Lesson+Two+-+Journalism



News Journalism

Grade Level: 8th Unit: English Author: Laurie Mekelburg

Lesson Objectives:
 * Student will understand how to critique journalism articles for accuracy and content.
 * Student will see area of research and why that is important to compare.
 * Student will be able to write articles using their skills of persuasion, descriptive words and resources.
 * Student will be able to write a journalism article that can be published in the school or local newspaper.
 * Student will be able to effectively use GoggleEarth webpage and access other internet webpages to clearly focus on one item of interest.

Time Required to complete this lesson: 2 weeks

Description of lesson: Your student will be learning how to find research and reference material that can be used to comprise an article expressing an opinion they are passionate in. They will discover how to use descriptive words to clarify their thoughts so someone else understands this passion. The students will be using GoogleEarth to see area of lesson.

Assignment:
 * 1) Find past articles to use for reference.
 * 2) Rough draft of article of their choice. This could also include a cartoon segment if desired. []
 * 3) Research to obtain information to reinforce their thoughts and making sure their information is accurate.
 * 4) Fine tune their article checking for spelling, grammar and content.
 * 5) Submitting their article for publishing.



Resources/materials needed: Library, computers, addresses for publishing, drawing materials if including a cartoon, GoogleEarth for tour of area.

Technology used: Computer web pages and resources, __[|www.crayon.net]__ , web connections to any papers that may have an article on that specific edangered animal.

The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way: The students will gain an understanding on how to use material obtained online to back their opinion. They will learn how to use GoogleEarth to see images of an area when it is physically impossible to be there. We could also create a web page for our classroom to publish their articles online.

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