Current Events For Mrs. Glickman in Global 10

·        Each student will give a  brief report TWICE MONTHLY on some current event, with the assignment dates noted on the classroom homework board and on eboard. 

(If you do not get a newspaper at home, newspapers and computer news sources are available in the

library and in our own classroom.)

·          You will read ONE current event of at least five paragraphs and write a written summary of at least THREE sentences IN YOUR OWN WORDS with a correct citation. 

·         ATTACH THE NEWSPAPER /COMPUTER PRINTOUT/MAGAZINE CLIPPING TO YOUR REPORT. This is so I can check for plagiarism and be sure you are summarizing completely.

·         (Please be careful to paraphrase.  Do not highlight or underline phrases in the article.

Do not use words or phrases from the  article.  Instead, read the article, put it aside, and then write your summary.  This is good practice for your other writing assignments.  If you can’t remember much, READ IT AGAIN.  Then write your summary without looking back.  I know it’s a pain, but it’s good practice.) 

·        Duplication of information within your group is not allowed, so each member will be assigned a particular day of the week to cover the news events of that day.  Read and write your current event on your assigned day. 

·        If you missed the newspaper that day, you can always use a weekly news magazine like Time or Newsweek so you will not duplicate any article used by another group member.

·        WE ALL PRESENT TOGETHER ON FRIDAY, no matter what day you are assigned to get your current events from.

·        Each  current event assignment will count for approximately 2-3 points on your quarter average, so be prepared!  THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO KEEP YOUR AVERAGE HIGH.

·        Current events will not be accepted late unless you turn them in the day after a legal absence. 

There is no point in turning in your Current Events report 7^th period if we went over Current Events in your class 3^rd period.  It’s over and done with!  You missed out!  (But if we have a day off on Friday, we will give our reports the day we return.)

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**  For our purposes, Current Events are different from news items. **

v     Current Events must be from INTERNATIONAL or NATIONAL news, NOT state or local news. 

v     Current events are items from the areas of politics, economics, science/medicine/technology, or changes in society. 

v     DO NOT INCLUDE WEATHER,  NATURAL DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS, SPORTS, PERSONAL TRAGEDIES,  “PERSONALITIES” IN THE NEWS, OR CRIMES WITH NO POLITICAL  MOTIVE.  Those are NEWS items, but NOT CURRENT EVENTS, for our purposes . 

v   An airplane crash that kills 206 people is NEWS, not current events, unless terrorism is involved; THEN it becomes a current event.

Remember: 

¨     When you turn in the current event article with your summary,

   THE SUMMARY MUST BE ENTIRELY IN YOUR OWN WORDS,

    therefore, do not bother to underline phrases in the article and use

    them in your summary.  THAT'S PLAGIARISM.  (And don’t bother 

    to use quotations, either.  I want you to learn to paraphrase.)

¨     Do not say, “This article is about _______,”  and expect that to

     count as one of your summary sentences.  (That’s very childish.)

¨     Read the ENTIRE ARTICLE.  I do not want a summary of only the  

      first couple of paragraphs because you were didn’t want to bother

      to read the whole thing! Don't forget to cite where you got the

      article from.  (Examples are used here from the Utica Observer-

      Dispatch and from an internet site, msnbc.com.)

¨     If your citation is missing or incorrect, you will not get credit for

     having done your current event AT ALL.  This shows how important

     citation of sources is.

Examples of citations:

Newspaper

Last name, First name of Author (if there is one).”Article name in quotation marks.” Utica Observer Dispatch (either underlined or italicized) 9 Sept. 2007: 4A.

Internet

Last name, First name of Author (if there is one).  “Article name in quotation marks.” MSNBC (either underlined or italicized). 10 Sept. 2007 <http://www/msnbc.com>.

**NOTICE THAT THE DATE IS WRITTEN IN THE REVERSE FORM FROM THE WAY YOU USUALLY DO IT!

( 9 Sept. 2007  rather than  Sept. 9, 2007 )