WEEKLY Current Events assignment - due FRIDAYS
To insure that you remain knowledgable about the your surrondings and the world around you, every week you must complete a current event summary. Your current events response should come from my Tweet Prompts/the Class Blog page or one of the news sources provided from the links below.
For the summary you must select a news story from either a World new story, National news story or a Local news story, complete a blog post that tells me Who? did what? when? where? why? and how? You must also identify 3 vocabulary words of interest.
For the blog post you will need to follow blogging etiquette. On your post insert a link to the article used, or insert the URL address (www....).
Below you will find links to several sites to peruse for information.
Here is my PageFlake that has news feeds from many sources.
http://www.pageflakes.com/MsVRBurton/27386566
My Tweets for this class
1. Copy and paste URL address for the article onto your blog page.
2. Read the article thoroughly looking for who, what, when, where, why, and how.
3. Read the paragraphs and take note of all important information so that you can highlight in on your blog.
4. Make sure your summary answers the questions Who? What? When? Where? How? and Why?
5. Write a reaction of at least five sentences that describe what you think and how you feel about the article.
You should start your sentences with starters like:
Sample reaction comments
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I think ... because...
I can relate to this... because
I feel... because...
I chose this article... because
I'm confused... because
I agree/disagree... because
This upsets me... because
I still wonder... because
I liked this article... because
This is interesting... because
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Make sure to add a BECAUSE to these sentences.
Wrong: I liked this article.
Right: I liked this article because it helped me see that the police are humans who don't always do the right thing.
Right: I liked this article because it showed that the Oakland police department is cracking down on corruption.
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Please model your responses to look like these.
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6. Reread your summary and reaction to make sure that they make sense and that there are no errors.
7. Define at least three words from your article. Use this online dictionary link to help you define words.
Webster's online dictionary
8. Create a placemark on your Google map
9. Celebrate your success as a researcher!
Just an idea about what people are "digg"ing in the news around the world.
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