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Title: A lesson plan for Pushcart educator named CNN Hero of the Year (Feature Article)
Topic: This text appears under the topic Modern Heroes
Target learners: Grade 12
Learning Objectives:
Expressive Objectives
- Inspire students to learn from the life and works of modern heroes;
- Realize that small things can also make a big difference; and
- Instill that anyone can be a hero through hard work, diligence and perseverance
Instructional Objectives
- Illustrate the definition of a modern hero through a semantic map
- Write a story about the ideal modern hero
- Dramatize a day in a life of a modern hero
- Identify the elements of newsworthiness
- Evaluate current news using the given elements of newsworthiness
Subject Matter:
Selection: Pushcart educator named CNN Hero of the Year (Feature Article)
Efren Peñaflorida has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the year because of his “pushcart classroom” concept on educating poor children saving children from being members of gang. He was given the award during the Thanksgiving night, a gala event on the global networks of CNN. The selection was made after seven weeks of online voting at CNN.com with more than 2.75 of votes casted. Penaflorida, in his speech, mentioned that one should unleash the hidden hero within oneself, be a hero to the next one in need and serve.
This text appears under the topic Modern Heroes because the person being recognized has made an extraordinary contribution to change the lives of the many poor children in the community. His dedication to serve the people through his “pushcart classroom” has been an inspiration that anyone can make a difference.
Materials:
Poster: Printed copy of the reading selection, divided into 5 sections, Chart, Worksheets
Procedure:
PRE-READING
Activating Background Knowledge
Task 1: Define the word “Hero” based from your idea of:
a. History lessons
b. Modern Times
c. Personal idea
Task 2: Give 3 qualities of a hero.
Task 3: Listen to/Sing the song “Hero” by Mariah Carey
Task 4: Look at the picture and tell the modern counterpart of each item.
Picture 2: (Possible answer: for Modern Items)
Developing Vocabulary
Developing a purpose for reading
a. Make a semantic map for Modern Heroes
b. Based on the semantic map, write a short story-related concept and use this as a basis for finding an overall definition of the word “modern hero” in the news article.
DURING READING
Collaborative Reading Click Here for the Reading Material
1. Divide the class into groups of five students. Each student in the group will be assigned a number. Each student will read a section according to his/or her number within three minutes.
2. Students will go back to their respective groups and share what they learned from their assigned readings.
READING
The teacher will give out the printed article and give time for independent reading. This is to check whether the group had come up with the complete information about the article.
POST READING
Engagement Activity 1(small groups)
1. In groups of five, write a story about your ideal modern hero. (Rubric for Evaluation)
2. Brainstorm about a project proposal that will be given to Penaflorida to help utilize that $100,000 grant.
Engagement Activity 2 (Whole Class Discussion)
Questions for productive discussions:
1. What do you think about modern heroes?
2. In what ways did Efren Peñaflorida contribute to the society?
3. What do you think the sentence “We are one great tapestry” mean?
4. Do you agree with Peñaflorida’s statement “The hero in you is waiting to be unleashed?”
5. If yes, how would you unleash the hero within you?
Engagement Activity 3 (Individual)
a. As a person, how do you want to be remembered? In 7-10 sentences, write an essay about it.
b. Usually, when someone is recognized by any award-giving body, the awardee is asked to give a short speech. Prepare an acceptance speech that Penaflorida would deliver in the awards night.
ENRICHMENT
As a whole class:
1. What kind of award-giving bodies are you familiar with?
2. Who and for what reasons these people are awarded for?
3. As we relate the definition of "Modern Heroes" in our local communities, what kind of acts of heroism do you think are worth-recognizing?
4. Create an award-giving body for the class.
Consider the following:
a. General purpose of giving the awards.
b. Set the criteria to be eligible to receive the award.
c. Provide a timeline for the search, nomination, deliberation and awarding day.
d. Choose the panel of judges to choose the awardees.
e. Prepare a program for the Awarding Day.
ACROSS CURRICULUM
History/Social Studies: Identify heroes from the past their contributions and how those actions are affecting the modern times.
Information Technology: Present your research using a PPT.
Values Education: (Essay) How does Peñaflorida’s advocacy inspire you to unleash the hero within you?
