SpeakOut lesson 5A News: Fake News

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

In this lesson, Ss discuss fake news. They start by reading an article about fake news. From this

reading, Ss work out the meaning of vocabulary related to news and social media and then practise

using it. They discuss critical thinking skills in relation to fake news and then review and practise

relative clauses. They notice the pronunciation of wh- in relative pronouns. Finally, they work in

groups and each read a different news story. They retell these stories to their group and work

together to decide which story is fake.

To start

Watch the video. 

Note down some of the sources for getting news the people mention.

How do you get your news?

To start

Do you use any of the sources the speakers mention?

Goals of this class

- Read an article about fake news: news and social media.

- Talk about a news story: relative clauses.

Real or fake?

Why do some people believe Santos Dumont was ‘the first’?

a/an

the 

no article

In pairs

Read the text and do exercises 2B, 2C and 2D.

Time's up?

Discuss as a group. 

In pairs

Fill out bold words in the article.

1-8 

Then continue with 3B.

In pairs

Talk to each other about posting new stories: 

Do you ever do this? 

Yes, no? Why, or why not?

DUS

who	people
where	places
which	things
when	times
whose	possesions

Relative clauses (bijzinnen)

'That' can be used instead of 'who' or 'which'.

Ask students if they know what a relative clause is. 

DUS

Main clause	Relative clause
This is the house	where we lived.
They started to feel ill on the day	when the spider bit them.
He's the man	who/that I told you about.
It's the thing	which you use to fold laundry.

Relative clauses (bijzinnen)

Ask students if they know what a relative clause is. 

Grammar

Preparation for grammar bank.

who, which, when, where and whose. 

Idee:

studenten krijgen een fake news en een echt artikel te lezen en moeten kritisch nadenken over welk artikel echt is en welke niet,

Answers to 4

Here are the answers which you can use.

Idee:

studenten krijgen een fake news en een echt artikel te lezen en moeten kritisch nadenken over welk artikel echt is en welke niet,

To finish

Are you going to think differently about news now?

Idee:

studenten krijgen een fake news en een echt artikel te lezen en moeten kritisch nadenken over welk artikel echt is en welke niet,

Homework B1

- Online practice 5A

-Grammar bank 5A

Homework A2

- Online practice 5A

- Grammar bank 5A