During the course of the semester, you will be expected to submit at least three (3) short writing assignments (750 – 1000 words) based on a current news article (30 days or less since publication) that relates to class material – due dates are listed below. You can use print and respectable online news sources (i.e. Time, CNN, etc.). Each writing assignment is worth 50 points . The rubric used to evaluate your short writing assignments as well as more detailed information about the writing assignment can be found in this folder.
There are four due dates for SWAs. Only your three highest scores will count if you submit all four.
NOTE: When you write your papers, they should be mostly about the connections between your news article and course concepts. Your paper should NOT be a restatement of what is in the news article. Focus on how the article relates to things we have discussed or otherwise covered in class.
SWAs should not be a restatement of your news article. SWAs should integrate items from the news article with concepts from class. The point of the assignment is to find examples of how course concepts are relevant to what is happening in the world today. The more ways that you can link course concepts to your news article the better!
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