Fake News Story - reading assignment

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Reading: Fake News Story 

reading assignment

You are going to read about a fake news story. 

You will answer questions about different texts. 

Read carefully before you answer. 

Look at the following tweet from 2017: 

How many times was this story retweeted?

1. 176 times
2. 12,000 times
3. 20,000 times
4. It doesn't say.

Based on the tweet, give one reason why this story could be true.
Write a complete sentence.

Based on the tweet, give one reason why this story may be fake.
Write a complete sentence.

Even famous people retweeted the story.

What celebrity retweeted the story? Give her name and why she is famous.

Read this retweet and caption.

1. Wat betekent het woord 'shook' hier?
2. Wat vindt Kilgore opmerkelijk aan deze tweet? Geef antwoord in het Nederlands.

Read these two other reactions to the story. 

Which comment do you like most, Naomi's or Chelsea's? Explain your answer as in:
"I liked ...'s comment best, because..."

Read this BuzzFeed headline.

Welke twee Engelse woorden uit de vorige dia geven aan dat dit artikel over nepnieuws gaat?
Goed kijken!

Read this paragraph from the BuzzFeed article.

BuzzFeed gives you 3 facts about Meng and Wu, the women in the original photo. What are these facts? Write three complete sentences.

Read this paragraph.

Someone shared this picture on Weibo (a Chinese social media platform). How does this person know the women in the picture?

Look at the photo as it was shared on Weibo. How does it differ from the photo in the fake news tweet? Answer in a sentence.

Why did K-pop fans spread this story, according to BuzzFeed?

1. To promote China.
2. To change history.
3. To promote their idols.
4. To scam the internet.

So who was behind the tweet?

Read the following two paragraphs carefully.

De tiener Abby Fry zat achter de nep-tweet over het huwelijk. Wat wilde ze met de tweet bereiken? Geef antwoord in het Nederlands.

Abby was verrast door de massale aandacht voor de tweet. Citeer (= schrijf over) twee zinnen uit dia 23 die dit duidelijk maken.

What made Abby think of writing a fake wedding tweet?

1. She wanted to shock people.
2. She was bored at school.
3. She wanted to teach people about fake news.
4. The dresses looked like wedding dresses.

Fact checking website

A fact checking website picked up the story. 

What is the text in slide 28 about?

1. It gives the facts about the viral tweet.
2. It gives an opinion about the viral tweet.
3. It explains why the viral tweet was fake.
4. It explains why people believed the viral tweet.

What kind of fake news was the tweet, according to this website?

1. It wanted to spread false information about China.
2. It wanted to criticise the Beijing Film Festival.
3. It was created to make k-pop stars look bad.
4. It was meant to amuse people.

In the article, it says "the tweet took off". Further on in the article, it uses other words to say the same thing. What words are those?

The text says, "the photo was cropped".
What do they mean by this?
Explain in English in a sentence.

Almost done!

Just answer a few additional questions about this test and your reading skills.

Wat vond je van het niveau van deze leestoets?

Te makkelijk.

Makkelijk.

Niet moeilijk, niet makkelijk.

Moeilijk.

Te moeilijk.

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ja

een beetje

nee

ik weet het niet

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