Current Event
Summary of the important
events: each one in complete sentences.
1.
Who:
The author and the people involved in the article.
2.
What:
Should be the longest part describing the events in the article.
3.
When: Date of the
article and time period of the event.
4.
Where:
Location where the event or experiment took place.
5.
How:
Why?
1.
What might cause
this event to happen? Is there an event or natural occurrence that caused this
experiment or event to take place?
2.
What affect
this will this have for the future?
Last item to complete:
What reaction did you have
to this article and why?
Rules:
Each of the sections above must be in complete sentences.
Use what you know to think about reasons (good or bad) this might happen
and what will happen because of this.
Rubric for Current Event
Total of 10 points for each current event
10 pts: 1. The article must be related to science in any way.
2. The article must be with the summary and stapled to the summary.
3. The summary must be completed according to the outline given.
4. The questions must be answered in complete sentences.
5. The questions are neat and written in pencil, pen, or typed.
6. Your name is on it.
8pts: 1. The article is related to science in any way.
2. The article is not with the summary.
3. The summary is complete and all questions are answered according to the outline given.
4. The summary is in pen, pencil, or typed.
5. Your name is on it.
5pts: 1. The article is related to science in any way.
2. The article is not with the summary.
3. The questions are mostly complete or not in complete sentences.
4. The work is not neat.
5. The work is written in pen, pencil, or typed.
6. Your name is missing.
3pts: 1. The article is not related to science.
2. The summary is incomplete or not with the article
3. Messy writing not written in pen, pencil or typed.
4. No name
0pts: Not turned in.