Non-Fiction Media Unit Plan:
Creating a “Breaking News” Website on Cassie Brown’s
Death on the Ice
Lesson 3: Preparing Mock
Media Releases for a Cassie Brown “Breaking News” Web Site
Total Time: 50 minutes
5 minutes – Administration
– Settle class down, take attendance, check homework, etc.
5 minutes – Divide Class for Group Work
– Divide students into groups of four or five.
– Have students pick a group or organization from the list developed as
a class.
– Give out handout listing objectives of the exercise.
35 minutes – Group Work
– Have students pick a group leader and recorder.
– Have students discuss what questions, concerns, or viewpoints their “group”
would have in the wake of “The Great Sealing Disaster,” and would include
in a
media release.
– Have students prepare a mock media release based on these issues.
– Collect finished media releases.
5 minutes – Administration
– Homework assignments, tidy-up classroom, prepare for dismissal, etc. |