| Title |
Newspaper
Current Events |
| Content
Area |
English
or Social Studies |
| Grade Level |
9-12 |
| Objective |
The
student is expected to communicate with others in both written
and oral form and to organize, write, and compile ideas into
reports and summaries.
|
| TEKS |
1C,
1D |
| Materials
Needed: |
Newspaper
Current Event Worksheets
current newspapers, internet |
| Time
Involved |
30
to 60 minutes |
| Guided
Practice |
Explanation
of current events worksheets
Sample article and worksheet on overhead
|
| Independent
Practice |
Explanation
of current events worksheets.
Sample article and worksheet on overhead is relevant to diabetes.
Complete a current event worksheet.
Discuss newspaper or journal current event findings in class.
|
| Assessment |
Writing
Rubric
Class discussion of diabetes articles
|
Newspaper
Current Event Worksheet
Name________________________________
Due date________
Requirements:
1. Staple
the entire article about diabetes to the front of this pages.
2. Photocopies
and internet copies of the article are acceptable; however, news
service articles not taken from a given newspaper are NOT acceptable.
3. Examples
of newspapers include San Antonio Express News, The Wall Street
Journal, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, etc.
4. Bring
the completed Current Event to the class on the due date. Do not expect
the instructor to provide scissors, staplers, etc.
5. The current
events must be completed prior to the start of class.
______________________________________________________
Fill
in the following items:
1. Newspaper:
(Write the name of the newspaper and underline the title.)
2. Date: (Write the date that the article appeared in the newspaper. Newspaper
articles
must be from the week in which they are due.)
3. Author: (Write the name of the author of the newspaper article.)
4. Main Idea: (In your own words, write one complete sentence –
subject and verb –
that describes the main idea of the entire article.)
5. Supporting Details: (Copy two sentences, exactly as they appear in
the article, that
support the main idea. Place quotation marks around each sentence. Highlight
the two
sentences in the article.)
6. Fact:
(Copy one factual sentence exactly as it appears in the article. Place
quotation
marks around the sentence. Highlight the sentence in the article.)
7. Non –
Fact /Opinion: (Copy one non-factual sentence exactly as it appears in
the article.
Place quotation marks around the sentence. Highlight the sentence in the
article.)
8. Generalization: (In your own words, describe the conclusion(s) you
reached using complete
sentences. This must be something that is not stated directly in the article
but something that
you are lead to believe after reading the article.)
9. Diabetes
Emphasis: (In a complete sentence, describe how the article relates to
diabetes.)
10. Occupations/Agencies: (In a complete sentence, identify the occupations
and agencies in
the article.)
11. What
did you learn about diabetes that you did not know before reading this
article?
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