Activities
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Newspaper Activity – A Very Special Moon Mission by Rebecca Fung
Using this template, students could develop their own newspaper articles and conduct pretend interviews with the characters from A Very Special Moon Mission by Rebecca Fung.
Students would need to have some prior understanding of the generic conventions of newspaper articles before undertaking this activity. They could participate in a discussion around the purpose of this literary form, the type of language it involves, as well as the particular features of the genre (heading, subheadings, captions, etc.)
After reading the novel, students could share their thoughts and opinions about the characters and events in the story. This could lead to an interesting discussion around the concept of perspective in storytelling.
From here, the students could create their own ‘microphones’ as part of their role as a journalist. Then, working in pairs or small groups, the students could pretend to be the characters from A Very Special Moon Mission. Depending on their literacy levels and confidence in their abilities, the interviewer could choose to write down the character’s thoughts or record them with a recording device.
This task aims to encourage students to use their imagination, collaborate with their peers and improve their reading and writing skills. Moreover, students would gain further experience in developing their computer literacy skills as they will be working with MS Word. They will also need to find relevant images that add value to their written work.
This classroom activity would be ideally suited to students in Stage 3, depending on their computer and literacy skills. However, the task could always be modified to suit the needs and abilities of all students.
Using this template, students could develop their own newspaper articles and conduct pretend interviews with the characters from A Very Special Moon Mission by Rebecca Fung.
Students would need to have some prior understanding of the generic conventions of newspaper articles before undertaking this activity. They could participate in a discussion around the purpose of this literary form, the type of language it involves, as well as the particular features of the genre (heading, subheadings, captions, etc.)
After reading the novel, students could share their thoughts and opinions about the characters and events in the story. This could lead to an interesting discussion around the concept of perspective in storytelling.
From here, the students could create their own ‘microphones’ as part of their role as a journalist. Then, working in pairs or small groups, the students could pretend to be the characters from A Very Special Moon Mission. Depending on their literacy levels and confidence in their abilities, the interviewer could choose to write down the character’s thoughts or record them with a recording device.
This task aims to encourage students to use their imagination, collaborate with their peers and improve their reading and writing skills. Moreover, students would gain further experience in developing their computer literacy skills as they will be working with MS Word. They will also need to find relevant images that add value to their written work.
This classroom activity would be ideally suited to students in Stage 3, depending on their computer and literacy skills. However, the task could always be modified to suit the needs and abilities of all students.