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?
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
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?
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Toelichting
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.
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.
The subject of this double period is the news.
Headlines
Study the vocabulary. (10 minutes)
Study the explanation of the present perfect.
What have you learned in this double period?
