Today you will plan a website for the investigation you already started. You won't build the website today.

Today you will

• decide if a website suits your reader
• sketch four pages: Home, About, Findings and Sources
• save your sketch in your portfolio

Warm-up

Think of a website where you found an answer quickly. What helped you trust it?

A website is a set of linked pages. Yours will have four.

• Home is the front door. It asks your question and links to the other pages.
• About says who wrote the site and who it is for.
• Findings shows your main points with evidence.
• Sources lists where your facts came from.

A website suits readers who want detail and sources. For a quick hook on a phone, a short post is better.

Example

A coffee-cart Home page asks: "Can a local coffee-cart side hustle break even in six months?"

Match the pages

With a partner, match each letter to a job number. Be ready to say why.

Pages

• A: Home page
• B: About page
• C: Findings page
• D: Sources page

Format

• E: A website, not a post

Jobs

• 1: Lists full references so readers can check claims.
• 2: Hooks the reader and links to everything else.
• 3: Suits readers who want lots of detail and sources.
• 4: Says who wrote it and who it is for.
• 5: Shows the main points and evidence clearly.

Watch your teacher build a website sketch for the coffee-cart example. You don't need to copy it all, because you'll make your own sketch in the next task. Follow the steps in the box below as you watch.

Common issues

• My pages only have headings. Add a purpose line and three bullets under each page.
• I can't choose between a website and a post. If your reader needs lots of detail and your sources, pick a website.
• My file is in the wrong folder. Open {{code:sm4}} first, then make the document from inside it.