Exploring Bias and Exaggeration in News and Magazine Articles

In this lesson, students will explore the use of exaggeration and bias in newspapers and magazines.

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Exploring Bias and Exaggeration in News and Magazine Articles

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives:

Students will:

identify examples of bias and exaggeration in newspapers and magazines.
explore why magazines and newspapers use bias and exaggeration.

Essential and guiding questions:

How do readers’ know what to believe in what they read, hear, and view?
How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and literary text?
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response?
What is this text really about?
How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and literary text?
What is this text really about?
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response?
How do readers know what to believe in what they read, hear, and view?

Lesson Variations

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Applying

Helpful Hints

Materials

Newspaper Story (L-6-2-2_Newspaper Story.doc)
Chocolate Is Good for You (L-6-2-2_Chocolate Is Good for You.doc)
a collection of age-appropriate magazines and newspapers in print or online, such as the following:
http://www.timeforkids.com/news
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scholasticnews/index.html
http://www.dogonews.com/,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm
National Geographic Kids
red and blue markers

References

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