H4 NEWS PROJECT, les 3 en 4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome class HAVO 4

learning goals

- understanding news categories

- practicing your news literacy skills

What is news?

What is news?

• a. Information or reports about recent events.

•  b. Previously unknown information.

• c. Newly received or noteworthy information , especially about recent or important events. 

News is..........

• a scoop 
• an exclusive 
• what an editor thinks is news
• dog bites man vs. man bites dog
  

What is a headline?

a: a head of a newspaper story or article usually printed in large type and giving the gist of the story or article that follows

b. headlines, plural: front-page news

"The scandal made headlines."

What is a scoop?

What is an exclusive?

What is a scoop?

A story or piece of news discovered and published by one news media before all others.

What is an exclusive?

When a news organization is the only one to report the news.

 A story that can take an audience away

from competing news organizations.

The Editor - in - chief

Resposible for the contents of the news.

Responsible for the order of the news items.

Responsible for complaints and lawsuits.

Responsible for firing and hiring staff.

Which article would you put first?

'Pills May Replace Diapers and Padded Underwear at Stores'

'4 TERROR BOMS SHATTER LONDON':

'English is Dominant But Any Other Language Can Be, Too':

Which article would you put last?

'Pills May Replace Diapers and Padded Underwear at Stores'

'4 TERROR BOMS SHATTER LONDON':

'English is Dominant But Any Other Language Can Be, Too':

News categories

international news

national news

local news

News item of the week:

1. What kind of news is it?
   
2. For what kind of people is this news?
   
3. It is relevant/irrelevant because ……..
   
4. I would rate this news with a : ………….
   
5. Three words from this item to remember are....

What kind of news is it?

For whom is this news?

How do you rate this news (1-10)?

010

It is relevant/irrelevant because:

Three words from this item to remember are:

Recap: what is a headline?

Recap: what is a headline?

a: a head of a newspaper story or article usually printed in large letter type and giving the gist of the story or article that follows

b. headlines, plural: front-page news

"The scandal made headlines."

Recap: news categories?

- International news

- National news

- Local news

--> it's mainly about who views it

A Dutch person watches the NOS in Spain: national news

How to deal with the news:

- Is all news reliable?

- What's a reliable news source? 

- What influences reporting the news?

Is all news reliable?

What's a reliable news source?

What influences reporting the news?

example of
online news source?

Examples of online news sources:

www.cnn.com

www.foxnews.com

www.bbc.com

www.news.sky.com

www.dutchnews.nl

www.nltimes.nl

To do:

• Compare the opening pages of CNN and FOX.
  
• Find three differences in the news provided that you think are important.
  
• Why do you think the two companies present the News differently?
  

(5 mins)

How do you find out whether your news is reliable or not?

Verification 

Independence

Accountability

(VIA)

VIA

Verification:

the act of verifying something 

(= proving or checking that it exists, or is true or correct):

Independence:

not subject to control by others

Accountability:

the fact of being responsible for what you do and able to give a satisfactory reason for it