Fake News

The Fake news...

Vocabulary: Use the text to find definitions for these words.

Write your own sentences or find pictures on the internet to accompany each word.

Word	Definition	Sentence/ Picture
Feud	A long bitter argument between A group or family
entrepreneur	a person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.
Misled	cause someone to have a wrong idea or impression.
Intricate	Very complicated or detailed
Succumbed	fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.
Capacity	the maximum amount that something can contain.

Answer these questions below. Don’t forget to go back through the article to help you!

1. Do you believe the news we read on our smartphones is an issue? Why/why not? No because most of are fake news comes from  magazine are articles

2. How can you tell whether the news you are reading is real or fake? If no one else knows the same news as you do.

3. Beth Feldman, an entrepreneur described our reaction to phones as a “dopamine squirt”.. Why do you think she called it this? (Hint find out what dopamine is!)because it makes them happy

4. What is ‘click-bait?’ and how does it work? clickbait is a pop up and it works the more clicks they get the more money

5. What is the main idea of this news article? Name the idea and at least 3 details.to let people know what fake news is and why it's so bad

6. Who do you think this article is aimed at? What audience of people is it trying to send a message to? Explain your answer. I think it’s aimed at those people who are putting up click bait and fake articles.

7.  What are some ways you can think of to help people avoid getting sucked into these news sites? By banning them and destroying these web sites or even maybe telling the owner of the news article to put it down.

8. In your own words describe what happened in this news article… people got sucked into these sites and told others oboute the news where they also started to read the fake news.

9. What is the purpose of this text (why has the author written the text?) to stop people from getting sucked into these sites. (To inform people to stop reading fake news).