Current Events Friday
I am presenting on ____________________________________
Every Friday, two or three students will present current events to the class. When it is your
turn to present, you will be expected to…
 Talk about two current events. One article must be about a world event and
one can be about anything you like.
 State your source
 Explain the who, what, where, when, and why, as well as any other important
supporting details.
 Write a question that you will ask the class about each article. (eg: how do you
think, what do you think, why do you think, etc.)
 Following your presentation, you must be prepared to answer any questions from
the class.
 Write a short summary of your article on notebook paper and include the
question that you will present to the class. This should be handed in the day
before you are scheduled to present
As a member of the class, you will all be expected to participate each week. You will
respond to one article that you found interesting. Answer the question posted by the
presenter and also add your own thoughts on the story. (10 points) These responses will be
due the Monday after the article presentations.
On our Media Literacy & Current Events website, you can find a list of online news sources.
Some of these news sources include…
The Internet
Television
www.cnn.com
www.msnbc.com
www.abc.com
www.currentevents.com
www.wfmz.com
Pod casts
Local or network news
M-F 6:30 (ABC, NBC, CBS, NBC)
CNN, CNN Headline News
FoxNews
MSNBC
BBC
Newspapers
Magazines
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Intelligencer
U.S.A. Today
Bucks County Courier News
U.S. News
Newsweek
TIME
World Report
Current Events Presentation Rubric
Presenter:
Criteria
Completion
Sources
Presentation
Expertise
Q and A
Writing
Comments:
Excellent
5 points
The student was
prepared to
present 2
current events,
one
international
and one of
his/her choice
Student used
and stated the
two different
sources of
information
The student
spoke clearly
and at a perfect
volume to be
understood by
the whole class
for 3-5 minutes
Needs Work
3 points
The student was
prepared to
present 1 current
event, or neither
one of the stories
were
international
Unacceptable
0 points
The student was
not prepared to
present any
current events
The student used
and/or stated
only one source
of information
The student did
not state any
sources
Points
The student was
hard to
understand at
times and either
exceeded or did
not speak for 3-5
minutes
The entire
presentation was
difficult to
understand and
there was clearly
no consideration
for the required
time
The student
The student
The student did
clearly became appeared to only not become an
an expert on
understand one
expert on either
both events
of the two
of the current
being presented current events
events
presented
The student was The student was
The student could
able to answer
only able to
not answer any of
all questions
answer some of
the questions
that were asked the questions
asked by the
by the audience asked by the
audience
audience
The student
The student wrote The student did
wrote about
about either a
not write about
his/her
summary or a
about their
international
question, but not article.
current event
both.
with a complete
summary and a
question.
Total Points: ________________