| 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?