The day after Hurricane Dante hits Port Douglas, players have their hands full running the city’s online news magazine, The Daily Byte. They must get important news out to a community in need by reviewing key articles, identifying critical information, and managing a staff who are themselves dealing with the effects of the storm.
Use the robust question sets with students to build background knowledge and stimulate a rich discussion for their first workplace session (“Morning”) and to review decisions and in-game activities after gameplay.
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MORNING |
MIDDAY |
AFTERNOON |
Access rubrics as well as the texts students read during gameplay to model reading closely and support the writing process.
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WRITING RUBRIC |
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MORNING |
MIDDAY |
AFTERNOON |
EVENING |
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MORNING |
MIDDAY |
AFTERNOON |
EVENING |
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MORNING |
MIDDAY |
AFTERNOON |
Scaffold the writing process with student checklists, graphic organizers, and source texts that mimic gameplay.
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CHECKLIST |
WRITING PROMPT |
SOURCE DOCUMENTS |
