Monthly Assignment – Biology in the News
Due on the 25th of each month…unless the 25th is on a weekend or a holiday, then it is due the Friday
before.
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Find newspaper, magazine, or internet article on some aspect of BIOLOGY
Write a one paragraph (5 sentences) summary of the news article.
Write one paragraph (5 sentences) on how this article relates to something we have learned in
class so far this year. Make sure to use vocabulary words that we have learned and tie the
concepts of the article to concepts we have learned. Use at least one example from the article in
the relation to biology.
Type and turn into Google classroom
Cite the source: Title of Article, author, date, and URL or Title of Article, author, date, and
newspaper or magazine
Attach the article or a link to the article with your google document.
CATEGORY
Summary
Paragraph
20 points
Summary is at
least 5 sentences.
Summary explains
the article in detail.
13 points
Summary is 4
sentences and
explains the
article.
Relation Paragraph
Relation paragraph
is 5 sentences.
Uses multiple
vocabulary terms.
Article is clearly
related to a
concept in biology
that we have
talked about, using
at least one
example.
No grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors.
Relation paragraph
is 4 sentences.
Uses few
vocabulary terms.
Article is related to
a concept in
biology but no
example given.
Mechanics
Sources
Attached Article
All sources
(information and
graphics) are
accurately
documented in the
desired format.
Article is attached
to paper.
Almost no
grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors
6 points
Summary is 3
sentences and
does not explain
the article very
well.
Relation paragraph
is 3 sentences.
Uses no vocabulary
terms. Article is
not clearly related
to biology.
0 points
Summary is 2
sentences or less
OR does not
explain what the
article is about.
Relation paragraph
is 2 sentences or
less. No vocabulary
used. Article is not
related to biology.
A few grammatical Many grammatical,
spelling, or
spelling, or
punctuation errors. punctuation errors.
Sources are not
accurately
documented.
No article is
attached to paper.