Fake News vs The Five Ws - Critical Thinking Lesson, Assessment, Solution 001

Fight Fake News using the Five Ws!

Use the Five Ws (who, what, when, where, why/how) to think critically about the story behind the message.

60 minutes of content:

• Part 1: Fake News vs The Five Ws & Exit Ticket (30 min)

• Part 2: Taking up the Answers & Student Reflection (30 min)

Slideshow lesson teaches critical thinking concepts.

Exit ticket assessment gives students a chance to demonstrate their understanding of the lesson.

Marking Guide includes sample "look-fors."

• Incorrect answer

• Simple / straightforward answer

• Answers demonstrating increasing complexity

• A list of "Next Steps" is included on the exit ticket. You can choose one for the student, or they can self-select what they think they need to work on.

Generic rubric categories are used instead of numbers or marks:

• Epic, Great, Good, Okay, Needs Improvement, Major Misunderstanding.

• This way, you can use this activity with different grades - just shift the benchmark where you attach your grades.

The "Taking up the Answers" slideshow

• shows students how to take a simple answer and create a more complex idea using "idea volleyball."

Social-Emotional Learning is built directly into the lesson and assessment:

The exit ticket is designed to help students develop self-awareness skills.

After students see the correct answer, the "Taking up the Answers" slideshow walks students through the goal-setting process to improve:

1. What did you do well?
2. What ideas did you miss this time?
3. What is your goal for next time?
4. What might help you to improve?
   

The "Taking up the Answers" slideshow gives students examples of actions they can take to improve:

• Use a different Strategy

• Apply more Effort.

• Optimize results (by looking at previous work to see if there are patterns.)

• Tinkering with new ideas

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✅ The slideshow lesson teaches the concepts (31 slides.)

✅ The "Taking up the answers" slideshow shows students where they went wrong and how they can improve (58 slides.)

✅ You can EDIT THE GOOGLE SLIDES to fit your classroom needs.

✅ Visual Lesson Timing PDF (8 pages) shows you which slides to teach (i.e. a lesson plan just with slide thumbnails.)

✅ Exit Ticket Handout (1 pages). Note - I used Google Slides to make the handout.

✅ Answer Guide PDF (1 page) with things to "look-for" for different categories on the rubric. (i.e. ideas with increasing complexity.)

✅ Scanned Handwritten Example Answer PDF (1 page) so students can see what a complex answer might look like. (i.e., how to get all of those complex ideas into a tiny space by being precise and concise.)

✅ Use the one-click copy links (in the START HERE File Table of Contents PDF) to quickly find the files you need.

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