Create Task | Writing - Term 4

Heya.

Welcome back to another blog post. Today, I'll be sharing with you my Create Task. Basically, for our create task, our goal was: "Use questions to challenge the text, question the author, establish the authenticity of the text and state opinions." and yeah, more info will be down below.. enjoy!

So basically, our task was we had to read through two articles to try identify the real one, and the fake. By reading through we learnt how to tell if it's fake or not. (Spoiler, the first one was fake) Here's why:

It was about, "The News that outlaws homework in all Honduran Schools" as in, they wanted to make homework shorter I think. Anyways, the reason why I know it's fake, in the texts there's spelling mistakes, pictures could be fake, you never know. Also, it's on a site that's called, "Fake News" or something.

The reason the first one was real was because:

1. Sentences, grammar, and punctuation was all correct and spelt correctly

2. The pictures looked real and was from what is was talking about.

3. Te website was actually on a real and official website. (National Geographic Kids)

4. And the information on it was real and true.

Also, the article was about, "What's it like to go to school St. Lucia"

So once we identified the real and faked text, there was a padlet on the site that we had to fill out and complete. I am going to show you what I have put for these questions.

- Which article was authentic? How did you come to work this out? Give 2 examples from both texts to back up your reasoning as to why it was fake or authentic.

I believe the second article is real, and the first one is fake. 

Evidence for first book: The second article contains pictures, and a lot more writing. The website is even on National Geographic, Kids.. It's a lot  more believable.

Evidence for the first book: The first book is on a website called, "Fake News' during one of the first sentence, the text contains these words: "Juan Orlando Hernandez, former Honduras president" but down below in the first sentence, it addresses him as president, not former president. Why not address him as the former president?

- Write two questions that you would like to ask the author if ever given the chance to do so.

If I have ever got the chance to ask the author two or more questions, I would like to ask these:

"What motivated you to write this article?"

"Why did you decide to write this article about your topic?"

- State your thoughts and opinions about both pieces of text - was there a particular part of the text that changed your opinion from the beginning?

I have realised something. In different places, school may not be the same as ours, in different places, it can be hot, or cold, whatever it is, it's something different. It's amazing too see how different other schools our to ours, it truly amazes me to see all the different activities that the other students do.

- Extra: Add your infographic showing ways in which we can be aware of fake news articles online.
There're a lot of ways you can tell if websites, or Articles are fake. When browsing through a website, check for:

- Spelling/Grammar, check for any mistakes in sentences, make sure all the punctuation and words are correct.
- Check if any of the information is reliable or true.
- Using words that don't really need to be there.
- If there's any quotes on there make sure there're actually true.
- Make sure some of the language is formal.
- Check if any pictures on there are actually related to the text.
- Make sure to check if the website you are reading on is an actual reliable source.

Anyways, that was it, really hoped you liked all the responses.

Have you ever figured out if a Article/website online is fake or true.

I hoped you all enjoyed what I did for my writing creat task. I love making really long blogs and expressing myself to you guys. So yeah. Thanks again for reading my blog, and I'll see you boys later...

PEACE!