NON-FICTION MINI-PAK

You will need to read the article, Why They Really Run" from Time magazine.\

As you read, do Active Reading, and keep track of your thoughts and questions.

After reading, answer the following questions:

1  Is this article fact or opinion?  How do you know?

2  What is the author's main idea about 'why they run'?

3   The author speaks of the real reason they run (main idea) is something candidates don't really want to say.  Why?

4  There is another reason given as well, 'why they run', what is it?

5  What are "alpha-males (or alpha-females)?

6  Do these ideas about why politicians run for office seem true to you?

7  What does the author, Michael Kinsley, say about voters sensing that politics (and politicians) is an act?

8  How does the media react to this act?

9  How do voters react to 'the act'?

10  What do you think is the answer to politicians and how they present themselves when running for office?

EXTRA CREDIT:

Have a discussion at home about this article.  Add elements to that conversation in your write up.  More on this later.