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1 Current Event Find an article from a newspaper, magazine, or online resource. The article cannot be more than 2 days old. Here are a list of websites that you might find useful: Newsweek - USA Today - BBC News - DoGo News - Time for Kids - National Geographic for Kids - Scholastic News - Channel One News -

2 GIST Map

3 Summary You will write a summary using the GIST Map that you just created from your article. The GIST Map helps you tell about the MAIN IDEA of the article. Your summary needs to be about 4 to 8 sentences long.

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