Deconstructing News Articles

Andrea HopfMelanie SchulzeKaitlyn Worsley

Lesson 1

• This episode will focus on teaching the students how to read through news articles and to draw from them the most important features of a news article.

• The second focus of the lesson will be to introduce the students to Windows Live Movie Maker

Heading

The heading of the article is short and eye-catching

Byline

The author’s name is written at the top of the article.

Body

This is where the story is told, the who, what, when, where, why and how and all the important information.

Tail

The tail of the article contains the least important information and concludes the article.

Using WLMM

• Learn how to:

1. Insert title slides

2. Edit title slide text

3. Edit title slide durations

Click the ‘Home’ tabFind and click ‘Title’This inserts a title card which we can edit

Click behind the slide and repeat the process for the desired amount of title cards

Double click the automatic textType in your desired text

Click the ‘Format’ tabFind ‘Text duration’Edit with the desired amount of time you want the text to show.2 seconds is written as 2.00

Now you know how to insert a title then edit the text and duration!

Lesson 2

• Students will use this lesson to focus on recording and editing their videos.

• They will learn how to insert footage, split it up and move around under relevant headings

Lesson 3

• Students will use this lesson to focus on completing and editing their finished videos.

• Trim footage, use effects and transitions and learn how to save and publish.

Overview

Focus Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3

Content News article genre features

Recording responses to news genre chart

Watch group responses

Technology

Learning how to insert title slides and edit duration/text

Inserting and splitting footage to correct headings

Finalise editing with transitions, effects and trimming.

Pedagogy Deconstructing news article with PPT. Emphasising features through WLMM.

Recording student understanding of features. Sorting ideas with WLMM.

Engaging with other group responses.