Fake News: Media Literacy Writing Unit
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Description
This fun and engaging unit explores the current world of fake news. Through mini-lessons, students will learn strategies for identifying fake news and put them into practice through various activities. They will also apply their knowledge of non-fiction text features of an online news article to create their own fake news. This unit is sure to keep students hooked with the real-life connections and creative writing process. A differentiated version of the fake news article writing piece is included along with assessment checklists.
This package contains:
~ Detailed teacher notes (PDF)
~ Teacher instructional slides for teaching the lessons with embedded student activities and assessments (Google Slides)
~ Student Writing package for writing the “Fake News” story (Google Slides and PDF)
~ Student samples of fake news articles
~ An assessment checklists (Student and Teacher)
Assessment
This project can be assessed for:
~ Language (Reading, Writing and Media Literacy)
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