EXPLICIT TEACHING OF READING COMPREHENSION SKILL: THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF NEWS
Introduction
Nowadays, information is anywhere, it is very easy to share and post about something that we had seen, it had also been easy to make judgments about things we had read.
Today, we will take a look at the different elements of news.
Motive Question: What makes something newsworthy?
Teaching/Modeling
Teacher will present a PowerPoint slide for each element of news.
Elements of News:
a. Proximity:
Location, location, location. If an event is happening nearby, it will impact the audience more than if it were happening somewhere else that doesn't affect them as much – in another state or in another country.
Question: But why do we bother to know news from abroad?
b. Prominence:
A well-known person, place or event has a stronger news angle than something that the audience isn’t familiar with.
Question: Penaflorida was but an ordinary, non-celebrity person, but made his story newsworthy?
c. Timeliness:
Current news has more impact than something that happened yesterday or last week. The news media loses interest quickly and past events become stale when there's always fresh news somewhere.
Question: Would you consider Penaflorida’s story as timely? Why? Why not?
d. Oddity:
If something is unusual, shocking or bizarre, the strangeness alone could make it newsworthy.
Question: Would you consider Penaflorida’s story as odd? If yes, why? If not, how you would describe it?
e. Consequence:
If the impact of an event may directly affect readers, they will want to know about it.
Question: What kind of impact had Penaflorida’s story made? For you as a reader? for the society as a whole?
f. Conflict:
Audiences are always interested in disagreements, arguments and rivalries. If an event has a conflict attached to it, many consumers will be interested on that basis alone. Let's not forget that it's human nature to choose sides and stand up for that choice. Stories that involve conflict include those about religion, sports, business, trials, wars, human rights violations, politics or even struggles against nature, animals or outer space.
Question: What kind of conflicts on the news have you encountered? How do you decide if one is a fake news or not?
g. Human interest:
If a situation draws any sort of emotional reaction, then it might contain the news element of a human-interest story. These stories can be "soft" kid-at-the-petting-zoo snapshots, inspiring comeback accounts or infuriating reports of incompetence on the part of a public figure.
Question: Has there been any emotions stirred up by the story? What kind of emotions?
h. Extremes/superlatives:
Reporters and audiences might be interested in the first, the best, the longest, the smallest, the highest. If you can legitimately claim one. Be careful. Do not overly focus on this, create hyperbole, or exaggerate claims.
Question: What kind of superlative is stirred up in the news article we just read?
i. Scandal:
Everyone loves to hate on the philandering congressman who sends inappropriate pictures under an absurd virtual handle. Reporters want a scoop on scandal.
Question: How do scandals affect our society and the persons involved?
j. Impact:
Whether it's a peaceful protest that encompasses five city blocks or a 52-car pileup on the pike, the more people involved in the event, the more newsworthy it is. Similarly, the number of people affected by the event will affect its newsworthiness, whether it's an adjustment of minimum wage or an alleged outbreak of ebola.
Question: What news article had made a personal impact on you? What was the news all about?
In addition, please always check the factfulness of the news:
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?
Guided Practice
Let’s check out some of the latest news and based from the 10 elements of newsworthiness, let’s decide if they are indeed newsworthy.
(Teacher prepares at minimum of 5 latest news clips that the learners are familiar with.)
Elements of News-worthiness Worksheet
Independent Practice
- The students think of a news they have read/heard recently and following the elements of newsworthiness, convince the class that the news is really worth reading.
Application
Express your ideas in a short paragraph for this question:
With the 10 elements of newsworthiness, which do you think are the 3 most important elements, why?
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References:
Berger, D. & Askew L. (2009). Pushcart educator named CNN hero of the year. Retrieved from http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/11/16/cnnheroes.tribute.show/index.html
Cambridge English Dictionary: Definitions & Meanings. Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/
Instant Online Crossword Puzzle Maker. Retrieved from https://www.puzzle-maker.com/crossword
Karafun. (2012, May) Karaoke Hero - Mariah Carey. Youtube. [Karaoke/Video File] Retrieved from https://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1YKQV9OE1I
Mudd, J. (2014). 10 elements of news article. AXIA Public Relations. Retrieved from:https://www.axiapr.com/ blog/elements-of-news
Then And Now – Vintage Social Media (2016, October). Retrieved fromhttp://www.recruitmyclinicaltrial.com/then-and-now-vintage-social-media/
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