The document provides instructions for students to choose an article from their Scholastic News magazine to summarize. Students are told to pick an article that interests them and complete an organizer with the article's summary, importance, and why they chose it. As an example, a summary paragraph is provided about an article on glowing cats that are being studied to help find cures for viruses that infect cats and humans.

1. Name: _______________ # _____ Date: ________________
Current Event:
Scholastic News!
This week you will be looking for an article that interests you from your Scholastic News
magazine. Read through all of the articles and choose one that you find interesting, exciting,
or about a topic that you can relate to.
After you have chosen your story, complete the form on the back of this page to help
you organize your thoughts. Your writing will need to include a summary of the article, explain
why the article is important, and tell about why you chose this story. After filling in the
organizer on the back, you will need to rewrite your information into a paragraph. Your final
copy should be rewritten or typed. Have fun and happy current event hunting!
REMEMBER:
1. Sentences should start with a capital and end with a period, question mark, or
exclamation point.
2. A sentence should be a complete thought or idea. Your paragraph should have at least
5 sentences.
3. Strong sentences have vivid details.
4. Your paragraph should stay on topic and have a topic sentence, detail sentences, and a
concluding sentence. Don’t forget to indent!
5. All words should be spelled correctly. Have an adult proofread your paragraph before
turning it in.
Here’s an example of my Scholastic News summary:
The article “Glowing Cats Fight Disease” tells about how a family of cats may be the key
to fighting a virus in cats. The story takes place in Japan with researchers who were trying to
find a cure for a virus that infects millions of cats each year. The treatment has a side effect
though, it makes the cats glow in blue light! The kittens that were born with the protected
genes from monkeys, were also injected with genes from jellyfish which is why they glow. Even
though the cats can glow, they are both healthy and happy. The scientists hope that the
research they are doing with the cats will also help them understand how to help people who
are affected by HIV as well. This article is important because HIV is a disease that infects
many people and families and finding a cure would help thousands of people.

2. What is the name of the story or article? (Remember a title should be capitalized.)
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Where does the story take place or what area does it tell about?
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Who is the story or article about?
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List three important details from the story. Sometimes details can be found in the captions!
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Why did you choose this article? What made it interesting?
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