Media - Lesson 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Media and text types 4V 

Open your 'Heroes & Villains' reader on page 18.

4 main newspaper text types (two of these will be in your writing portfolios)

• News story or news report 
  
• Feature article
  
• Letter to the editor
  
• Column

What do you know about old-
fashioned newspapers?

Two types of newspapers

• Broadsheet
• Tabloid

What's the difference between
the two types?

Differences

Tabloid	Broadsheet
1. Smaller size 2. Sensational news 3. Modern language 4. More colours and pictures	1. Larger size 2. Serious news 3. Traditional and more conservative language 4. Less pictures, more black & white

Use of language

News articles use language that is more formal (i.e. facts) than that used in everyday conversation. ​

Read over the following statements and decide if the statement is ‘news-worthy’, or if it's written in informal, narrative style. 

One time, there were these students at the school who were in a bus wreck.

The case has been unsolved and the suspects are still at large.

Factual vs. personal

News is factual – it can be proved or disproved. ​

For example:

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“Last Saturday was a rainy day.” ​

This is a factual statement, because it can be clearly shown that last Saturday either was or was not rainy. ​ 

“Rainy days are depressing.” ​

It is not a factual statement, because it is a personal opinion.

Assignment

In the following slides state whether the sentence is a fact or an opinion.

Commas are the hardest type of punctuation mark to study.

The English language is studied in many regions of the world.​

The English language is the most difficult language to study in the world.​

Homework for Thursday

1. Read page 18 and 19 in your reader. 
2. Find a broadsheet article online that covers a topic which interests you. 
3. Copy the link to the article in OneNote (go to heroes & villains tab - news story or news report) 
4. Write down your comments regarding purpose, audience and layout of the text.