DEVELOPMENTAL WRITING
Responds in Writing to Short Text Passages
Reading and Writing About the News

Level: D
 
Read the news story Blackouts Hit California  at the CNN San Francisco Web site.  Complete the handout below. 

Or go to the CNN Archives and choose your own news story. 

Write the name of the:

  • Newspaper or News Site________________________________
  • News Story Headline   _________________________________
Write a summary.  Retell  the main points of the news article in two or three sentences.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Go to other newspapers or news sites for articles:

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