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1 Name: Period: Date: CURRENT EVENT WORKSHEET Instructions: You will complete this worksheet every time you do a current event. Each COMPLETED worksheet needs to be attached to a copy of the news article you are reporting about (ex. A newspaper clipping, an article from the web, magazine clipping etc.). Examples of sources to look for articles: New York Times, The Argus, CNN Student News(web), NBC News, BBC. Source: [Ex. Author of article ( last, first name). Title/Headline of article. Name of newspaper or internet source. Date of article published ( provide all that you can find). Website URL ( if article was found online). Date that you accessed the article. ] Who: What: When: Where: Why:. When writing the an Article, you must refer back to the text/ include direct quotes. Article (In your OWN words) 5 Sentences :

2 Reaction to the Article 3-5 Sentences : How is your current event assignment scored? Score In-Text Citations from the Article 4 3 in-text citations included and correctly in-text citations included mostly in-text citations included 1 No in-text citations were included Summary Accuracy completely mostly a little bit or NOT Use of Language all the time. most of the time. part of the time. little to none of the time. Complete Sentences All in Complete Most in Complete Some in Complete Few or none in complete

3 Name: Period: Date: HONORS OPTION CURRENT EVENT WORKSHEET Instructions: Step 1: You will need to find an article on a current issue or event and provide a summary. Step 2: In addition, you will need to find another article that opposes the article you wrote a summary on ( find two articles total, each with opposing views to the other) and write an analysis comparing and contrasting the articles. You MUST use in-text citations to your analysis. Examples of sources to look for articles: New York Times, The Argus, CNN Student News(web), NBC News etc. Source : [Ex. Author of article ( last, first name). Title/Headline of article. Name of newspaper or internet source. Date of article published ( provide all that you can find). Website URL ( if article was found online). Date that you accessed the article. ] Who: What: When: Where: Why:. When writing the an Article, you must refer back to the text/ include direct quotes. Article (In your OWN words) 5 Sentences :

4 Source ( 2nd article): Reaction to the Article 5-8 Sentences : How is your current event assignment scored? Score In-Text Citations from the Article Summary Accuracy Analysis Quality Use of Language 4 3 in-text citations included in the summary AND analysis and correctly in-text citations included mostly in-text citations included 1 No in-text citations were included completely mostly a little A deep analysis that addresses both opposing views from the articles A good analysis that addresses most of the views from the articles An ok analysis that addresses some of the views. No analysis is provided or there is language is used all the time. language is used most of the time. language is used part of the time. language is used little to none of the time.

5 bit or NOT very little of the analysis.

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