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Current Events cover: What's in the News? Lists three tasks: write a summary, show the importance, form an opinion
Cover showing the three writing tasks students complete
Student steps for a news article: find, highlight the 5 W's, then summarize, explain its importance and write an opinion
Hand out with the assignment as the step-by-step guide
News response sheet, part 1: students record name, article title, source and week date, then summarize the article
First page of the student write-up for the chosen article
News response sheet, part 2: students explain why the event matters and write an opinion backed by article facts
Second page; students staple their highlighted article here
Grading rubric for the news write-up: teachers score highlights, summary, importance and opinion, plus a grand total
Scoring sheet for teacher feedback on each section
Attributes
Subject

Social Studies

Grades

Grade 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Types

Activities

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Mister Harms
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About This Product

Are you needing some excellent ideas for a substitute teacher or those times when you need something fast? This Current Events News Summary resource contains a variety of engaging activities for all students! Find some newsworthy articles, print this resource or assign it to students in Google Drive and students will be ready to learn, write, apply and reflect!

What's Included

1 PDF file with:

-Printable worksheets

-Google Drive access for a digital format

-4 pages to complete the activity

Resource Tags

current news event history printable research lesson summarizing writing summarize activity current events curriculum how to teach current events

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