LESSON #6: Newspapers and other Media

  • LESSON #6: Newspapers and other Media

    Learning Goals: By the end of this lesson you will be able to

    -          Students will be able to recognize informational texts.

    -          Students will be able to guess lexis from context.


    • SONG: What Do you Want From Me? by Adam Lambert Assignment


    • MARKING THE OSSLT: Rubric etc Assignment

      Teacher's Marking Scheme (Test based on 50 marks x2 = 100)

      TCA (OF LEARNING) LEVEL. R to +4 in four categories: Knowledge / Thinking / Communication / Application

      RUBRIC for the Official OSSLT TEST (download from this file)

    • OSSLT TEST FEEDBACK: HIGH-MEDIUM-LOW SHARING Lesson

      You will be put into groups of 3 with a student who received the highest + the average + the lowest score. YOU DON'T HAVE TO REVEAL YOUR LEVEL UNLESS YOU WANT TO, BUT SHARE THE STRATEGIES THAT WORKED FOR YOU AND THE DIFFICULTIES YOU HAD WRITING THE TEST

      HIGHLIGHTS

      1. READ THE Essay and Short Answer questions CAREFULLY BEFORE AND AFTER

      2. Answer length (ESSAY 1-2 pages / short answer 125-150 words

      3. The test will be handwritten - NO INTERNET

      NOTES:    Lowest score .....32.  /  Highest Score .....90   / Class Average .... 58.                   70 is a pass on the OSSLT

      8 results were below 70

      7 results were  70+


    • LESSON 6.1: The Parts of a Newspaper Report Assignment

      The Resource found here is taken from the OSSLT Handbook on pages 82-83

    • Activity 6.1: Your Newspaper Assignment

      You work for the school newspaper and have been asked to write a 175 -200 word newspaper article on one of the following breaking news stories:

      1) There is a sudden COVID-19 BREAKOUT in the school.

      2) A teacher is arrested for STEALING MONEY from the Student Council bank account.

      3) Students at the school GO ON STRIKE over the poor quality of the food in the cafeteria

      You will have to make up the facts and information. Your article must have a catchy HOOK as a title

      Use your imagination and include one or more made-up characters (WHO) - use quotes from witnesses or people involved; WHAT happens?; WHERE?; WHEN? WHY did it happen and WHY is this an important story; also describe HOW.

    • ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 6.3: CLEOPATRA- Beyond The Myth Assignment

      Read the sample Article from an OSSLT exam and answer the comprehension questions.

    • ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY 6.4: [FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO ONLY] ...Fables and Fairy Tales Assignment

      We have all grown up reading fables and fairy tales.  All cultures have them. Why?

      We either read them ourselves or have others read them to us when we are young (for example, parents, teachers etc.)

      Download and read the traditional Chinese Fable The Miserly Farmer.

      The teacher has highlighted some vocabulary in the narrative text  which you will put into your PORTFOLIO as a Glossary, along with a definition as well as an example of how the word is used in a sentence (an original sentence not the one in the story).

      NEXT: write a 125-150 word short paragraph describing one of your favourite fables or fairy tales. Briefly describe what happens and what the "message" was.

      PUT THIS IN YOUR HANDWRITTEN OR DIGITAL PORTFOLIO  - DON'T PUT INTO MOODLE

    • HOMEWORK: Work towards completion of your Opinion Essay Assignment

      You should be getting close to completing your OPINION ESSAY with an INTRODUCTION (Hook, 2-3 sentences about the POINTS you will make in the essay, and your THESIS.

      You can upload the latest DRAFT here for comment by the teacher and your classmate partner.