Chapter 6 Finding Information from the Media

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Chapter 6Finding Information from the Media

• Goals
• To learn about information from three types of
  media newspaper, television, and radio
• To learn about the parts of a newspaper
• To learn about reading a newspaper for
  information
• To learn how to use the classified adverting
  section
• To learn how to use the help wanted section of
  the classified ads
• To learn how to use television and radio for
  information.

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Lesson 1 TelevisionStandard English Language
Arts Standard OneEssential Question(s) Why
Write?Why share personal experiences in
writing?What makes writing worth reading?How do
writers express their thoughts and feelings?Why
do we need grammar? Lesson Objectives Students
will demonstrate a knowledge of television
vocabulary and what television offers to viewers.

• Warm-Up
• Vocabulary mass media, broadcast
• Read pages 166-171
• Complete Exercise A,B,C,D
• Complete Workbook Activity 34
• Activity 38
• Review Lesson 1

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Lesson 2 RadioStandard English Language Arts
Standard OneEssential Question(s) Why
Write?Why share personal experiences in
writing?What makes writing worth reading?How do
writers express their thoughts and feelings?Why
do we need grammar? Lesson Objectives Students
will demonstrate a knowledge of radio vocabulary
and what radio offers.

• Warm-Up
• Vocabulary Federal Communications Commission
  (FCC)
• Read pages 172-175
• Complete Exercise A,B,C
• Complete Workbook Activity 35
• Activity 39
• Review lesson 2

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Lesson 3 NewspapersStandard English Language
Arts Standard OneEssential Question(s) Why
Write?Why share personal experiences in
writing?What makes writing worth reading?How do
writers express their thoughts and feelings?Why
do we need grammar? Lesson Objectives Students
will locate parts of a newspaper.Students will
match newspaper terms with their
meaning.Students will answer questions about
using print and online newspapers to find
information.

• Warm-Up
• Vocabulary Daily, current, national
• Read pages 176-181
• Complete Exercise A,B,C,D,E
• Complete Workbook Activity 36
• Activity 40
• Review lesson 3

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Lesson 4 AdvertisementsStandard English
Language Arts Standard OneEssential Question(s)
Why Write?Why share personal experiences in
writing?What makes writing worth reading?How do
writers express their thoughts and feelings?Why
do we need grammar? Lesson Objectives Students
will examine various forms of media
advertisements.

• Warm-Up
• Vocabulary advertise, Advertisement
• Read pages 182-185
• Complete Exercise A,B
• Complete Workbook Activity 37
• Activity 41
• Review lesson 4

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Lesson 5 Classified AdsStandard English
Language Arts Standard OneEssential Question(s)
Why Write?Why share personal experiences in
writing?What makes writing worth reading?How do
writers express their thoughts and feelings?Why
do we need grammar? Lesson Objectives Students
will locate sections of the classifieds using a
sample index.Students will write a classified ad.

• Warm-Up
• Vocabulary classified advertisements
• Read pages 186-191
• Complete Exercise A,B,C,D,E
• Complete Workbook Activity 38
• Activity 42
• Review lesson 5

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Lesson 6 Help-Wanted AdsStandard English
Language Arts Standard OneEssential Question(s)
Why Write?Why share personal experiences in
writing?What makes writing worth reading?How do
writers express their thoughts and feelings?Why
do we need grammar? Lesson Objectives Students
will answer questions about the help-wanted
ads.Students will interpret abbreviations that
appear in sample ads.

• Warm-Up
• Turn to page 192
• Read pages 192-197
• Complete Exercise A,B,C,D,E
• Complete Workbook Activity 39
• Activity 40,44
• Review lesson 6

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Standard English Language Arts Standard
OneEssential Question(s) Why Write?Why share
personal experiences in writing?What makes
writing worth reading?How do writers express
their thoughts and feelings?Why do we need
grammar?

• Review Chapter 6
• Test on Chapter 6