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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

I began my career as an English teacher at Eastern Randolph High School in Randolph County. After eight years of teaching year-round (eight summer schools), I decided that I needed a hiatus from grading compositions. I then transferred to media and have been a media specialist for eight years now. I love teaching and still teach night school, but I enjoy the diversity of the media center as well. I am currently the media specialist at Randleman High School in Randolph County.

Resources created by Bonnie Snyder

Making a Video Critique of an Information Source
After finishing their social issues research paper for their English class (or any other type of research paper), students will write and present orally a critique of one information source used in their research papers. Students will work in pairs to videotape each other, and they must also design appropriate backdrops for their oral presentations. Students will watch and evaluate all critiques.

This interdisciplinary assignment combines information skills and language arts skills, and requires collaboration between the media specialist and the English teacher.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Bonnie Snyder.