Current Event Rubric

• Event must have happened within the last two months (60 days)

• Must be handwritten before my class

• Event should be relevant to you

• READ THE ARTICLE BEFORE YOU PRESENT IN CLASS

• Please include where you got the article (Ex. Cnn.com, LA Times, ESPN, etc)

• DO NOT just print out the first thing you see, take a second and look for something that interests you.

• Late work will be accepted the next day. After that the grade will become a ZERO

 

Example:

Mr. Costello

1/9/19

Source: NY Times

    New York Knicks center Enes Kanter will not travel with the team to London on January 17th to face the Washington Wizards. Kanter will not be going to London for fears that he might be attacked or assassinated. These fears come from the fact that Kanter has been a critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Knicks center has said that he fears that President Erdogan might send spies to kill him if he leaves the United States. For the past few years Kanter has been very critical of Erdogan on social media and when asked about it after games. In March of 2018 Enes’ father, Mehmet Kanter was arrested in Turkey and faces 10 years in prison for criticizing the Turkish government. When asked if this will affect his play Kanter said:

    “It’s very tough, I can’t show frustration or being sad or mad. I put my game mask on and focus on the game and being as good as I can be. But I receive death threats, it’s sad that I have to balance this.”