News assignment

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

News

You are going to make a news broadcast.

You can choose whether you want to make a radio broadcast  (only record your voice) or a TV broadcast ( film yourself ). 

Groups

- When you want to do this assignment on your own, you have to cover 1 item

- When you want to pair up, you will need to cover 2 items.

- If you want to work in a group of 3, you will need to cover 3 items.

- The maximum group size is four people. Cover 4 items or let 1 person be the presentor. 

Speaking

You can find help with completing a speaking assignment on the Yellow Pages. There you will receive an explanation of the following points:

- speaking (presenting ...)

- to gather information

- collaboration

Yellow pages: Mavo: pages 200/201        Havo / Vwo: pages 204

Grammar

For extra support and a checklist during the preparation you can take a look at the grammar overview on the Green pages.

Extra help: Weather

Chapter 1: weather forecast > give us the weather forecast of this week (past, present and future)

Mavo: exercises 53 and 54 on pages 62 and 63

Havo/vwo: exercise 49 on page 66

The news

4 Examples of different news items:

- Serious news item (go to the slide 'accident') 

- Funny / crazy item 

(it doesn't have to be realistic, it can be fake news)

- Showbiz item

- The weather

Extra help: Accident

Chapter 2: Accident/ tragedy happened > report or interview

        (on the scene)

Mavo: themewords on page 118 + stone 5 on page 120

   + exercises 30, 31 and 33 on pages 93/95

Havo / Vwo: themewords on page 122 + stone 5 on page 124

   + exercises 25,26 and 27 on pages 98/99

Extra help: Showbiz

Chapter 3: showbiz news > inform your audience and give your (expert) opinion on latest celebrity news/track/film or series.

Mavo: Theme words on page 166 & stones 8 and 9 on page 168 + exercises 28, 29 and 30 (pages 142 and 143) 37 (page 147)  & 51, 53 and 57 (pages 155/159) 

Havo/Vwo: Theme words on page 170 and stones on page 172

  + exercises 22/28 (pages 144 to 147) and 46, 47, 48 and 50 (pages 160/162)

Tips

- Watch the news (BBC, BBC newsround, etc...) and write down useful phrases.

Things you will be assessed on:

- Whether you've met all the requirements

- Use of language

- Pronunciation and fluency

- Delivery

- Dialogue structure

Hand-in

You will have to hand-in your broadcast via 'SOM'

tip:

When your file is too big use www.wetransfer.com

(you will need an private email address plus your teacher's mail address)

Questions