A Major Malfunction

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“A Major Malfunction.” The Wichita Eagle Millenium Notebook 1985-89: 1. Print.

Source info for Works Citednewspaper source

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January 28, 1986

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cannot change a basic fact, so even though this is

copied, it cannot be changed

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“below freezing”

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directly quoting so we need to use “around copied

words”

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“bitterly cold”

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directly quoting so we need to use “around copied

words”

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“icicles [hung]” off the Challenger shuttle

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“hang” is the actually word, but we need to change it because the paper

will be in past tense, so use [brackets around the part we changed] from the

original

Kennedy Space Center

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cannot change a basic fact, so even though this is

copied, it cannot be changed

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all 7 of the crew were in their 30’s and 40’s

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taking something from 2 spots in the article & combining it to

summarize

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Christa McAuliffe = “first typical citizen to travel in space”

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directly quoting so we need to use “around copied

words”

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Teacher-In-Spaceprogram

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cannot change a basic fact, so even though this is

copied, it cannot be changed

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a 37-year-old high school teacher on board

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combining 2 pieces of info

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McAuliffe had two children

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all who were there & TV viewers saw it happen live

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“majestic climb”

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directly quoting so we need to use “around copied

words”

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launched at 11:38 am

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lasted 73 seconds

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Last words were “‘Uh-oh’” by Michael J. Smith, co-pilot

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copying a quote, so put single inside of double quotes

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“Giant plumes of smoke shoot out as the explosion paints history against a bright blue sky.”

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directly quoting so we need to use “around

copied words”

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Mission control: “‘Obviously, a major malfunction’”

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copying a quote, so put single inside of double quotes

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President Ronald Reagan postponed his State of Union speech

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in March, the crew was found “still strapped in their seats” at 90 down in the Atlantic Ocean

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reworded the paragraph & directly quoted part of it so we need to use

“around copied words”

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the cause: “faulty O-ring seals on the solid fuel rocket booster”

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directly quoting so we need to use “around

copied words”

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NASA ignored concerns about the O-ring seals and cold weather because they were anxious to get things launched 1

this is all put in our own words, so it is a paraphrase