4V T3a Newspapers B2
The Story Behind This Task
You are…
The editor-in-chief of a newspaper!
Nowadays, the internet is a haven for information. If you want to know something about a certain topic, you are guaranteed to find information on it. Do you want to know about all the different types of frogs? Then the internet will give you a number of websites to choose from. Do you want to know about plate tectonics? The internet is there for you.
However, not all the information on the internet is useful, and not even all of it is trustworthy.
You are sick and tired of all the useless and untrustworthy information that you’ve found on the internet, and you’ve decided to start your own newspaper, with your own stories, and your own sources.
In this task, you will learn the difference between different newspapers and how to structure a good newspaper article.
You will create the front page of your newspaper, and write articles to fill it. You will write a total of at least 3 articles and create the layout of your newspaper.
Duration
You have two lessons a week to work on the task. The other lesson we will do other activities.
You have 5 weeks for this task, but 4 weeks to finish the newspaper.
Task 3: Newspapers
23 Feb – 27 Feb
Instructions:
|- Newspaper lay-out
Assignment:
– Newspaper Task T3a Explore phase and Produce Phase I week 1: write front page article
Tests and deadlines:
– Mid-year reading test
2 Mar – 6 Mar
Assignment:
– Finish front page article, ask for feedback
– Do feedback I and grow phase; improve your front page article.
– Do produce phase II
9 Mar – 13 Mar
Assignment:
– Do produce phase III and feedback phase II
16 Mar – 20 Mar
Assignment:
– Do Newspaper task show phase
Tests and deadlines:
– Newspaper Task vocab and grammar test
– Deadline Newspaper: print it this week and bring it to class next week.
23 Mar – 27 Mar
Assignment:
– Feedback session newspaper task
– Prepare for writing test
– Do reflect phase of Newspaper task
30 Mar – 3 Apr
Tests and deadlines:
– 4A Writing Test about Formal Letter, Essay and the Newspaper Task
Vocab
related to:
– news
– newspapers
– publications
Grammar
related to:
– Past simple
– Present perfect
– Concise writing
– Sentence structure
– reported speech
– passive voice / active voice
Year and level
Year 4
B2 Writing
B1 and B2 Reading
Learning Goals
B1
Lezen
B2
Schrijven
Lezen
Link naar volledige leerdoelen kaart
De bovenstaande leerdoelen voor schrijven zijn terug te vinden op de leerdoelkaart B1 en B2 voor moderne vreemde talen (MVT). Zie deze link voor het volledige overzicht van de B1 MVT leerdoelen. Zie deze link voor het volledige overzicht van de B2 MVT leerdoelen.
Mining Expeditions
Newspaper advertisement Mining Expedition
For this task, you can do a mining expedition in which you design and write an advertisement for your newspaper. If you finish this mining expedition before you hand in your front page, you may add it to your front page. You can find the assignment here.