Remember not to use personal information in your response.

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  What's in the news?  How does it relate/connect to your world?

A Daily Writing Prompt Choice

How:

1. Choose a news item from the google news gadget on the wiki page.

2. Read it with a focus on what you already know, and of a connection to your world (your own, your family, your community).

3. Add a comment to this page about your connection and a question for others on this  "News and You" page.

Expectations:

Your writing should be clear, concise, correct.

Your comment should refer to a quote from the article.  (See also: Respond to Quote)

Your comment should connect some fact to your world.

Your question should ask others to think about the idea or the connection.

Any response to the news and to others' questions will be clear, concise, correct, and follow our rules of wiki etiquette.

Follow-up:

After reading what others say, or thinking of your own ideas, write a blog post.

Remember not to use personal information in your response.

The News and You gadget:

Use the comment boxes below.  Write your team name and code names, if answering as a team, or just your code name if writing as an individual.