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Lesson Plan Fake News (Reading - B1)

This lesson plan aims to teach older teenagers and adults how to identify fake news and fake websites by having them analyze two websites, one real and one fake, about octopuses. The lesson includes a discussion of strategies to identify fake news using the Five C's, followed by an activity where students find and analyze their own examples of fake news stories. The goal is to develop students' critical thinking, collaboration and media literacy skills.

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Lesson Plan Fake News (Reading - B1)

This lesson plan aims to teach older teenagers and adults how to identify fake news and fake websites by having them analyze two websites, one real and one fake, about octopuses. The lesson includes a discussion of strategies to identify fake news using the Five C's, followed by an activity where students find and analyze their own examples of fake news stories. The goal is to develop students' critical thinking, collaboration and media literacy skills.

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LESSON PLAN

FAKE NEWS

This lesson for older teenagers and adults at CEF level B1 and above looks at strategies for identifying fake
news and fake websites.

Introduction

Ideally this lesson is for teenagers, but it can also be used with adults. The lesson begins with a brief
discussion about news and fake news.

Students then skim read two webpages. One website is about the Tree Octopus (a spoof), while the other is
about the Octopus Tree. After a brief reading comprehension activity, students study the websites, using a
set of questions to help them. The goal is to discover which one is the fake website and why it’s fake!

As a final activity, students find other fake news stories currently circulating the internet. They choose one
from the list and design a post or meme advising their friends not to fall for it.

Aims:

 To expand knowledge of vocabulary related to news and the media


 To raise students’ awareness of fake news through discussion and reading
 To develop students’ 21st-century skills, including critical thinking, collaboration and media literacy

Age/level:

Older teenagers and adults at CEF level B1 and above

Time:

45-60 minutes

Procedure
Warm up

Watch and comment on the following video. Do you think this strategy will help you to identify a fake
news? What do you think about the 5 C's? Are they useful?

Helping Students Identify Fake News with the Five C's of Critical Consuming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf8mjbVRqao

Lesson Plan:

Fake news (lesson plan) (Check the document (pdf) and print a copy).
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/Fake_news_lesson_plan.pdf
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/fake-news
Student worksheet:

Fake news (student worksheet) (Check the document (pdf) and print copies).
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/Fake_news_student_worksheet.pdf
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/fake-news

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