It is recommended, though not required, that each student have at least one newsreader/magazine app on their phone, tablet, laptop, etc. The project may be completed using computers in the media center. Computers in Room 360 may not be used for this assignment.
Print out a recent article that you find interesting and/or significant (avoid celebrity news/profiles).
Write, on a separate sheet of paper (please number each section):
Grading: done = 100
not done = 0
partly done = 0
done wrong = 0
Due date: first class meeting of every week.
(Please keep these in your English binder. They will be checked periodically and grades given accordingly.)
Print out a recent article that you find interesting and/or significant (avoid celebrity news/profiles).
Write, on a separate sheet of paper (please number each section):
- Bibliography: Title/Author/Source/etc.
(easybib.com is a good resource for this) - Summary: 3 sentence paragraph summarizing article
(no more than 3 sentences; no fewer than 3 sentences; no bullet points) - Microcosm: Relevance of content of article to you/individual
(not “I think s/he’s cool, attractive, talented”) - Macrocosm: Relevance of content of article to the city/state/country/world
(must be different from microcosm) - Crossover: Connection to something you read or discussed last week
(e.g., previous Current Events Project or other work this/another class) - Excerpts: 3 quotations from the article with explanation of significance, context (highlight quotations in text)
Grading: done = 100
not done = 0
partly done = 0
done wrong = 0
Due date: first class meeting of every week.
(Please keep these in your English binder. They will be checked periodically and grades given accordingly.)