Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy Civic Literacy Health Literacy Big Ideas: Course Objectives / Content Statement(s) Hooking the Reader, Factual Reporting (Just the Facts), Ridding Bias(moved weeks 7 & 8), Content Curation, Organizing information in your writing (Credibility of Sources - moved to week 5 Pacing: Weeks 3 & 4 Essential Questions Enduring Understandings What will students understand about the big ideas? Students will understand that… How does the media determine the audience they are trying to reach when writing an article? The media uses a variety of methods to How does the media presents information to get people to experience different emotions? What content curation is and how it can be used to improve researching and the data How can the media enhance or manipulate collected. information presented in articles to elicit emotions from its audience? The descriptions of the two main organizational techniques for hard news. What is content curation tools? How to determine which organizational How does the media organize the technique is best for a particular article. information gathered in order to write an article? Areas of Focus: Proficiencies Examples, Outcomes, Assessments (see below about the content of this section) (Cumulative Progress Indicators)
Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy Civic Literacy Health Literacy Big Ideas: Course Objectives / Content Statement(s) Hooking the Reader, Factual Reporting (Just the Facts), Ridding Bias(moved weeks 7 & 8), Content Curation, Organizing information in your writing (Credibility of Sources - moved to week 5 Pacing: Weeks 3 & 4 Essential Questions How does the media determine the audience they are trying to reach when writing an article? How does the media presents information to get people to experience different emotions? How can the media enhance or manipulate information presented in articles to elicit emotions from its audience? What is content curation tools? How does the media organize the information gathered in order to write an article? Enduring Understandings What will students understand about the big ideas? Students will understand that… The media uses a variety of methods to What content curation is and how it can be used to improve researching and the data collected. The descriptions of the two main organizational techniques for hard news. How to determine which organizational technique is best for a particular article. Areas of Focus: Proficiencies (Cumulative Progress Indicators) Examples, Outcomes, Assessments (see below about the content of this section)
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