Current Event TaskEnglish I Beaulieu

Hall Dale High School

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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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