Scientist ____________________________________________ Date ______________ Period _________ (1 point each) CURRENT EVENTS ARTICLE SUMMARY—you will be scored on what is completed during class. Title of Article: ___________________________________________________________________ Source: __________________________________________________________________________ Date of Article: ___________________________________________________________________ Part #1: Explanation Answer these questions about the article. Who is it about? What is it about?, etc. They can be in note or bullet form. (1 point each) 1. Who? __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What? __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. When? _________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Where? _________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why? __________________________________________________________________________________ Part #2: Scientific Communication These answers DO need to be in complete sentences!! (2 points each) 1. What is an idea presented in the article that you AGREE with? Explain the idea, and WHY you agree with this. ______________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What is an idea presented in the article that you DISAGREE with? Explain the idea, and WHY you disagree with this. If you would like, find a second point that you agree with instead. (2 points) _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Part #3: Connections These answers DO need to be in complete sentences!! (2 points each) 1. How does this article (and the information you read) relate to your life, or how COULD it relate to your life? ______________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How does this article and the information you read relate to something else you learned in science, either this year, or in the past? Explain the science lesson, AND the information in the article that is related to that lesson. _____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Part #4 EVALUATE & ILLUSTRATE: What was the most interesting part of the article for you? Draw it here. Make it nice! Color it too. Make your caption for the picture be your explanation for the most interesting part. Write the caption below the drawing. (3 points for drawing with color, 2 for caption) CAPTION HERE: __________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Part #5 HAVE SOME FUN: 4 points Find 5 key words from the article (could be a name, object, new vocab) that you could write clues for. Hide your words in the boxes to the left, and then fill in the rest of the boxes with other letters to make a small word search (I like to write the ABC’s over and over!). Do this in all capital letters—it’s easier to see everything! Below, write a clue for each of your hidden words. On separate paper, write a small key for your puzzle (the 5 words). When it’s done, switch with another student to solve. Clues about the 5 words hidden in your puzzle: (5 points) 1. _______________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________ 5. _______________________________________________________