About+the+Project

=About this Project=

This project was developed as part of a collaboration between Dr. Annette Lamb (Indiana University - Indianapolis), Louanne Nommay (middle school media specialist), and the language arts department.

If you're interested in learning more about this project or would like to get your students involved, contact Annette or Louanne. It would be fun to make connections with other schools! If you create your own pages, let us know and we'll link to your "editions" of the Goofy Global News.

=For Teacher Only=

If your students will be keeping their work in a paper folder, print the file and attach to their folder for general reminders.

Depending on the age of your students and the filters at your school, you may or may not wish to use the Weekly World News website. If you're working with high school students you might check out other websites such as [|Weekly World News], [|The Onion] ,[| The Special], [|WWN Archives]. If these are blocked, try the [|Weekly World News from Google Books].

If you're looking for standards connections, here are some ideas. The following Indiana Academic Standards are included in this inquiry project. 7.5.5 Write summaries of reading materials that: include the main idea and most significant details

use the student's own words, except for quotations reflect underlying meaning, not just the superficial details. 8.2.4 Compare the original text to a summary to determine whether the summary accurately describes the main ideas, includes important details, and conveys the underlying meaning. 8.4.6 Use a computer to create documents by using word-processing skills and publishing programs; develop simple databases and spreadsheets to manage information and prepare reports.

8.4.7 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning and clarity. 8.4.8 Edit and proofread one's own writing, as well as that of others, using an editing checklist or set of rules, with specific examples of corrections of frequent errors. 8.4.9 Revise writing for word choice; appropriate organization; consistent point of view; and transitions among paragraphs

8.6.5 Use correct punctuation.

8.6.6 Use correct capitalization.

8.6.7 Use correct spelling conventions.