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Current Events Assignment
CURRENT EVENTS ASSIGNMENT: 1. FIRST: Today’s assignment is not a race! If you do not finish today, this work will NOT be for homework! It is not due today, anytime this week, nor anytime next week. Please TAKE YOUR TIME and be thorough! 2. Remember that I want the best for you, and I expect the best FROM you! If your work is of low quality, you will not receive any credit! 3. Look through one of the science magazines (like National Geographic, Science News, Scientific American, etc) in our classroom. 4. Look for science articles related to the environment (6th grade) or space (7th grade). 5. You can read as many short articles as you want, but your goal is to find a multi-page scientific article that interests you and is related to our class. (Most students chose articles of 5 to 10 pages.) 6. On notebook paper (use the correct class heading), write down the title, author, magazine name, and magazine edition. Later you will need to enter this info into NoodleBib to create a bibliography for your article. 7. Read the article and take notes as you read. You may use Cornell Notes format or some other format of your choice. 8. In addition to your notes, create a list of key terms with definitions (based on context clues). Later, you can add to your definitions using a dictionary or by searching the internet. 9. Also make a list of any words (scientific or otherwise) that you do not know or understand very well. 10. Write a 2-3 paragraph summary of the article. You are NOT just copying information from the article—you need to summarize it in YOUR OWN WORDS! If you take good notes while you read, this will be easy to accomplish and will help you avoid plagiarism! 11. Create at least two higher level thinking questions based on your article. a. Higher-level thinking questions are NOT fill in the blank questions! b. Higher-level questions usually include words like: justify, infer, relate, compare, contrast, determine, analyze, evaluate, explain, support, organize, distinguish, etc. c. Thinking questions might ask the reader to make a connection between the article and something we have discussed in class. d. Thinking questions might ask a reader to interpret a picture, a diagram, a graph or data table in the article. e. We will go over higher level thinking questions in class before you get to this step!!! 12. Provide an answer key for your thinking questions.
Gifted Science with Mrs. Flynt
Gifford Middle School - Indian River County, Florida
Phone: 772-564-3586
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