Non-Fiction Media Unit Plan:
Creating a “Breaking News” Website on Cassie Brown’s
Death on the Ice
Lesson 6: Completing the
Website / Wrapping Up
Total Time: 50 minutes
Location: School Computer Lab or Learning Resources Centre
5 minutes – Administration
– Settle class down, take attendance, check homework assignments, etc.
5 minutes – Divide Students for Tasks
– Students divide up to complete any outstanding tasks related to the website.
– Other students can work on a reflection or journal entry on the Death
on the Ice
website project. This can be done in HTML as a link to their name
on the project
site, if they wish, or can be a written assignment.
30 minutes – Group Work
– Students perform assigned tasks to complete the website project.
10 minutes – Personal Assessments
– Have students complete a personal assessment of their performance on
the
project, as well as an assessment of their group members for both written
group
assignments (the media release, and the mock news story).
– Collect personal assessments and journal entries.
5 minutes – Administration
– Assign homework, tidy-up work space, prepare for dismissal, etc. |