{"id":3685,"date":"2015-07-27T20:49:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T20:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/?p=3685"},"modified":"2023-01-15T15:51:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T15:51:13","slug":"create-a-clickbait-headline-as-a-starterplenaryrevision-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/create-a-clickbait-headline-as-a-starterplenaryrevision-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a ClickBait Headline as a starter\/plenary\/revision exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Overview<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/cubeportfolio-elements\/img\/23.jpg\" width=\"310\" height=\"220\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>As a starter, plenary or revision exercise, challenge\u00a0students to summarise an aspect of their most recent study topic as a &#8216;click bait&#8217; headline for a trashy website blog post.<\/p>\n<p>I have coded the following tool to help students generate their own headlines, complete with image:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/headline_generator\/\">ClassTools Headline Generator<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Common formats of such blogposts involve the phrases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>[?] tries to [?]. The reason why will make you [?]<\/li>\n<li>[?] tries to [?]. \u00a0You won&#8217;t BELIEVE what happened next!<\/li>\n<li>This video will prove that [?]<\/li>\n<li>10 [?] you should never [?] to [?]<\/li>\n<li>X was Y. First you\u2019ll be shocked, then you\u2019ll be inspired<\/li>\n<li>10 [?] that look like [?]<\/li>\n<li>10 [?] that you won&#8217;t believe [?]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Taking it further<\/h2>\n<p>During revision, secretly allocate different students a different topic to produce a clickbait headline for. Other students then have to guess what topic is being referred to.<\/p>\n<h2>Credits<\/h2>\n<p>This idea was inspired by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/kate-wiles\/25-times-history-made-perfect-clickbait\">#historicalclickbait concept<\/a>\u00a0from Kate Wiles at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\">History Today<\/a>\u00a0and shared on Twitter by the great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/histedchat\">#histedchat<\/a> contributor\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/gripgirl\">Anne Gripton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/headline_generator\/\">ClassTools Headline Generator<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-19.40.54.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3692\" src=\"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-19.40.54-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-02 at 19.40.54\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-19.40.54-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-19.40.54-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-19.40.54-1024x725-295x209.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-02-at-19.40.54.jpg 2014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview As a starter, plenary or revision exercise, challenge\u00a0students to summarise an aspect of their most recent study topic as a &#8216;click bait&#8217; headline for a trashy website blog post. 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