This site reinforces vocabulary, sequencing, drawing conclusions, words in context, and comprehension. Feedback to answers is immediate. Students also have an opportunity to e-mail their opinion, and read the opinions other students have sent in to the site. Preview the CNN webpage and become familiar with the Featured Story . Print the edited version and read to the students.
Students discuss any conflicts in the story and predict the outcome.
Print the outline of the story and make it available to the students. Identify parts of the outline and their significance to the story. Students write paragraphs using the outline as a graphic organizer. Students complete the areas in the menu of the site to complete the objectives above. Students write a one page paper either pro or con on the topic.