Broadcast News Presentations Today

Posted May 12, 2015

Ask to see your child’s Broadcast News presentation in Google Drive!

Broadcast News Learning Goals & Success Criteria

Posted April 28, 2015

Here are the criteria we came up with as a class that make for a good tv news broadcast. Learning Goal We are learning to create tv news broadcasts. Success Criteria I can speak like a broadcaster Professional but friendly tone and language Slow and steady pace Volume is loader than a conversational voice Clarity: each […]

BBC Resources for Making a News Broadcast

Posted April 28, 2015

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/school_report/resources_for_teachers/9542588.stm#PTC Video: How to make a video news report (7 mins) Learn how to make a great video report with some help from the BBC reporter Sophie Long. School Reporters show how the news-making process works and break down the components of a good news package.   Video and guide: How to make your own […]

Journalism & Quotation Marks

Posted March 31, 2015

We are conducting interviews and practicing writing quotes! In every interview: Listen more than you speak. Control the interview gently, but don’t interrupt. Be polite but persistent. Ask open-ended questions; especially avoid questions with “yes/no” answers. Visualise the story as it is revealed to you. Evaluate the news story as it is revealed to you. […]

Debate Checklist

Posted February 6, 2015

Review your research and check it for the following before you present: In your own words If you sound like you’re reading from Wikipedia, your audience a) won’t believe you and b) will be bored. Similes/Comparisons Include a simile to make statistics more meaningful to your audience It’s hard for your audience to imagine numbers and […]

Conducting a Debate

Posted January 12, 2015

A debate is a discussion or structured contest about an issue or a resolution. A formal debate involves two sides: one supporting a resolution and one opposing it. Such a debate is bound by rules previously agreed upon. Debates may be judged in order to declare a winning side. Debates, in one form or another, are commonly used […]

7 1/2 – Weekly Update

Posted December 1, 2014

This week 7-1/2 is finishing off their: Fairy Tales Front and back book covers self-assessment of their Reader’s Theatre presentation (if not already done) Also, those who are finished are building animated stories in PowToon. I will not be marking PowToon, this will just be a fun way to learn the program before we use […]

Oral: Reader’s Theatre

Posted November 1, 2014

Here are your self-selected reader’s theatre plays. The top link is the script. The bottom link is the video. To watch the plays, you must log in using your child’s gmail account. One Eye. Two Eyes. Three Eyes.  https://drive.google.com/OneEyes.TwoEyes.ThreeEyes/ Cinderella Bigfoot GoogleDrive/CinderellaBigfoot The 3 Wolves and the Big Bad Pig https://drive.google.com/3Wolves&theBigBadPig Hansel & Gretel The Wizard, The Fairy […]