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Denise Dejonghe, Abbott Middle School Journalism Teacher, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Journalism Lesson Objectives |
| Students will be able to... |
| ...Write news articles
containing: 1) Who, What, Where, When, Why, How, and a Quote -or- 2) A description of both sides of a controversial issue, stating and supporting a position, and a Quote |
| ...Gather information from non-print sources, including individuals and the internet |
| ...Evaluate news items to determine what issues 1) are important and 2) will continue to be important in the future |
Language Arts Lesson Objectives |
| Students will be able to... |
| ...research an informational topic using internet resources |
| ...brainstorm by listing important information to include in a non-fiction article |
| ...write a rough draft from a brainstormed list of information |
| ...revise and edit their own writing and the writing of others |
| ...publish their writing using a word processing or desktop publishing program |
Journalism Group Newspaper 3-Week Plan
DAY 1: Process Steps 1 and 2
Arrange students into diverse groups of 4 students per group.
Give an overview of the WebQuest project - emphasize the focus on 1985, 1986 and 1987 News.
Discuss difference between straight news (5W's and H) and Editorial (opinion/supported) articles.
Have students choose from the four pages within each group.
Page 1 - Front Page (Major News) with Masthead
Page 2 - Major News continued
Page 3 - Editorials
Page 4 - Sports and Entertainment
DAY 2 and 3: Process Step 3
Students use the internet resources to find, read, and type at least four events and descriptions of the events into the "Eighties" form. Have students print out the forms each day to prevent the loss of any information.
DAY 4: Process Step 4
Group members evaluate and choose the 2 most important/newsworthy events (from their "Eighties" forms) to include on each page of their group paper.
Explain that the events their editorial page will contain must be issues or problems that have two sides to consider.
Show students the Editorial Form.
Discuss, as a class, and list valid reasons for important/newsworthy events.
Groups then write three reasons why they chose each of the events to include in their paper.
DAYS 5 and 6: Process Step 4 continued, assign Step 5 as homework.
Students find details about the 2 events on their page to fill in the 5W's and H + Quote form (or, if the student is an editorial writer, the Editorial Form).
Each student completes 2 Forms - one for each article. Forms are then taken home to complete the quote sections as homework.
DAYS 7 and 8: Process Step 6
Students use the completed forms to write and type the articles (2 per student).
Peer Revision and Editing of articles
DAY 9 and 10: Process Step 7
Groups choose a name for their paper and view current online newspaper mastheads for ideas.
Groups create a masthead using Adobe PageMaker or Microsoft Word.
Teacher Revision and Editing of articles.
DAY 11 and 12: Process Step 8
Students correct their articles using peer and teacher revision and editing ideas. They then use Adobe PageMaker or Microsoft Word to layout newspaper pages containing their articles.
Students add clipart/photos/advertisements to fill any empty areas
DAY 13: Process Step 9
Students use online newspapers to read front page news articles from various newspapers. They then predict what current news events will be important news items in the future.
Students use their lists from the "Day 4" class discussion to write valid reasons why the events will be important in the future.
DAY 14 AND 15: Students complete WebQuest and Work on Extension Assignments
Word Games/Puzzles using 80s links and puzzlemaker
Birth Year Web Page using WebAlley
Please
e-mail any questions, comments, links, or ideas you have to
improve this WebQuest.
Denise Dejonghe, Abbott Middle School Journalism Teacher, West Bloomfield, Michigan