story. Ask students how journalists can keep reports from seeming like ads. Have them look for articles that do this well or not so well.
 Coverage of new cars and the auto industry overall appears in various parts of the paper because it involves business, technology, the environment, lifestyle and pop culture. Challenge students to think of other topics that overlap categories in a similar way.
The latest vehicle designs and technology are on view at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, a yearly showcase for the innovations by Asian, European and American manufacturers. More than 50 new vehicles being built or planned are displayed for the first time.
Amid concern about global warming and high gas prices, just about every company is pushing “green” vehicles powered by electricity, hydrogen or a hybrid blend of fuels. Toyota and General Motors each pledge to offer plug-in hybrid vehicles that run primarily on electric power by 2010.
General Motors is showing three Saturn hybrid models that use batteries or plug-in electrical charges to supplement backup gasoline power. The company says its 2009 Saturn Vue Green Line 2-Mode Hybrid will travel 500 miles on one tank of gas. GM also is working on Hummer and Saab concept vehicles flex-fuel models able to run on either ethanol or regular gasoline.
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