 Each class period we begin the day with a warmup. A couple of times a week we will begin with a warmup of current events. It will be focused on a 10-minute newscast from CNN called "CNN Student News".
CNN Student News Information Link From the CNN Website: Educators use CNN Student News to introduce students to the news of the day. Video segments encourage student participation and provide a context for understanding the events. Educator materials include Ten Questions that check for understanding and generate discussion, a Friday Newsquiz and Learning Activities that are tied to national education standards. CNN Student News is a 10-minute, commercial-free news program that airs on CNN Headline News. Created by a team of journalists and educators, the program provides the top stories of the day, segments that encourage student participation, and in-depth special reports. In addition, CNN Student News provides free curriculum on the Web to accompany each program's content. CNN Student News, along with CNN Presents: Classroom Edition, is CNN's contribution to Cable in the Classroom. The program airs on CNN Headline News at 2:12-2:22 a.m. CT Monday - Friday. Mr. Duez records the program at home and brings the video tape into school to show. Parents and students can view the internet broadcast of CNN Student News anytime at the CNN stie: CNN.com/Education In class the students will answer 4 or 5 questions from the news broadcast and have a quick discussion about the day's events. The questions are then collected every couple of weeks with warmups. |
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