News assignment

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

News

You are going to make a broadcast of the news.

You can choose whether you want to make it for the radio (so you only record your voice) of for the TV (so you also film yourself while talking). 

Groups

- When you want to do it alone, you have to cover 1 item

- When you work in a pair, you need 2 items.

- If you work in a group of 3, you cover 3 items.

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

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 205 / 207.         Havo / Vwo: pages 207 / 209

Grammar

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

Mavo:  1/13 on pages 208 and 209.

Havo / Vwo: 1/20 on pages 210/223

The news

Examples of news items:

- Serious news item

- Funny / crazy item

- Showbiz item

- The weather

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

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

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

Questions