Get+in+the+Know,+With+the+News+Day+by+Day+Lesson+Plans

· Day One o Students must have their finished by today. From there, you will launch a discussion where as a class you will look over articles from different news sources to compare and contrast the elements of the articles. This is the time for you to bring in the article/news examples described in the Teacher preparation portion of this unit. Your goal is get students to notice the key elements of a news article (Who, what, where, when, why) and the same story can be portrayed very differently depending on who is reporting the story. For the last 10 minutes of class, briefly discuss the difference between a vetted and non-vetted source. Students should get in the habit of checking where their sources get their information from; what makes the student so sure the information they are given is credible? I have provided the discussion prompt for students AND questions you can have students consider during your classroom discussion. After this discussion, it will be your responsibility to create groups for the project.  · Days Two and Three will spent in the library or computer lab (wherever there is internet access) researching different news outlets, exploring who their beliefs align with, and finding stories they may wish to cover within their own newspapers. If available, ask the librarians to give a tutorial on how to locate print news sources within the library and if they have advice on how to navigate different searches if they are looking for articles on a certain topic. Your duty for the two days will be to guide students through any questions or problems they have in the researching process. Make time to speak to each student (even if only briefly) during the library days to make sure they are on the right path for research and are using their time effectively. On Day three, provide them with the Pre-writing Activity as homework, along with reading the article from //The Nation//, “The Death & Life of Great American Newspapers” due on Day four. · Day Four o Give Lecture on the Newspaper Genre § History of the genre · Important historical figures · <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Facts and figures of newspaper use now vs. then <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Discuss in conjunction with the article due for today, “The Death & Life of Great American Newspapers” <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Have students give comments, reactions to the article <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Do they believe what the article says? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What is the future of the Newspaper? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">If no Newspapers, where will the news come from? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Have students consider how much they actually read from a newspaper, vs. reading the news online. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Form/style of Newspaper Article <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Essentially, students must understand that their articles for class should include the 5 W’s (who, what, where, when, why) AND our added element of How this story effects their lives <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Give the rest of the time for group members to meet one another. Have them briefly share their Prewriting activities with one another to allow them the time to think about choices for their papers. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Have students hand in Prewriting activity at the end of class; grade Prewriting activity for next class to keep on timeline. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Day Five <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Mini Lesson: My Side of the Story <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Detailed Lesson Plan attached <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Have students complete this individually <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Ask some to share <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Use this lesson to stress the fact that there are many sides to each story and it is ultimately their decisions as writers what angle they want to write a story from <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Hand back Pre-Writing Activity with your thoughts/ideas/approval <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Have groups get together, share their ideas for articles <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">At this time, you should make yourself available for questions; walk around room to monitor group conversations to make sure they are on task <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">At the end of class, have students turn into you a tentative idea of what they will be covering in their articles and who will be writing what for the newspaper pieces <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">For homework, students will rewrite the outline for the article they will be responsible for writing <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">This is their opportunity to personalize the information they wish to include in their rewrite of the story <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Day Six <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Grammar activity <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Students will work on effectively implementing sources within their articles. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Students should feel comfortable that they are formatting the quotes in proper citation form (MLA for this lesson) <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Lesson will also focus on different way of introducing quotes within your text <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Allow the last 25 minutes of class to discuss who they wish to interview for their school/local current event article. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">While they do that, you will conduct group conferences of 5-6 minutes to see how students are doing. Have each of them briefly propose the ideas they will address in their articles and allow them to ask any questions. These <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">At the end of class, collect new outlines. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">These must be given back the next day in order to keep the ball rolling for this project. I would not worry about grading the outlines per say, but instead, ranking them with green, yellow or red. If the student receives their outline with a green mark on it, then they know you have approved their material and they can begin drafting. If they receive a yellow, they need to reconsider some things and show it to you again. If they receive a red, they should see you immediately, as there are major concerns with their topic. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">For homework, students must decide who will contact the person they wish to interview while the other three come up with 3 interview questions to turn into the teacher for approval. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Day Seven <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Mini Lesson: Fairy Tale News Reporting done with project groups <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Lesson Plan attached <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Allows students to practice pulling the Who, What, Where, When, Why from a story to maximize the audience’s understanding <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Allows students to practice interview skills
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