Process



=Step 1=


 * Read the article from the //Weekly World News.// See samples at WWN Articles Excerpts.
 * Write a summary of at least five sentences.
 * Choose a topic that you think would make a good story for the //Weekly World News.//

=Step 2=


 * Research your topic using the Internet OR look for a book on your topic in the media center.
 * Since your classmates can see what you are researching, you will have to be very sly during the process. You may want to even do some fake searches to throw them off!
 * On your note card, jot down some facts about your topic that you can include in your summary to make it seem like an authentic //Weekly World News// article. Remember, even the wacky stories in this tabloid have some truth to them. There was research done even in these articles that are more farce than fact.
 * As you create your fictitious summary, be sure to include specific details about people, places, and times. Use names whenever possible. You may use real names, but keep in mind that using a name your classmates may recognize just might give away your summary as farce.
 * Write a summary of at least five sentences. Give your summary a title like it might have in the //Weekly World News.//

=Step 3=


 * Go to our Goofy Global News wiki and select your issue of the newspaper from the left navigation column such as Issue 1.
 * Choose **New Page**.
 * Give your page a title that includes your first name, but not your last. Example: Reporter Joe (If there is more than one Joe in your class, include your last initial in your title.)
 * Click **Create**.
 * Click **Edit This Page**.
 * Type your summaries.
 * Be sure to put a title above each summary.
 * Click **Save**.
 * Check your project against the [|rubric.doc] to be sure you have all the required information.

=Step 4=


 * Go to our Goofy Global News wiki and choose your issue from the left navigation column such as Issue 1.
 * Read a classmate's summaries and decide which one you think was in the //Weekly World News// and which one was fabricated by your classmate.
 * Click the **Discussion** tab.
 * In the **Subject** box, type FACT and FARCE.
 * Then go to the message area and cast your vote for which article was the real summary and which was the fake. In addition, tell the author what you liked about his/her summaries or what made them seem real or fake.