Thursday, September 17, 2009

Thursday Current Events

Directions:
  • Write responses to the following. Please use full sentences and be careful for run-on sentences. Write at least 5 sentences.
  • Search for articles pertaining to the following current events.
  • List your sources.

Current Events - Questions:
  1. Is there a current war in Afghanistan?
  2. Who was named the top rural teacher in the U.S.? Define rural.
  3. Find an article supporting health care reform. Find an article opposed to health care reform.

Objectives:
  • I can look for the Who, What, Where, When and Why of a story. I can determine the "So what? Who cares?" factor.
  • I can correct my spelling word choice and punctuation in my writing.
  • I can use main ideas and details to support my writing.
  • I will use the blogging tools to write an appropriate response to the current event questions.

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