Unit 1: Broadcast 101

Standards:  (ELA-9th grade)

SL.9-10.5

Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

CCRA.SL.2

Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

CCRA.SL.6

Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

CCRA.SL.5

Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

Essential Questions:

What makes a great newscast?

Content (Major Concepts, Figures, and Events)

Suggested Activities

Resources

Assessment Strategies

Canon Camera use

Basic

-Basic intro lessons to technology.

-Studio Set up

-Final Cut Pro introduction

Final Cut Pro

Tricastor Mini

Daily news reflection, rubric evaluation