Social Media Writing

Students in 11th and 12th grade will learn how to properly write content for social media that is short, concise and meaningful for the specific audience. They will analyze several examples of social media news and other sources that are short, concise and meaningful. Through this unit in the course, students will be able to learn from examples and further develop their writing for social media that is informative and accurate for a variety of audiences. This lesson will allow students to become better thinkers and understand what they are reading. This ultimately will allow them to write clear and concise messages not only on social media, but in other assignments in school.

Open or create social media accounts if you have not already done so.
Review the graphic to the right and discuss what stands out the most.
- The graphic is available for download here.
You will review three short prompts and write a brief summary that would fit in a 280-character tweet. You will then share the prompts with the class, citing similarities, differences, and what to improve.
Pick a topic of your choice that has been discussed in the news recently. Sports, elections, healthcare, travel, international relations, anything you want. Find three articles online, read and summarize them in no more than 280 characters. Post them on your social media accounts and embed the articles in your posts.
In the next class, your peers will view the tweets you posted, determine the accuracy of your writing, and how it relates to the article.