Current Events 4/28/10

• Open a WORD document
  

• Please use full sentences and check your spelling, punctuation and grammar.

• List your sources. (Where did you find the answer?)

• Describe how this current event might be important to you. Explain why or why not.

• When you finish: go to http://www.freetypinggame.net and practice typing.
  

1. What nation has been the focus of a $60 billion bailout so it won’t default on its debts, a concern for members of the European Union?

2. An oil spill from last week’s oil rig explosion is coming dangerously near what state’s coastline?

3. Tornadoes last weekend killed 10 and leveled the town of Yazoo City in what state?

4. Now who is complaining that Facebook needs to do more to protect its users’ privacy?

5. Where will Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez soon be posting messages, ironic because he is known for his long speeches?

Objectives:
“I will read and research current events.”

“I will study articles for good writing techniques.”

Expanding Our Reach

What has been happening around your school or Phoenix or Arizona or the United States or the world?

If you need help with a topic, go to azcentral.com
Take a look at the many possible topics you could write about:

• News
• Sports
• Money
• Things to Do
• Style
• Travel
• Pets
• Weather
• Health
• Food
• Home
  

Write a one- to two-paragraph story focused on a news event.

Find an image using http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

You must give credit for anything you use that is not yours.

OR, use iMovie to produce a television news segment.

You must include a quote from a friend.

You must think of a good hook for the beginning. Why would I want to read your story? Your first sentence should make me want to read on.

You can work in groups. SAVE your work. We will post these stories to our school news websites.

Current Events

Objectives:
“I will read and research current events.”

Please use full sentences and check your spelling, punctuation and grammar.

List your sources. (Where did you find the answer?)

Describe how this current event might be important to you. Explain why or why not.

1. Name one of the two events that included President Obama Monday, both more fun than what his job usually includes. (HINT: One was in the morning and included children, and one was in the afternoon and had to do with sports..)

2. What left the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday morning, heading to the international space station?

3. Which team Monday night won the NCAA men’s basketball championship? Which team won the NCAA women’s basketball championship Tuesday?

4. The Obama administration this week announced a major change in its policy about what kind of weapons?

5. What country experienced a 7.7 earthquake Tuesday?