Artifact # 5
Artifact 5: NEWS PAPER ACTIVITY: Social Needs
Context:
This lesson plan was created during my CI 3850: Literacy, Technology
and Instruction class at Appalachian State University. The following
lesson plan will help the students identify ways in which people of their
State meet their social needs. After researching North Carolina cultural
activities the students will create a word processing document of their
findings.
Impact:
After this assignment students will be able to develop categories of
social needs and post their findings on a chart. Students will also
be able to identify ways in which people meet their social needs in NC
(e.g. NC State Fair). Before the assignment a class discussion will
be held to grasp the concepts of social needs (i.e. social, family, and
religious activities). Students will begin looking for clippings
of NC cultural activities in newspapers and cut the articles out in groups.
After choosing an event, each student will write a descriptive paragraph
about the event. Students will then type up their paragraphs using
their computer skills and print out a hard copy to turn in. Each
student will then edit and revised a paragraph in cooperative groups and
then a revised copy will be made for each student.
*As an extra assignment to make sure the students understand what they
have just completed, you can have them complete a computer journal describing
their work on this project*
Alignment:
After the completion of this assignment the students shall be able
to locate and evaluate resources. They will have accomplished by
using the resources in the classroom, home, library, etc. The resources
are unlimited; they range from the Internet, dictionaries, encyclopedias,
magazines, newspapers, etc., what ever they can find that
provides correct information about their subject matter (INTASC
# 7). By completing the computer journal, the students will use
computers/technology to communicate to their classmates, parents, and to
me what they have learned through this assignment (Tech
Comp12.3). Demonstration of knowledge through application of
social, family, cultural issues (Tech Comp
14.3) will be developed through class discussion and the presentation
of each student’s research.