Introduction

The subject of this double period is the news.

• Form groups of three or four pupils.

A game
You are going to play a game and the person with the highest score wins.
You are going to write 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”.
• 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 people who talk about getting news and answer questions about them.	15
Step 2		Reading Headlines	You can understand headlines and a text and answer questions about it.	15
Step 3		Vocabulary	You can understand and use vocabulary about the news.	15
Step 4		Grammar Present perfect and past simple	You can understand and use the present perfect and past simple.	15
Step 5		Speaking Crazy headlines	You can have a discussion about crazy headlines.	10
Step 6		Writing Headline writing	You can write headlines and an article.	15
Step 7		Evaluation	Reflect on what you have learnt.	05
Step 8		Extra Talking about the News	Watch the video.