Look at the photos and heading in the magazine article.

Are you familiar with either of

these stories what do you know about them?

Read the article. Why do you think so many people believed these stories?

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Confirm facts. Discuss how to complete each statement with names from the article.

The loch ness monster story

1……………… admitted that the loch ness monster photo was a hoax.

2. The fake loch ness monster was made by…………………..

3.……………….. didn’t really take the photo of the loch ness monter; the photo was
actually taken by…………………

4. the loch ness monster hoax was created by……………..

The “Hitler diaries” hoax

1…………………………claimed to have discovered the Hitler diaries.

2. Der stern’s claim that………………had written the diary ws questionable.

3. Konrad kujau was claiming to be…………….

4. The evidence showed that the Hitler diaries were actually written by……………

5. Der stern paid almost 10 million marks to……………..and…………., not to Dr. fischer.

Draw conclusions. Discuss the questions.

1. Why do you think the media get fooled by sensational hoaxes? Why do they seem to
publish these stories so quickly?

Why do they seem to publish these stories so quickly?

2. do you think hoaxes should be considered a crime, or are they harmless? Why?

Complete the survey with a partner. Which of you do you think is more skeptical?
Explain.

Are you a skeptic?

What percentage of the news you read in the newspaper do you think is true?

What percentage of the news you hear on tv or radio do you think is true?
What percentage of what politicians say do you think is true?

What percentage of what you read on the internet do you think is true?

What percentage of what advertisers say do you think is true?

What percentage of what your family says do you think is true?

Note padding. On your notepad, list media news sources from print, radio, tv, or the
internet that you trust and ones that you don’t. give reasons for your choices.

The news sources I trust the most

Why?

Some news sources I don’t trust

Why not?

Discussion. Why do you trust some news sources and not others? Do you and your
classmates agree on any?

How can you determine if the information you read or hear is true or not?

Writing: write a news article

Avoiding sentence fragments a sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a
complete thought.

Two common fragments are:

. a dependent clause: a group of words that contains a subject and verb begins with a
subordinating con junctions, making it and incomplete thought.

Fragment: after the banker admitted to fraud.

. a phrase : a group of words that does not contain a subject and verb.

Fragment: with his help.

Fragment: at the end of the year

Fragment: the man giving the speech

To correct a sentence fragment, do one of the following

. Attach fragment to an independent clause to complete the thought after the banker admitted
to fraud, the bank was closed down.

We found the hospital with his help

. add a subject and/ or a verb to make the fragment into a sentence.

She graduated at the end of the year.

The man giving the speech needs a microphone.

Error correction

Correct the errors

Benefit to save library

Last Wednesday, our town hosted a benefit concert. To help save the old building that used to
be the library developers announced a plan to Lear the building down. Two months ago.
Because many people feel a connection to the library. The town decided to raise money to
restore the building. The benefit concert was a success. Many local musicians performed, and
we raised a lot of money.

Prewriting. Generating ideas with information questions.

A news article usually answers information questions about an event. Think of a recent news
event. This will be the topic of your article. On your notepad, write information questions
about the topic to help generate ideas.

Topic:

Who?

What?

When?

Where?

Why?

How?

B. writing. On a separate sheet of paper, write an article about the event, answering your
questions from prewriting. Try to include as much information as you can. Choose a title that
reflects the main idea of your article

C. self-check

Did you write any sentence fragment? If so, correct them.

Do you have a clear topic sentence?

Is the article interesting? Could you add any more details?

On a separate sheet of paper, write your own response to each question, using varying degrees
of certainty. Explain your theory.
1. Do you think Bigfoot is real?

I suppose It’s possible, but I really don’t believe it……………..

2. We know that the photograph of the loch ness monster was a hoax, but do you think the
loch ness monster exists?

3. Do you believe there’s something mysterious about the Bermuda triangle that causes ship to
disappear?

4. Do you think the damage to the forests in Tunguska was caused by a meteorite?