For gifted students, leadership activities could be offered. Students watch and analyze a French news broadcast. Then they watch and analyze a local high school news broadcast on television. Students observe for a class period a high school news broadcast, speaking with producers, directors, crew members and field reporters. Students shadow a student who is in a television crew position in order to learn the skills the position involves.
Students brainstorm ideas for reporters.
Students create a production plan and style for the production, based upon watching daily news broadcasts and analyzing their order. They study the five essential elements of broadcast. Students learn to shoot camcorders with the in-camera edit feature. Students decide which field reports they will use in the broadcast, based upon reviewing the tapes as a group. Students pick positions for the crew.