ALEX Learning Activity Resources

ALEX Learning Activities

Title: Checking Validity of Internet Sources
Description: This lesson looks at a valid print source, valid Internet source, and an example of fake news. Students will learn how to differentiate between real and fake news in preparation for research. This activity was created as a result of the DLCS COS Resource Development Summit.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (2) 15:

15 ) Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. [RI.2.6]

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Subject: Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2), English Language Arts (2)
Title: Checking Validity of Internet Sources
Description: This lesson looks at a valid print source, valid Internet source, and an example of fake news. Students will learn how to differentiate between real and fake news in preparation for research. This activity was created as a result of the DLCS COS Resource Development Summit.

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Title: Fact or Fiction?
Description: This is a Promethean Flipchart on Genres of Literature. For this first section on fact or fiction, you can use the first few slides or go as far as you want with it. It depends on the level of your students. It is an interactive flip chart with videos and activities that the student can do on the Whiteboard or on individual computers. The third through fifth slides deal with nonfiction and fiction. Students will be presented with these slides and then be allowed to work them on the board themselves.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (2) 15:

15 ) Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. [RI.2.6]

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Subject: English Language Arts (2)
Title: Fact or Fiction?
Description: This is a Promethean Flipchart on Genres of Literature. For this first section on fact or fiction, you can use the first few slides or go as far as you want with it. It depends on the level of your students. It is an interactive flip chart with videos and activities that the student can do on the Whiteboard or on individual computers. The third through fifth slides deal with nonfiction and fiction. Students will be presented with these slides and then be allowed to work them on the board themselves.

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