11.1 News - hv12

11.1 News - hv12

News

Introduction

The subject of this double period is the news.

  • Work together with three or four classmates.

A game
You are going to play a game and the person with the highest score wins.
In this game, you are going to make a word web about the subject "news".

  • Write down the word 'news' in the middle of a sheet of paper.
  • Take 2 minutes on your own to write down as many English words related to “news” as you can think of.
  • Compare your word webs and score points.

Scoring points

2 points

For each word the other group members didn’t have.

1 point

For each word only 1 other group member has got.

0 points

For each word you all wrote down.

 

Step

 

activity

aim

time

 

introduction

Find out what you already know.

10

Step 1

listening
Where people get news

You can understand video about the news and answer questions about them.

15

Step 2

reading
Headlines

You can understand headlines and a news article and answer questions about it.

15

Step 3

vocabulary

You can understand and use vocabulary about the news.

15

Step 4

grammar
Present perfect

You can understand and use the present perfect.

15

Step 5

speaking
Funny headlines

You can have a discussion about funny headlines.

10

Step 6

writing
Headline writing

You can write headlines and an article.

15

Step 7

evaluation

Reflecting on what you have learnt.

05

Step 1 - Listening

How to choose your news

You are going to watch a video that explains how news works and how you should choose where you get your news.

  • Work together with two or three classmates and do exercise 1.
  • Watch the video and do exercise 2 by yourself.
  • Do exercise 3 in your group.
Exercise 1

Discuss the following questions in your group in English:

  • Do you follow the news? Why (not)?
  • Where do you get your news? And why do you get it there?
  • Do your parents follow the news?
  • Where do your parents get their news?
  • In what way do your parents differ from you when it comes to following the news? Why do you think this is the case?

Step 2 - Reading

Headlines
You are going to read some English headlines and a news article.

  • Do exercise 1.
  • Choose an article to read.
  • Do exercise 2.
Exercise 1

Read the following headlines and discuss what you think the articles are about.

  • The numbers that are too big to imagine
  • Are romantic authors at risk from book-writing chatbots?
  • Bumblebees get a buzz out of playing with balls, study finds
  • Wild swan conservation success gives cause for hope
  • Seattle public schools sue social media platforms for youth ‘mental health crisis’

Choose an article

Now, together as a group, make a choice of which article you are going to read.
Ask your teacher how many articles you have to read.

Exercise 2

Copy and fill in the grid on your own and then discuss the answers in your group.

Title

 

Who

 

 

Where

 

 

What

 

 

Why

 

 

When

 

 

Step 3 - Vocabulary

  • Study the vocabulary. (10 minutes)
  • Do the exercise.

Woordenlijst News

Step 4 - Grammar

Study the explanation of the present perfect.

Now, do the following exercises.

Step 5 - Speaking

Funny headlines

Writing headlines is difficult! Journalists try to give as much information as possible in just one line. Moreover, the line must be interesting and capture (=trekken) people's attention.
This exercise shows that headline writing is not easy and that, sometimes, journalists make funny mistakes.

Work together with a classmate. Discuss what is wrong or strange about the following headlines.
Use www.macmillandictionary.com if you need a dictionary.

HEADLINES:

  • Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
  • Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
  • Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
  • Blind Woman Gets New Kidney from Dad She Hasn't Seen in Years

Step 6 - Writing

Writing a news article

Look at the following pictures. You are going to write a news article for one of these pictures.

  • Choose a picture.
  • Write a catchy, interesting headline for your article.
  • Write a news article about the picture. Ask your teacher how many words you have to use.

How to write a newspaper article

Newspaper articles are usually structured like this:

Moreover, your article should start with a topic sentence in which you introduce the main point of your story.

 

Step 7 - Evaluation

What have you learned in this double period?
Answer the following questions:

  • What was the easiest part of this lesson?
  • What did you already know?
  • What was the most difficult part?
  • What was new to you in this lesson?
  • Are there things you don't quite understand yet? How are you going to deal with them?
  • What do you need to ask your teacher?
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    Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollecties voor Engels voor havo en vwo, leerjaar 1 en 2. Dit is thema 11 'Press and media'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: News. In deze les staat nieuws centraal, waarbij er gekeken wordt op welke manier men nieuws kan krijgen (bijv. televisie of krant) en hoe men een krantenkop en -artikel kan lezen. In de grammaticaopdracht wordt de present perfect behandeld.
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