Project work where students create their own news broadcast in groups.

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Reporting the news

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Reporting the news
English media project, year 8

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Reporting the news
English media project, year 8
Va!hamra skola 2012

5. Focus: Lgr 11

6. Focus: Lgr 11
Innehåll:
Aktuella och för eleverna välbekanta ämnesområden
Intressen, vardagliga situationer, aktiviteter, händelseförlopp samt relationer och
etiska frågor.
Levnadsvillkor, traditioner, sociala relationer och kulturella företeelser i olika
sammanhang och områden där engelska används.

8. Lyssna och läsa:
Talad engelska och texter från olika medier.
Talad engelska med viss regional och social färgning.
Muntlig och skriftlig information samt diskussioner och argumentation med olika
syften, t.ex. nyheter, reportage och tidningsartiklar.
Olika sätt att söka, välja och värdera texter och talat språk på engelska från
internet och andra medier.
Hur texter och talat språk kan varieras för olika syften och sammanhang.

10. Tala, skriva och samtala:
Olika sätt att bearbeta egna framställningar för att variera, tydliggöra, precisera
och anpassa dem efter deras syften.
Muntliga och skriftliga berättelser, beskrivningar och instruktioner.
Språkliga företeelser för att förtydliga, variera och berika kommunikationen som
uttal, intonation och fasta språkliga uttryck, grammatiska strukturer och
satsbyggnad.

11. How to report the news...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGSXMuWMR4

12. The assignment: Make a news broadcast

13. The assignment: Make a news broadcast
Decide on what news you will present:
- international news
- national news
- sports
- all of the above?

15. Find news to report.
Write a script.
Practise!

17. Make a video of your news broadcast.

18. Make a video of your news broadcast.
The video should be about 5 minutes.
(A little bit more or a little bit less is of course okay.)

19. Write about the process

20. Write about the process
After every time you have been working on your news
broadcast, write in a Google Doc about the process:

21. Write about the process
After every time you have been working on your news
broadcast, write in a Google Doc about the process:
- What have you (both you as an individual and you as a group)
done today?
- How is the project coming along?
- New words you have learned/want to learn.
- Thoughts and reflections

22. Write about the process
After every time you have been working on your news
broadcast, write in a Google Doc about the process:
- What have you (both you as an individual and you as a group)
done today?
- How is the project coming along?
- New words you have learned/want to learn.
- Thoughts and reflections
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HU1jBVsPsoWfbwmrVLvKsydzIGDarWF-X5XJ8ZLRGF8/edit

23. Write about the process
After every time you have been working on your news
broadcast, write in a Google Doc about the process:
- What have you (both you as an individual and you as a group)
done today?
- How is the project coming along?
- New words you have learned/want to learn.
- Thoughts and reflections
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HU1jBVsPsoWfbwmrVLvKsydzIGDarWF-X5XJ8ZLRGF8/edit
Create a Google Doc, name it ”Your name English news”
Share the document with Ida. Make sure Ida can edit/comment.

24. Important!

25. Important!

26. Important!
If you use images or video clips etc that you find on the
internet, you need to make sure they are free to use.

27. Important!
If you use images or video clips etc that you find on the
internet, you need to make sure they are free to use.
Use the search engine Creative Commons.

28. Shocking news!

29. Shocking news!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9MGOckIzlU

30. The first steps...

31. The first steps...
In your groups, discuss what kind of news you are going to
report.

32. The first steps...
In your groups, discuss what kind of news you are going to
report.
Check news websites, news broadcasts etc to find information
and inspiration.

33. The first steps...
In your groups, discuss what kind of news you are going to
report.
Check news websites, news broadcasts etc to find information
and inspiration.
The news in your broadcast should of course be real news.

34. The news in English speaking countries

35. The news in English speaking countries
BBC News ABC News
The Guardian Fox News
CNN The Australian
The New York Times Sydney Morning Herald
Sky News CBC News
Daily Mail NZ Herald
Telegraph The Independent
USA today The Washington Post