Unit 1.8 - News articles - 8.5+8.6+8.7

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News articles

Unit 1.8

Pages 49-51

Exercises 8.5+8.6+8.7

Central question

How can news satire make us understand the conventions of news writing?

8.5

Read the introduction to the task on page 49

Do an online search for news satire and fake news articles or use the links on the next slides.

The Onion produces news satire, the other two sites are fake news.

On the slide after that: answer the question.

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8.5 How are your News Satire article and Fake News article different? What is the purpose of each?

Exercise 8.6

Assignment 8.6 can be done in your coursebook (as it is yours). Use different colours for understanding of the novel and understanding of the text type. 

If you want more information on The Great Gatsby, I have included a one minute summary for you.

You can find my highlighting in the next slide.

Answer question C in the slide after that.

8.6 How 'real' is this article? How is different from the fake news in the previous activity?

8.7

Do assignment 8.7 in a OneNote file or notebook. 

Your list of phrases will come in handy next week when you are to write your own newspaper article as a final assignment for this unit of study.

How can news satire make us understand the conventions of news writing?

1. Despite having a different purpose, the way it is presented (the language and lay-out) stays the same
2. Using humor educates people because they are more willing to read it.
3. It makes people think about what is real and what is fake
4. We never know what is true and what is fake because fake news and satire mimic real news exactly.

Any questions or comments?