News

=News=

Find an article that shows usage of technology and/or business
 * DIRECTIONS ** :
 * 1) Read the article and keep track of three new words you don't know and three words you can't pronounce
 * 2) Download the homework document above and follow the assignment's template which will ask you to:
 * 3) state the source, headline and date published
 * 4) write a brief summary
 * 5) explain why you choose the article
 * 6) state one interesting thing you learned
 * 7) make a connection to other things you have learned
 * 8) complete the vocabulary and pronunciation table


 * REQUIREMENTS: **
 * Homework(HW) is due every Friday. Use the spellcheck tool to check spelling & grammar. **Late homework will not be accepted beyond one week!!** You will be penalized by 25%. That means 100% becomes 75% = you lose 25%**.**
 * **All text** on your HW must be **Times New Roman** font face and size **12pt - NO COPY AND PASTING!**
 * HW file naming convention = FullNameHW# For example: **MichaelJordanHW#1**
 * Upload your document to Google Documents and share it with my email: dbutera2@curtishs.org and assign **EDIT permissions**


 * COMPLETED HOMEWORK EXAMPLE: **

**Source**: Google News
 * Headline ** : __ Google sees “alarming’ uptick in government censorship __
 * Date Published: ** July 18, 2012

This article discusses how Google gets increasing requests from government agencies to suppress political opinions and other material that they don’t like.
 * 1. Summary of article: **

I chose this article because I am interested in politics and the power that the Internet offers.
 * 2. Why I chose this article: **

I knew censorship goes on in countries like China but I did not realize that this is taking place in our country.
 * 3. One interesting thing I learned: **

When I read about censorship and controlling governments, I think about George Orwell’s novel __ 1984 __**. ** I think about how any kind of censorship, if allowed in any way, can lead to rigid control of our lives by the government.
 * 4 .One connection I can make between this articles and something else I know about (whether from personal experience, school, a book I’ve read, a movie I’ve seen or anything else): **


 * 5. Vocabulary - ** In google type: define
 * **Type each word five times** || **Definition of word** || **Write a sentence using the word** ||
 * # Suppression
 * 1) Suppression
 * 2) Suppression
 * 3) Suppression
 * 4) Suppression || The action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication. || I believe that any government suppression could lead to more extreme control of its citizens. ||
 * # Prosecutors
 * 1) Prosecutors
 * 2) Prosecutors
 * 3) Prosecutors
 * 4) Prosecutors || A person, especially a public, official who institutes legal proceedings against someone. || I prosecutor presented a good case against the man. ||
 * # Alleged
 * 1) Alleged
 * 2) Alleged
 * 3) Alleged
 * 4) Alleged || Said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality. || She alleged to Mr. Buck stealing Ms. Lucy's purse. ||
 * 6. List 3 words you didn't know how to pronounce and learned how to using . ** In google type: define and you will see a speaker icon to the right of it. Click on it to hear the word pronounced. For example.
 * prosecutors
 * alleged
 * suspicious