In the News

Weekly Project

 

            Each week a different group of students will present the big news story of the week.  The group will get their news from a variety of sources.  These sources will include: newspapers, magazines, Internet, T.V. and other forms of media.  Each group will work together during the week to present a mock newscast for the rest of the class in order to teach the class the key issues from the week. 

Requirements

1. Report on two news events from the following categories

·        World

·        Politics/ Law/ Economics

·        Sports/ Entertainment

·        Science/ Technology/ Health

·        US/ Local in Wisconsin

·        Two from anything else but they must be different categories

 

2. Visual Aids

• Create a video

• Use Five visual aids showing appropriate pictures of the stories pictures .

• Other visual aids if appropriate

• THIS WILL REQUIRE SOMETIME IN STUDY HALL- News stories can be up to a month old

 

3.  Your group must turn in a list of six sources.  Your sources must consist of three sources of print and three sources from the Internet.  The source must list the article and where you found the article and the date of the publication.  The sources must be in MLA style.

4. Must paraphrase your articles.  Read the news, then put the news in your own words.  Use words that you know and know how to pronounce. 

5.  Make one question at the end for discussion.  This must be an opinion question about one of the topics.  News cast today often do polls on opinion questions.  You will make the opinion question to poll the class and be discussed. 

6. Time should be 15-30 minutes

Signed _______________________________  Date due ______________

Parents Signed _______________

 

In the News Rubric

	Excellent 5 points	Good 4points	Average 3points	Needs Improvement 2points	Incomplete 0 points
Each news reports explains in detail the five W’s and how of the stories	All stories give detail, which include the 5'w . Student paraphrase and tell the story without reading	Students paraphrase on most stories.  Some struggles but very few.	Students read the stories and it sounds almost word for word from article	Lots of mistakes and errors in the readings
News report is on the twelve topics needed	All Stories are completed	Completed 10-11 of the news stories	Only Completed 7-9 stories.	Created only six or less stories	No Stories completed
Is delivered orally to the class with a conversational voice that is easily understood and vocabulary is looked up ahead of time	All Stories are completed	Completed 10-11 of the news stories	Only Completed 7-9 stories.	Created only six or less stories	No Stories completed
Presentation of newscast	Video is create and edited with transitions	Video is created	Presented in class on PowerPoint	Presented in class
Entertainment	The students  make the newscast entertaining with 2 commercials, it runs smoothly	The newscast is completed and runs smoothly	Completed with little entertainment	It is done
Visual aids are exciting and add to the Newcast.	5 or more visual aids	3 or more	Visual aids are presented, but boring. 1-3 visual aids	Visual aids are incomplete.	No visual aids
Discussion or opinion question	Question is open ended and great for discussion	Question is open ended and will create discussion	Question is done	Question does not make any sense	No question
MLA sources	All six source are done and typed completed the correct way MLA format	All source are done and typed, possible errors	Not typed or but completed	Not typed or completed	No sources