Current Events

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Current Events
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Requirements

• Newspaper Article or approved Newsmagazine
  Article
• Newsweek
• Time
• Forbes
• Globe
• Harpers
• Kiplingers
• National Review
• New York Observer
• New Yorker
• U.S. News and World Report
• Washington Post National
• San Antonio Express-News
• Wilson County News
• Ask about other possibilities.

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Special Note

• Articles must be Front Page News
• Does not have to be front page, but strictly
  newsworthy, in a worldly sense.
• Front page, City, State, International News
• Politics, Economics, Legal, Societal Commentary,
  Etc.
• No Sports, Entertainment, or news with little
  worldly value.

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Read the Article

• Clip the entire article from the source you may
  need to ask permission.
• Attach the article to a standard sheet of
  notebook paper.
• Read the entire article for the value of the
  news.
• Consider how this may affect you, people you
  know, or the world you live in.

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Summary Reflection

• First, make sure to document a bibliography on
  the source, which will include
• Author
• Source (Title of Newspaper or Magazine)
• Title of Article
• Date of Publication
• Summarize the article in a few brief sentences.
• DO NOT PLAGIARIZE!
• Dont know that that means, click here.
• A guideline for length is about half a page, but
  accurate and concise writing may vary from that
  length.

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Due Date

• Current Events are due every Monday!
• Exceptions include
• Holiday Mondays (due Tuesday)
• Six Weeks Test Week (have the week off)
• Usually the first week of the Six Weeks
• Will usually total four for each six weeks.