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Current Event TaskEnglish I Beaulieu
Hall Dale High School
Monday, March 5, 14
Task Steps 1. Pick one current event
(a current event is something that is happening NOW)
2. Read 4 articles -on different news sources- on that one topic
3. Complete a Frayer Model (what it is on next slide, how to do it slide after that)
4. Turn it in!
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Frayer Model
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How to Complete the Frayer Model
In the center, smaller box you write what your current event
is.
In the boxes around the center box - you record the title and author of each article
you read (a different article in each box).
Please record and discuss what the author’s POV on the current event is, where it says “Passages
Reflecting Point of View”.
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Some Current Event IdeasThe Civil Disruption in Ukraine
Obamacare
Changes to the SAT
Tobacco Sales
Missing Malaysian Airplane
Homelessness
LGBT Equality
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Some Potential News Sources
MSNBC
CNNFox News
Huffington Post
New York Times
USA Today Time
NBC
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4 Level: Political Affiliation TaskTo earn a 4, you need to decide where your new
sources fall on the liberal to conservative spectrum on this website:
http://datascience.berkeley.edu/data-media-map-bitly/
Once you’ve decided where your news sources fall on the spectrum, create a slideshow (with a title slide) that answers the following questions on each slide for each article:
What is the news source’s political affiliation?
How does this affiliation affect the author’s written piece?
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