Internship Makeup #1: 1-15-19

The BIS Internship Experience

Part 1: Current Events

Complete the following in a new Word document:

CNN Student News (list this as a heading in your Word doc)

  1. Watch CNN Student News for today, January 15th, 2019
  2. Write a summary of the entire broadcast from today by defining all the national and international news that is shown. Tell the who(s), what(s), where(s), when(s), why(s) and how(s)
  3. Write a pargraph detailing your reaction(s) to the segment

New York Times Learning Network (list this as a heading in your Word doc)

  1. Learning With: ‘Students in Rural America Ask, “What Is a University Without a History Major?”’
    • Answer the 8 questions and the final question found at the bottom of the page in the Word doc
    • OPTIONAL: post one of your responses to the COMMENTS on this page
  2. Learning With: ‘CES 2019: It’s the Year of Virtual Assistants and 5G’
    • Answer the 6 questions and the final question found at the bottom of the page in the Word doc
    • OPTIONAL: post one of your responses to the COMMENTS on this page
  3. Learning With: ‘NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Is Triumphant in Encounter With the Most Distant Object Ever Visited’
    • Answer the 6 questions and the final question found at the bottom of the page in the Word doc
    • OPTIONAL: post one of your responses to the COMMENTS on this page
  4. Take the Weekly News Quiz for Students: Teacher's Strike, Climate Change, Voting Rights
    • In the Word Doc, list your score out of ten and then write down what questions you missed
    • Read the explanations for the ones you missed and type in the reason you missed them in the Word doc

Remember to complete all the work and submit via Synergy Dropbox under the appropriate Internship Make Up (IMU) Week in order to get full credit!

NOTE: There is no absolute rule; very short or long paragraphs can work when used by an experienced writer. However, as a guideline, paragraphs should usually be no less that 3-5 sentences long.