Be a reporter
Students identify some fictional reporters and then write their own news story.
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What to do 1. Make copies of the first activity page and cut it in half above the title. Fold the top section so that students can see the picture and the list of names but not the titles in the second column. In pairs or small groups, students look at the list and try to identify the people. What do they all have in common? Answer: They are all fictional characters and they are all reporters. Students open out the paper so they can see the list of book, comic, film and TV series titles. They draw lines to match the names with the corresponding title. Check through the answers together. 2. Tell the students that they are going to be reporters for the next few days. They are going to write a news story about something topical. Write the news story headlines from the activity sheet on the board. What do the students think the news stories are about? Students discuss their ideas in groups. Invite some students to share their ideas with the rest of the class. 3. Divide the class into groups of four students. Give each group copies of the bottom section of the activity page. First, tell the students to check their answers to the previous activity by reading the first paragraph of each news story. Then write assignment and cover (a story) on the board. Tell students to imagine that they work for a newspaper. Each student is going to go on an assignment to cover one of the news stories. Each student in the group is going to cover a different story. The first thing they have to do is decide which student reporter covers which story. 4. The students read their stories again and the assignment notes. You can ask them to prepare their assignments for homework. If you have Internet access, students can go online to find information. At the next class, students complete their assignments. If they have to complete surveys or ask other students for opinions, they can ask the other students in their group or in the whole class. Students then write their news stories. Note: If you are an its-teachers subscriber, your students can go the Newsdesk section at its-myworld (www.its-myworld.com) where they’ll find links to related websites to access more information. They can also watch videos and find their personal number at the Population Action International website. When they have written their stories, they can also post them on the Newsdesk page for other students to read.
Answers What do they have in common? Matching
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