Name
To Post or not to Post?
Topic
Fake News: an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Lesson
Learning time
1 hour and 30 minutes
Designed time
1 hour and 30 minutes
Size of class
24
Description
Using examples of fake news found on the Internet students are asked to evaluate them using certain criteria
Aims
This lesson gives students media literacy skills they need to spot fake news and think twice before they spread them.
Outcomes
Identify, Evaluate, Apply
Editor
eurydice
Edit
Is this the real life?
65 minutes)
  • Discuss
    5
    24
    0
    Whole class discussion on how they use social media and on how they choose what news to like / share / post
  • Read Watch Listen
    10
    3-4
    0
    Students in groups of three to four, are given various pieces of internet news (both true and fake) and are asked to identify the fake ones. They present their opinions
  • Collaborate
    15
    3-4
    0
    Based on their previous task students are asked to make a list of things that made them suspect some of the news were fake.
  • Discuss
    10
    24
    0
    They report to the whole class and compare their results.
  • Read Watch Listen
    10
    24
    0
    They are then given a list of criteria for identifying fake posts, make sure they understand them and compare with what they came up with.
  • Investigate
    15
    3-4
    0
    Students revisit the news and make their final decisions. They discuss if and how their opinions changed.
Notes:
Resources linked: 0
Fake news begone!
25 minutes)
  • Produce
    15
    3-4
    0
    Each group will produce their own poster on Canva.com, or Powerpoint
  • Practice
    10
    24
    0
    They present their posters to the whole class, choose the best ones to post on the school website
Notes:
Resources linked: 0

Learning Experience

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