I might be telling you something you already know (I'm aware of this), but CNN Student News is a free 10-minute newscast that is available every weekday to stream. There has got to be some time for (at least a portion of) this to fit into your schedule somewhere. Being able to discuss and correlate current events into your curriculum is exactly what our students need the most.
A tool that could be used along with this is The Week In Rap. Every Friday there is a new video available that puts all of the current event stories from the week into a rap video. Students get a big kick out of this, and are engaged with the visuals that go along with the rap. (The main page will be blocked because it is shown through vimeo - which is blocked - but if you scroll down just below the blocked video, you will be able to click on the link to view it as a WMV file. This will allow you to watch it in school.)I think it would be a great activity to see students create their own "week in rap" raps based off of the information that has been learned about through the daily news. I'm sure some students would really take off with this. The possibility of creating a weekly "news in rap" podcast would definitely work for those who would be willing to try. (let me know if you are interested...I would love to help)
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