Weekly Current Event Assignment and Summit
Studentsoftenaskwhytheyneedtolearnhistory.Somemightevensay,“Whyisthisimportanttome?Theseguysaredead!”Buthistoryhasawayofrepeatingitself,soitisimportanttolookatcurrenteventsandrelatethembacktoothereventsinhistory.Yourweeklycurrenteventassignmentisawayforyoutolearn,engagewith,anddiscussinformativeandrelevanteventsandimportanttopicsthatarehappeningnow!
Therearemanywaystodocurrentevents,andwewilltryseveralmethodsoutduringthecourseofthisyear.HereatthebeginningoftheyearwewillallbereadingtheSAMEcurrenteventeachweekandpostingyourreactiontothearticleonGOOGLECLASSROOM.Thiswillculminateinaclassdiscussion(whichIcallasummit)eachFriday. Directions
1. Createaloginfornewsela.comusername:password:
2. EachMondayanewarticlewillbeavailableforyoutoreadonGoogleClassroom.Readthearticle.
3. Onceyouhavereadthearticle,writeaparagraphresponsetothepostedquestion
onGoogleClassroom.ThisneedstobedonebythetimeyoucometoclasseachFriday.
4. CometoclasseachFridayreadytolistenandparticipateinaclasswidediscussion
onthearticle.Ialwayslookforwardtoseeingyourbrilliantmindinaction!__________________________________________________________________________★Grading–youwillreceiveascoreforyourcurrenteventresponsewritingonGoogleClassroom ★
WHST.6-8.9Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. 4 3 2 1I can effectively find and use strong evidence from informational text on my own to analyze and reflect on my personal reaction.
I can find and use evidence from informational text to write my personal reaction.
I can sometimes use evidence from informational text to write my personal reaction.
I have little to no understanding of how to use evidence from informational text and apply it to a personal reaction.