MYP3 Lesson 4/5

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MYP3 Lesson 4/5

Unit 2

Is it true that you are what you read?

Content

1. Social Media and News

2. Debate

3. Parts of a paper

4. Different types of newspaper

5. Conventions of news reports

Unit 2

Let's watch the TEDx Talk and answer the questions in the following Activity:

page 61

TEDx

What challenges do newspapers face?

What opportunities for newspapers does the Internet create?

How does DeSisto engage her audience? Who does she seem to target?

What has happened to their print audience over the last decade?

How do newspapers continue to make money even though they share content online?

Do you agree that newspapers protect the public?

1. yes
2. no

Unit 2

Let's look at the Extension on page 61 and have a group discussion.

Let's also read this article together.

Conventions of News Reports

Click on the link to work on the following activity

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Conventions of News Reports

In groups of 3 we will work on the following activity

Click on the link. Each student choses one article and tries to analyse it using the conventions we have learned about.

Make notes and talk about your findings

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Different types of news articles

Read the following two pages

Text

passive voice & relative clauses

Unit 2

Newsbank Activity

Activity: Headlines

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Activity: Headlines

1. What is the effect of the chosen headlines? How does passive or active voice influence this?

2. Which newspaper headlines are broadsheet and which are tabloid?

Debate

In two groups we are going to have a debate about the following statement:

"Newspapers protect the public"

Group 1(for) / Group 2 (against) / Jury / Moderator (timekeeper)