Media - Lesson 1

Media and text types 4V 
Open your 'Heroes & Villains' reader on page 18.
4 main newspaper text types (two of these will be in your writing portfolios)
  • News story or news report 
  • Feature article
  • Letter to the editor
  • Column

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Media and text types 4V 
Open your 'Heroes & Villains' reader on page 18.
4 main newspaper text types (two of these will be in your writing portfolios)
  • News story or news report 
  • Feature article
  • Letter to the editor
  • Column

Slide 1 - Slide

What do you know about old-
fashioned newspapers?

Slide 2 - Mind map

Two types of newspapers



  • Broadsheet
  • Tabloid

Slide 3 - Slide

What's the difference between
the two types?

Slide 4 - Mind map

Differences
Tabloid
Broadsheet
1. Smaller size
2. Sensational news
3. Modern language 
4. More colours and pictures
1. Larger size
2. Serious news
3. Traditional and more conservative language
4. Less pictures, more black & white

Slide 5 - Slide

Slide 6 - Slide

Use of language
News articles use language that is more formal (i.e. facts) than that used in everyday conversation. ​

Read over the following statements and decide if the statement is ‘news-worthy’, or if it's written in informal, narrative style. 

Slide 7 - Slide

One time, there were these students at the school who were in a bus wreck.

Slide 8 - Mind map

The case has been unsolved and the suspects are still at large.

Slide 9 - Mind map

Factual vs. personal
News is factual – it can be proved or disproved. ​
For example:

“Last Saturday was a rainy day.” ​

This is a factual statement, because it can be clearly shown that last Saturday either was or was not rainy. ​ 

“Rainy days are depressing.” ​

It is not a factual statement, because it is a personal opinion.

Slide 10 - Slide

Assignment
In the following slides state whether the sentence is a fact or an opinion.

Slide 11 - Slide

Commas are the hardest type of punctuation mark to study.

Slide 12 - Open question

The English language is studied in many regions of the world.​

Slide 13 - Open question

The English language is the most difficult language to study in the world.​

Slide 14 - Open question

Homework for Thursday
  1. Read page 18 and 19 in your reader. 
  2. Find a broadsheet article online that covers a topic which interests you. 
  3. Copy the link to the article in OneNote (go to heroes & villains tab - news story or news report) 
  4. Write down your comments regarding purpose, audience and layout of the text.

Slide 15 - Slide