1. Current Event Lesson Plan One Each Six Weeks (Application grade)

2. Objectives: 1. Students will gather, interpret, synthesize and present information from the Internet about a national or international current event. 2. The students will orally present a summary of the key points of their topic utilizing English grammatical skills during class.

3. RUBRIC Points earned USE OF THE INTERNET 20 PROVIDE PRINTED COPY OF INTERNET PAGE 10 FIVE KEY POINTS 25 PRESENTATION (POSTURE, EYE CONTACT, EASE) 25 ACCURACY OF INFORMATION 20

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I dn9UOMhPbE&feature=player_embe dd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I dn9UOMhPbE&feature=player_embe dd ed WHERE DO I FIND MY CURRENT EVENT? http://news.google.com/ http://drudgereport.com/ http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/ http://www.google.com/landing/searchtips/#helpcenter http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&tbo=1&b iw=1327&bih=654&tbs=tl%3A1&q=holocaust&aq=6&aqi=g10 &aql=f&oq=Hol&surl=1 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&tbo=1&b iw=1327&bih=654&tbs=tl%3A1&q=holocaust&aq=6&aqi=g10 &aql=f&oq=Hol&surl=1

5. Sign-Up 1 per six weeks Pass/fail Beginning of class Oral presentation Bring a print-out No sports (No Kim K wedding!) Must be of national or international significance.