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• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Resources
• Evaluation
• Conclusion
• Teacher
Author: Ohood Al-Yafei
• Here we will learn about news and newspapers.
• What does news mean?
News is the communication of information on current
events, which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or
word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.
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• Our School is having a group competition of writing a
newspaper report. The winner group will get their report
published in one of the local newspaper.
• Who knows? You could be the winner.
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• In this web quest
You are going to:
1.Read different newspaper reports.
2.Read about writing newspaper reports
3.Analyze a newspaper report.
4.Write a news report.
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• You are going to work in groups to complete two phases:
Analyzing a news report
Writing a news report
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Steps
1. Choose an online newspaper from the resources section.
2. Choose an article/ report.
3. Read it and analyze:
The title
The event
The time and place
The people and the pictures or video (if any)
4. Write down your analysis on a paper
5. Share your answers with your group
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Students' roles
• Student1, 2, 3, 4: Choose an interesting recent event in the news
from given resources
• Student 1: Analyze the title.
• Student 2: Analyze what the event was.
• Student 3: Analyze when and where it happened.
• Student 4: Analyze who was in it
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Steps:
1. Planning:
Think about the topic of your report.
Divide the roles in your group.
2. Writing:
Gathering information about the topic
Interviewing people
Taking pictures or shooting videos
Writing the article/ report
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Students' roles
Student 1: Gather information about the topic from different
Student 2: Interview people about the topic (specialists, regular
people)
Student 3: Take pictures and shoot a video related to the topic
Student 4: write an outline.
Student1, 2, 3, 4: Write the final report
1. You should use the given resources to do your role and write a
professional news report/article.
2. You will be graded as a group. Collaborative work is needed to
get a good grade.
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Note
• Online newspapers
1. BBC
2. Oman Observer
3. CNN
• How to write a newspaper article
1. Source 1
2. Source 2
• How to interview like a journalist
• How to take pictures and shoot videos for newspapers
• How to write an article outline
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• Remember, you are evaluated as a group.
• Open the document and look at the evaluation rubric.
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• You have learned how to be a professional journalist. You
read different newspapers articles, read about writing
newspapers articles and wrote an article/ report yourself.
You have done a wonderful job all of you! Our congratulation to
the winning group. Your work is one of its kinds.
• Now, dso you consider working in journalism? Look at the
additional resources below. They can help you to start a
career in journalism.
Journalistic writing
7 Ways to write your blog posts like a journalist
How journalists write
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• The audience: Grade 10, 11 and 12.
• Time frame: six 45-minute lessons
• Course: There is a unit about news in grade 12 English
curriculum in Oman.
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Goals
Teacher's goals
1. Identifying the challenges students may face as journalists.
2. Monitoring students' progress in reading and writing skills
throughout the project.
3. Publishing a journal from students' work at the end.
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Goals
• Students goals
1. Developing language (Critical reading, Writing)
2. Using skills in the media and technology
3. Working collaboratively in groups
4. Learning independently
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Instructions
• Provide students with hard copies of newspapers.
• Make sure that all the group members are working.
• Give any needed explanation about the layout of the
newspaper report.
• Give feedback about the first draft of students' writing.
• Publish the winning group report in the school blog. Start a
new blog for other students' reports .
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What background knowledge do your students bring
to the project?
Students may use their prior knowledge about:
• local community (home, school, neighbors, etc)
• global community
• School Subjects( science, social studies, geography, etc)
• English skills (Writing, Reading, Speaking, Listening)
• Computer and technology applications
• Communication skills (emailing, interviewing, etc)
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Assessment of student work
• In the introduction stage of the project
Give them exercises that refresh their prior knowledge and their
understanding of the project's goals, requirements and areas of grading.
• In the implementation of the project
Monitors their work; emphasize the deadlines, keep informal assessment,
give regular feedback about their progress and weaknesses.
Teacher
Author: Ohood Al-Yafei