Professional Journalists

By: Ohood Al Yafei

• Introduction

• Task

• Process

• Resources

• Evaluation

• Conclusion

• Teacher

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• 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.

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• In conclusion of the project

Students' self assessment, assessment of group work as a

whole(communication, teamwork, initiative, cooperation, working

independently, quality of writing, going beyond the call of duty,

responsibility and organization)

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