Krik? Krak! Lesson Plan

Podcast Project (Day 1: Learning about Podcasts)

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will be able prepare to begin their podcast projects.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1

Structure:

Before the activity, instruct students to listen to three episodes of one podcast for homework. You might direct students to the Stitcher app to help the find podcasts about topics that interest them. The main requirement for this homework assignment is that students listen to at least an hour’s worth of material.

In the activity, instruct students to get into pairs. In their pairs, they should interview each other using the...