This is a high school informational reading comprehension lesson that gives you everything you’ll need to teach the topic of misinformation and disinformation, using advanced reading activities that build better readers:
- Topic preview activity
- Reading prediction tasks
- Academic vocabulary questions
- Main idea and details questions
- Media literacy critical thinking questions
- Extension activity on using compare and contrast
If you’re looking for a way to practice reading comprehension skills while keeping your class engaged in something interesting, this is your resource.
Apart from printing out the pages, there is no prep for this lesson! An excellent addition to any media literacy unit, and you can use this for high school ELA, ELL and ESL students or in any type of literacy center for upper high school. It is great for supplementary lessons or homework assignments. Even if you’re just looking for something interesting for your students to read, you’ll find this resource valuable. And there’s no prior knowledge of the topic necessary; the lesson plan takes care of that!
With the reading comprehension activities built into the design of the pre-planned lesson, it works with a wide variety of learners and can even be used as sub plans. You can also use it online for distance learning on Google Slides!
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KEY FEATURES OF THE RESOURCE
✅ Get Your Planning Time Back: No need to plan using this resource! When you purchase this Reading Comprehension lesson on Misinformation and Disinformation, you’ll get a complete lesson plan with answer keys that scaffolds the learning into easy-to-understand parts. The topic is presented in a way that maximizes engagement while building reading skills. The planning of this reading lesson is already done!
✅ Reading Comprehension Strategies that Work: The secret to this non-fiction reading passage is in how it is presented. Students unpack the topic of misinformation and disinformation in a way that reduces the stress of more advanced academic reading. The activities guide them towards better understanding of information spreads and the differences between unintentional and deliberate spreading of fake news. All this while training their reading skills organically!
✅ Follow Up Learning with a Writing Assignment: Not only will students be reading about misinformation and disinformation; they’ll be writing about it. At the end of the lesson, as an extension activity, students have the opportunity to show what they learned about the topic by writing a compare and contrast essay. It’s a great way to follow up the learning and have students link what they learned during the lesson with their own ideas.
ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE
- academic vocabulary activities
- scaffolded reading comprehension questions
- jigsaw reading
- class discussion prompts
- critical thinking questions
- compare and contrast tasks
- compare and contrast essay writing prompt
- fact-checking activity
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ABOUT THE PACKAGE
The package includes a PDF file that can be opened using your preferred PDF reader. Along with the student workbook pages, you’ll also get a full lesson plan with resource notes and answer keys. This resource can be used in both your physical classroom or in any online learning environment. You’ll get access to the Google Slides® for going paperless as well.
You’ll get three ways to use this incredible reading resource:
- high-resolution pages
- gray-scaled pages for easy printing
- AND digital access for distance learning Google Slides®
Worksheet pages for structuring a compare and contrast essay are also included. For more comprehensive material on writing cause and effect essays, see my How to Write a Compare and Contrast Essay.
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This Non Fiction Reading Comprehension Passage on Misinformation and Disinformation is also part of my 21st Century Language Learning Bundle. Purchase it now and get this resource, plus other exciting topics like Distraction and Opinion Essay Writing that focus on training language skills, at a huge discount.
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You may also like my reading comprehension on Fake News.
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Terms of Use:
This resource was created by Landon S. Seigler of ESL Lifeline, all rights are reserved. The original purchaser is permitted to use it for a single class only. Teachers have the authorization to share this product with their students (and parents) through email, Google Classroom, or the Internet, as long as the site is password protected. Distribution to your own students is allowed, but uploading it to the Internet for public access and download is not permitted.
**If you wish to use this resource for multiple classrooms or share it with fellow educators, please purchase additional licenses.Your adherence to these usage terms is greatly appreciated.
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