Conduct a short discussion using the following questions as a guideline: Why do you think people read tabloids?
2. As a class, read and discuss "Cute but Wild: The Perilous Lure of Exotic Pets," using the following questions as guidelines: a.
2. As a class, read and discuss the movie review "Walking in Mom's Shoes With Mom's Feet, Too," using the following questions as a guide: a.
2. As a class, read and discuss the article "Everything Else but the Name," using the following questions for discussion: a.
Explain to students that they will first read and discuss these stories in their groups, using the following questions to guide their discussion: -What do you think makes this a compelling story?
Each student, or group of students, decides how the mask will reflect the theme they have chosen, using the following questions as a guideline: –Should your mask be human, animal, or somewhere in between?
Groups choose five of the criteria developed in the Warm-Up to focus their evaluation, using the following questions to guide them: -How are the criteria your group chose incorporated into this proposal?
Using all available classroom and library resources, each group is responsible for finding and analyzing three to five examples of its assigned teen-focused medium, using the following questions and prompts as a guide (copied onto a handout for easier student access): -What is the name of this source?
As a follow-up assignment, students individually write op-ed articles, to be published in the school or local newspaper, using the following questions for guidance: "Based on what you have learned in class, as well as the most recent news coverage, explain the current protests in Lebanon.
Using all available materials (the Internet will likely be the best source), students research their selected cases, using the following questions as a guide (written on the board for students to copy or duplicated on hand-outs for easier student access): –Who was "the accused" in this case?
Using all available resources, each group should research how their assigned device works, using the following questions to guide their research (written on the board, projected overhead or distributed in a hand-out for easier student access): –Is your assigned device analog or digital?
