HK staff work some of longest hours in world
News Commentary Worksheets
Teacher’s manual
A. Aims:
Through this scheme, students can:
1. organize news content systematically;
2. apply related economic concepts to
observation;
3. go further for inquiry.
news
issue
and
daily
B. Learning Process:
This scheme consists of three phases. Teachers can choose any
THREE pieces of news commentary worksheets. Each set of news
commentary worksheet involves different learning strategies. After
finishing each phase, teachers should:
1. assess students’ work;
2. evaluate students’ performance;
3. give feedback: discuss/analyze students’ work, point out how
students can improve;
4. modulate the worksheets according to students’ progress.
C. Use of worksheet:
Designed worksheet is only for reference, teachers can modulate the
content of the worksheets according to students’ progress. Besides,
teachers should emphasize more on the “issue inquiry” part and
make sure students have enough time to finish this part.
D. Citation and References
Teachers should emphasize the importance of citation. Students are
required to cite the reference at the end of each piece of news
commentary. For the format of citation, please refer to each set of
news.
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E. News Summary
： < HK staff work some of longest hours in world > &
Worksheet
Related concept ： Labour (labour productivity)
News
No.
lesson ： Two consecutive lessons
of
required
Target students ： Students who have acquired the techniques in writing news
summary.
Also, they can figure/apply the related
economics concepts by themselves.
Remarks
：This package includes two pieces of news clippings which
are related to HK labour working condition.
The design of
this learning package is inquiry based. Through some
guiding questions, students can prepare a piece of
well-constructed news commentary. Students can also
acquire the deductive skills throughout the process.
Besides, students are encouraged to prepare another piece
of commentary to address other reasons for the decline in
the sense of belongings of employees.
Before the lesson:
Students are strongly recommended to study the news beforehand.
They can highlight some crucial words when they are reading the news.
This helps students to prepare for the economic analysis.
During the lesson:
Use of worksheet
Part
A. Comprehension
Q. no.
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Reminder/Aims

Students have acquired the skills in writing
news summary. Thus, this part only provides
3 guiding questions which help students
prepare a summary.
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B. Economic Analysis
(1-9)

& Issue Inquiry
Teachers should remind students that there
are many factors leading to the decrease in
workers’
sense
of
belongings.
We
will
demonstrate one of the reasons “long working
hours” as a reference.

Teachers should discuss with students the
ideas they want to discuss in the essay when
analyzing the issue of “long working hours”.

This worksheet demonstrates the way in
constructing a piece of news commentary.
Remarks

Students can prepare the commentary based on the
worksheet. OR

If students are capable enough, teachers can go further
by asking students to prepare another piece of news
commentary. They can try to address other reasons for
the decline in the sense of belongings of employees.
After the lesson：

Students need to prepare a 600-word news commentary with
reference to the worksheets.
(The number of words required is
subject to the ability of students.)

Teachers can assess students’ work and give feedbacks to facilitate
students’ improvement.
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