1. Keep this paper in your binder.
Current Events
If you did not write this down 1st quarter make sure you write it down now.
Keep this paper in your binder.

2. Current Event
Current Event should be based off an article written about something that has happened recently
NO WIKIPEDIA ARTICLES -- should be from a reliable news source
Do NOT pick from Sports section.
Length = two paragraphs total.
I will count off if you give me more than this. We really need to master following directions and summarization skills.

3. Current Event 1st paragraph: summary
If you have a hard time with this, try this:
Read the article completely. Repeat if you didn’t understand it.
Put the article away.
Write your summary.
Refer back to the article only to check the spelling or specific information you think is necessary.
Absolutely do NOT rewrite the article

4. Current Event
Newspaper sources: make sure you read and include the entire article
If it says “Continued on page 2,” you need to go to page 2
Internet sources: Give me a link that goes DIRECTLY to the article -- not the homepage

6. Current Event 2nd paragraph (5 sentences) = why it’s important
Unacceptable: “This article really has nothing to do with us or what we’re learning.”
**You may have to really THINK!** Think outside the box and make connections