Name: _____________________________________________________

Subject: _______________________ Date: ____________ Period: ____

US News: Events of national relevance or that affect the entire nation.

Learning and using new words from the newspaper

Instructions: In mynewshomework.com, find in a newspaper in the state of your choice (or one assigned by your
teacher) a news article about a current event in the nation. Read the article and find four new words. Look these words
up in a dictionary and write down their definitions on the right. Under the word, indicate the part of speech (noun,verb,
adjective, adverb, pronoun, conjunction, article, or interjection). Then, write your own sentence using these words.
Attach a copy of the article to this worksheet and underline the words used for this assignment.

Headline: __________________________________________________________________ Date: _______________

Newspaper: _________________________________________ City: _______________ State:__________________

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