Extra+Credit

=**Extra Credit: Current Events Papers**= 15 points possible per paper 4 paper limit per semester (60 points possible!)

Points will be earned based on your ability to display in your writing that you can connect classroom material to a current event story. You will also be graded on punctuation and grammar usage throughout your paper. I know this isn't English class, but use good writing practices in all of your work regardless of the subject.

- Topics must be based on current events that relate to classroom material that we discussed at anytime throughout the semester.

- Papers may come from credible news sources. (Examples: //Time.com, Thedailybeast.com, US News & World Report, USA Today, StarTribune.com, Pioneer Press, CNN.com. etc)//

- You will share your completed assignment with Mr. Brian Litecky on Google Docs - I NOT WANT HARD COPIES OF PAPERS

- Papers must be a minimum of __250 words__ (two well developed paragraphs) in which you:
 * summarize the article in your own words (paragraph #1)
 * explain the relationship of the article to what we are discussing in class (paragraph #2)
 * put the link of your article at the bottom of your page before "sharing"

- PAPERS MUST BE TYPED IN 12 POINT FONT AND BE DOUBLE SPACED!

=VERY IMPORTANT!= You may only turn in ONE extra credit paper per week, and papers will NOT be accepted the last two weeks of the semester.

For SEMESTER TWO 2013 - 2013 the last day to submit EC is Friday, May 24th. media type="custom" key="21986830"