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Current
Events Assignments:
Humanities
9
Mrs.
Swanson (Cape Lazo Middle School)
PROCESS:
1. Use a duotang.
2. One news article a week from four different newspapers.
3. Four different articles: politics, war, entertainment, & sports.
4. Each article has its own page.
5. Title at the top, which includes the name of the newspaper and the
date published.
6. In paragraph form, summarize the main ideas of the article, answering
the questions who, what, when, where, why and how.
7. Draw a symbol, picture, map or diagram that best represents your chosen
article.
8. In a second paragraph, write a few sentences expressing your personal
opinion about your chosen article and why you feel the way you do.
9. Each paragraph should have an excellent grabber and clincher.
10. Spelling, punctuation and grammar counts.
11. Include the actual newspaper clipping.
12. Due Tuesday each week.
CRITERIA
Title 1
Format 4
Summary Paragraph 10
Icon 5
Opinion Paragraph 10
Clipping 5_
TOTAL 35 (per article)
LATE PENALTY: 10% PER DAY
DURATION:
4 WEEKS
T. Jerome (Cape Lazo Middle School)
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