On your Google Site, please make a new subpage and title it: Current Events Quiz #2.1. Answer the question below on that page. You are welcome to make multiple text boxes if that is easier, or if you want to work on just one text box, that is great. Whatever is best for you. Please be aware that if you copy and past the questions to your Google Site, it can create some formatting problems. I DO NOT NEED you to include the questions - just the answers.
IF ANY OF THESE LINKS DO NOT WORK, JUST TELL ME THAT IN YOUR ANSWER. I KNOW I AM NOT THERE AND I NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL WORK AND WHAT WON'T WITHOUT BEING THERE WITH YOU. I WILL NOT PENALIZE YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU CANNOT ANSWER.
Here is today's!!
1. What is a provision ballot?
2. According to the article, what is one possible reason Donald Trump is now supporting crypto currency?
3. Who is the new Gladiator (the actors name)?
4. What are the Northern Taurids?
Long Response:
Please read the following story and respond to the questions below. Please answer the question fully and always try to answer WHY. This section is the subjective section and I will penalize you if you write one word or short phrases for answers with an open-ended question.
Please read the following story and respond to the questions below. Please answer the question fully and always try to answer WHY. This section is the subjective section and I will penalize you if you write one word or short phrases for answers with an open-ended question.
Answer the following questions:
A. What is COP29?
A. What is COP29?
B. What are some of the potential solutions to climate change according the article?
C. How does the election of Donald Trump change the climate change situation, according to the article?
D. How does the Paris Agreement have to do with Donald Trump?
E. Do you think climate change is a problem? Explain your answer.
F. What do you think the solution to climate change is? Explain your answer.
REMINDER - A single sentence isn't enough. I expect you to expand upon your writing. If you think you have written enough, you haven't, write more. Be sure to answer WHY you think something
Brainstorm
Our next writing assignments will be for the opinions section of the newspaper.
Because of our renewed effort to publish your work on thedispatchonline.net I want you to pick your topics for this assignment. But there are some guidelines we have to follow.
First, you cannot pick something that we just aren't going to convince someone to believe in. For example, the death penalty - people are either for it or against it....pretty much across the board. Other examples include abortion, immigration, drug use, etc. Now there are certain parts of some of those examples that might work.
Second, we need to LOCALIZE every opinion piece. That means we need to make sure every story idea is of interest to Bowie students, explains the subject in a way they will understand, and that we try to relate it to something local or near us. Be very specific and pick a topic that is local or can have a local slant or angle to the writing.
First, you cannot pick something that we just aren't going to convince someone to believe in. For example, the death penalty - people are either for it or against it....pretty much across the board. Other examples include abortion, immigration, drug use, etc. Now there are certain parts of some of those examples that might work.
Second, we need to LOCALIZE every opinion piece. That means we need to make sure every story idea is of interest to Bowie students, explains the subject in a way they will understand, and that we try to relate it to something local or near us. Be very specific and pick a topic that is local or can have a local slant or angle to the writing.
That is how you pick a story that is localized, impactful, and has two sides to it.
In my newspaper class, I often have my students answer some questions to help them create ideas. On your Google Site make a new subpage titled Opinion story #2 Brainstorm, take 15-20 minutes to answer the following questions and lets see if you can come up with some ideas:
1. List three emotions you've experienced the past week. What triggered them?
2. List three things or situations that have given you a sense of satisfaction or accomplishment.
3. List three things you worry about.
4. List three things that frustrate you.
5. List three things you need.
6. List three things you think teachers worry about.
7. List three things you think give teachers a sense of satisfaction or accomplishment.
8. List three things you like about your school/community.
9. List three things you dislike about your school/community.
10. Identify and briefly describe one TREND you have noticed around school, in the media, in pop culture, in your community.
Now, just like last class, please use the information you created above, combined with what you did last class to come up with THREE new story ideas. Please write at least a sentence to help me understand what you want from this story. Hopefully what you wrote above, will help you. Next class you will get a list of these story ideas and everyone will be assigned a new opinion story to write. You may not use the following ideas:
1. List three emotions you've experienced the past week. What triggered them?
2. List three things or situations that have given you a sense of satisfaction or accomplishment.
3. List three things you worry about.
4. List three things that frustrate you.
5. List three things you need.
6. List three things you think teachers worry about.
7. List three things you think give teachers a sense of satisfaction or accomplishment.
8. List three things you like about your school/community.
9. List three things you dislike about your school/community.
10. Identify and briefly describe one TREND you have noticed around school, in the media, in pop culture, in your community.
Now, just like last class, please use the information you created above, combined with what you did last class to come up with THREE new story ideas. Please write at least a sentence to help me understand what you want from this story. Hopefully what you wrote above, will help you. Next class you will get a list of these story ideas and everyone will be assigned a new opinion story to write. You may not use the following ideas:
Incentives
Bathrooms
ID's
FIT
See something, say something
Cell Phones
School Threats
Presidential Election
11. Think of THREE new story ideas and type them into your Google Site. You MAY use some of your ideas from last time we did a brainstorm, just make sure to flesh them out a little bit.
When you are finished with this task, you have the rest of the period to write your Opinion Story #1, make sure your Google Doc is shared properly (so anyone with the LINK CAN EDIT), and make sure it is linked on your Google Site on a new subpage called Opinion Story #1.
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