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Teacher Resource

Term 1 Review

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Favourite BTN stories

Ask students to choose their top three BTN stories from term 1, 2018. Encourage students to choose stories from a range of topics, for example:

• Science

• Environmental

• Animals

• Rookie reporter

• Human interest

Students will then choose their favourite and respond to the following questions:

• Why did you choose these stories?

• What was the main issue/message in each story?

• Where and when did it happen?

• Who is affected by the issue?

• Why do you think kids would be interested in these stories?

• Are there any updates on the stories? Describe using your own words.

• Add your comment on the story page, explaining why you liked the story.

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Feature story

Students will write a feature story about someone interesting in their community. It could be a friend, family member, school teacher, or business person who’s doing something great and/or helping others in some way. You could also encourage students to research an issue that affects their local community.

Before starting this activity, watch these BTN feature stories from Term 1, 2018. Choose your favourite feature story and then respond to the following questions:

• What is the story about?

• Why did you choose this story?

• Why do you think BTN chose to feature this person’s story?

• What words would you use to describe this story?

• Describe the main issue/message in the story.

• What makes this story interesting?

• Write a message of support on the BTN story page.

Check out these BTN stories from Term 1, 2018.

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Write your feature story

1. Choose someone in your community that you want to write a feature report on.

2. Interview the person – check out these interviewing tips

3. Write your feature story – find out what makes a good feature story here. Celebrate the persons’ strengths in your writing. Share your story with the class.

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Rookie Reporter

Encourage students to make their own feature report and send it in to BTN. Visit BTN’s Rookie Reporter webpage and check out the training videos.

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BTN Investigates

Have your students seen or heard something in the news they would like explained? Encourage students to ask their question on the BTN Investigates page.

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Behind the News – Rookie Reporter



Behind the News – BTN Investigates



ABC Splash – Interviewing Tips



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Episode 9

3rd April 2018 November 2016

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Students will choose their favourite stories from BTN in term 1 2018 and respond to a range of questions. Students will write a feature story about an interesting person in their community.

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English / Literacy -  year 6

Compare texts including media texts that represent ideas and events in different ways, explaining the effects of the different approaches.

English / Literacy -  year 6

Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts.

English / Literacy -  year 7

Use a range of software, including word processing programs, to confidently create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts.

Media Arts – years 5/6

Plan, produce and present media artworks for specific audiences and purposes using responsible media practice.

T-shirt Design Business

Performance Poetry

Kids Contribute

Plastic Ocean Campaigner

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