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Writing about Current Events

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    Course Description
  2. Course Introduction (free)
    1 Quiz
  3. Module 1: Media Literacy
    Mediums and Contexts (free)
    1 Quiz
  4. Your Media of Choice (free)
    1 Quiz
  5. Managing Media
    1 Quiz
  6. Top Stories
    1 Quiz
  7. Module 2: Professional Opinions
    Interview with Lieutenant General John Pickler
    5 Quizzes
  8. Interview with American Politician Clark Boyd
    5 Quizzes
  9. Interview with Career Journalist Amelia Hipps
    6 Quizzes
  10. Module 3: Current Events
    Background Knowledge
  11. Social Media
  12. Productive Note-Taking
    2 Topics
  13. Analyzing a News Story
    1 Quiz
  14. Module 4: Editorials
    The Ant and the Grasshopper
    1 Quiz
  15. A Retelling of the Ant and the Grasshopper
    1 Quiz
  16. Grasshopper and Ant
    1 Quiz
  17. Final Essay

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Final Essay

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In the previous lesson, you read Thomas Sowell's satire of the fable and completed the Essay Rough Draft Quiz. Allow time for instructor feedback on the quiz. The feedback you receive will include pointers about your work. Make necessary revisions to the paragraphs you wrote when completing the quiz, and join the paragraphs together to create your final essay for this course. Upload the essay below.

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