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Examining newspapers

Lesson Plan

1. Starter: Tabloid or broadsheet? - Duration 5-10 mins

 

Episode

Learning Objectives

Resources
  • Students are shown a number of headlines referring to the abandoned Ten Tors expedition in May 2007. Students will be asked to identify whether they are from a tabloid or a broadsheet newspaper.
  • Understand how the nature and purpose of media products influences content and meaning.
  • Understand how techniques, structures and forms vary.
  • Comparing texts, looking at style, theme and language, and identifying connections and contrasts.
  • Slides

Teacher Notes: 1. Starter: Tabloid or broadsheet?Teacher Notes: 1. Starter: Tabloid or broadsheet?

2. Analysis of a tabloid article - Duration 15-25 mins

 

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Learning Objectives

Resources
  • Place students in pairs and distribute copies of Student Worksheets 1, 2 and 2a to each pair.
  • Student Worksheet 1 contains a tabloid newspaper article on the abandoned Ten Tors expedition.
  • Student use the reading table on Student Worksheet 2a as a guide to identifying the characteristic features of the article.
  • Identifying the characteristic features of different types of texts at word, sentence and text level.
  • Distinguishing between fact and opinion, bias and objectivity.
  • Student Worksheet 1-2
  • Slides

Teacher Notes: 2. Analysis of a tabloid articleTeacher Notes: 2. Analysis of a tabloid article

3. Analysis of a broadsheet article and comparisons - Duration 15-25 mins

 

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Learning Objectives

Resources
  • Student Worksheet 3 contains a broadsheet article on the same subject. In pairs, students identify characteristic features of the article and discuss (in pairs) the comparisons between tabloid and broadsheet newspapers.
  • Understand how to select, compare and synthesise information from different texts.
  • Evaluate how information is presented.
  • Identify the characteristic features of different types of texts at word, sentence and text level.
  • Student Worksheet 3
  • Slide

Teacher Notes: 3. Analysis of a broadsheet article and comparisonsTeacher Notes: 3. Analysis of a broadsheet article and comparisons

4. Plenary: How to differentiate - Duration 20-40 mins

 

Episode

Learning Objectives

Resources
  • Students write a short guide for younger students on how to identify whether an article is sourced from a broadsheet or tabloid newspaper.
  • How the nature and purpose of media products influence content and meaning.
  • Consider how the reporting on the Ten Tors walk might affect the competition in future years.
  • Slide

Teacher Notes: 4. Plenary: How to differentiateTeacher Notes: 4. Plenary: How to differentiate

5. Homework / independent work - Duration n/a mins

 

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Learning Objectives

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  • Students answer multiple choice questions.
  • To recap on the topic area.
  • Multiple choice quiz

Teacher Notes: 5. Homework / independent workTeacher Notes: 5. Homework / independent work

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