Introduction
Have you ever imagined to be a newspaper editor?
Sometimes you have heard something interested you would like to share, this is your opportunity, let´s work on it!.
This webquest is created to help ESL students to practice their vocabulary, to review tenses and to develop writing skills.
Students will practice their English skills to create a newspaper article
Curriculum: language artes
Students: ESL students
Level: medium
Duration: one week
Task
Student´s task
Your aim is to write a newspaper article about something new in your town, life, or school.
Product: Newspaper article
Students will work on team of two people
First activitiy review of tenses
Second activity: Writing an article
Process
Steps:
Get in groupos of two students
Activities:
1. Review verbs by playing the irregular verb wheel game :
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/verb_wheel/
Think about an interesting news in your school, neighborhood, work or town. Let`s write and article about it
2 Start writing your article by choosing one of the next newspaper generators .
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/printing-press-30036.html
http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
http://www.presentationmagazine.com/editable-powerpoint-newspapers-407.htm
3. Send your activity to your teacher and mytechyenglishcorner@gmail.com
Evaluation
Evaluation writing rubric
Conclusion
Well done!
You have experienced :
- rewiew of tenses
- writing skills
- critical thinking
- work in teams
- use of learning technologies in education