Breaking News in Non-Fiction

Lesson Six
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.

Overview of Lessons:

Lesson 1:  Discussing the Impact of the “Great Sealing Disaster of 1914"
Lesson 2:  Study the Role of the Media in Breaking News Such as Tragedies
Lesson 3:  Preparing Mock Media Releases for a Cassie Brown “Breaking News” Website
Lesson 4:  Preparing a Website Layout, and Writing Mock News Stories
Lesson 5:  Creating the Website
Lesson 6:  Completing the Website / Wrapping Up


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