Overall aims for the week:
Discuss what you hear / read in the news and how it is presented.
Read an discuss letters to the Editor
Write a newspaper article
Discuss different professional roles in the media and media careers
Project(s):
Record and present a news bulletin
Grammar
Narrative tenses
Causal actions and events
Contextual / situational activity
Background events (previous to that moment in the story)
Historical present
Sometimes used to make a story more immediate
Used in news stories
Phrasal verbs for this week
break in
face up to
follow suit
give way
leak out
point out
pull out
speak for
spell out
"I am the Lorax. I ________ the trees. I ________ the trees for the trees have no tongues."
a derogatory term
to substantiate an opinion
a broadsheet paper
a tabloid
to know only too well
the bottom line
to filter information
What's the difference between to mislead and to lie?
What's a cover up?
What's a briefing?
What kind of stories do the media in your country tend to go into a lot of detail about?
What does "in bed with each other" mean (figuratively)?
What's a boogie man?
Who or what is "the powers that be"?
What's a whistle blower?
What's a scoop?
In what situation might we talk about "rules of engagement"?
What's a pundit?
What is "the Fourth Estate"?
20 Question Kahoot for Unit 1 C1.3
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