Description
Curious how to bring real-world connections into your classroom while building language skills? Looking for an engaging project that helps English Learners communicate ideas with confidence? News broadcasts give students meaningful opportunities to explore current events while developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Structured projects with clear supports help English Learners participate successfully and build both language proficiency and content understanding. In this course, Shelly Terrell shows you how to use free, education-friendly broadcasting tools along with scaffolds and templates that guide students through creating their own classroom newscasts. You will walk away with ready-to-use resources and a clear plan to implement a student-centered project that builds engagement and language skills immediately.This is course six of six in the series titled "Literacy Projects for Adolescent English Learners."
Objectives
Identify broadcasting tools appropriate for English Learners in grades 4 to 12.Explain how newscast projects support language development across speaking, listening, reading, and writing.Apply scaffolds and supports to guide students through a classroom newscast project.Analyze student needs to determine appropriate support strategies for project completion.Evaluate newscast projects for engagement, accessibility, and language development outcomes.Create a classroom newscast project plan that integrates content learning and language skills.
