LESSON PLAN GRADE: XI-TH E TEACHER: Nicoleta Militaru DATE: 28.02.

2007 TEXT BOOK: ENGLISH NEWS AND VIEWS UNIT: IN THE NEWS TOPIC: ITS ALL IN THE NEWSPAPERS TYPE: mixt SKILLS: reading, speaking, writing LESSON AIMS: -identify elements regarding newspapers writing and presentation -express personal points of view regarding newspaper writing -translate correctly phrases from read paragraphs -write a correct English presentation of a newspaper of their choice MATERIALS: textbook, activity book exercise, articles from The Mirror and The Independent, model presentation of Ialomita Tribune, the newspaper Ialomita Tribune ORGANISATION: frontal, individual, pair work activity Development of the lesson Newspapers are an important part of our lives. We shall begin todays lesson Its all in the newspapers by reading an article about the history of newspapers and their evolution into society. PRE READING ACTIVITY: Read the text Its all in the newspapers and decide whether the following sentences are true or false. a. Newspapers firstly appeared in Germany in the 16th century. b. The newspapers were organized according to the place theycame from and the date. c. The corantos had a two column format and were published on half sheets. d. The London Gazzette appeared three times a week.

e. The first American newspaper still exists today. f. Most of the articles authors were not known to the public eye. READING ACTIVITY: The pupils read the text and the teacher corrects the eventual mistakes. While reading they try to find the correct solution to the given task. POST READING ACTIVITY: Pupils give the right answers to the exercise:

a. false, b. true, c. true, d. false, e. false, f. true SKIMMING: Skim the text and identify the elements that appear in the newspaper Pupils skim the text and find the correct solution: title page, columns, date, short articles, illustrations, service articles. There are other terms/ elements connected with the newspaper writing. WRITING ACTIVITY/ PAIR WORK ACTIVITY: Use the following words related to newspapers to fill in the blanks: issue, columns, reports, layout, editorial, puzzles, periodicals, weekly, cartoons, obituary, daily, headlines, advertisements, appointments, feature (article) Pupils are left to work in pairs and they have to find the correct solution for all the fifteen sentences: 1. Have you read the Ottoman prince obituary in the Sunday Telegraph? He died last Friday. 2. Jim Davis cartoons made Garfield as famous as Tom and Jerry or Mickey Mouse. 3. The board decided to change the magazines page layout in order to make it more attractive. 4. Just Seventeen is a weekly magazine for teenagers. It comes out every Friday. 5. The 2nd April issue of Newsweek magazine covered the Oklahoma City bombing. 6. Ive only read the headlines as I havent had time to read the whole paper. 7. Most of the American daily newspapers are published rain or shine, even on Christmas Day or Thanksgiving. 8. Of all the periodicals, womens magazines have the largest circulation. 9. Many people read the financial columns to find out about the rate of inflation. 10. All the newspapers in the world have had reports on the tragic aircraft. 11. If you are looking for a job, why dont you use the appointments pages? 12. He never reads the newspapers; he only tries his hand at doing the puzzles.

13. Did you read the feature on personal computers in The New York Times? 14. Readers complain that more and more space is allotted to advertisements. 15. By reading the editorial you will form an impression of the quality of this newspaper. Translation practice: Board- the ones in charging with the management of the business/newspaper To cover- to write about (to publish) rain or shine- the newspaper is done no matter what To try ones hand- tries to solve To allot- to give Newspapers include a large range of articles. PRE-READING ACTIVITY: Read the following articles and match them with their headlines. To what category would you include each of the following articles? (news, fun, politics, environment) READING ACTIVITY: Pupils read the articles and the teacher corrects the mistakes, if any. They also give the correct solution to the task.
MATCH THE FOLLOWING HEADLINES TO THE CORRECT ARTICLE: REHAB HIT MARRIGE UNIVERSITIES RISK FINES SUED IN LONDON BLOOD AND BLING AT THE OSCARS BIGGEST SHOPPERS EQUAL PAY AT WIMBLEDON GREEN ESTATE PLANE FINE

1. Which city tops the league of spending for the whole Britain? While our men are watching the footie, we have a Saturday hobby of our own. New figures reveal that the average woman spends 1,040 pounds a year on clothes, shoes and cosmetics. And Birmingham girls are Britains biggest spenders splashing out a whooping 1,813 pounds a year. 2. Vice President Dick Cheneys airplane had a small mechanical problem but there was no safety concern and the aircraft was scheduled to make a planned refueling stop in Singapore after his trip to Australia. 3. Nicole Kidman spoke of the strain on her marriage to Keith Urban yesterday when he went into rehab months after the pair wed. The Oscar winner told of her upset in an interview with Russell Crowe for Oprah Winfrey Show. 4. Women will earn the same prize money as their male counterparts for the first time at this years Wimbledon tournament. In the past Wimbledon officials had

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argued that the difference in pay was justified by the fact that women play bestof-three set matches while men played best-of-five. Britains first entirely green housing estate complete with wind turbines and rainwater harvesting facilities, is to be built in Londons Docklands. Residents in the zero-carbon development will be able to grow their own food in community greenhouse and power their TV sets with tree branches. Many of Englands most popular universities may risk incurring government fines this autumn by recruiting more students than they are allowed. Surry University which has seen a 40% increase in applications is considering ignoring a government cap on the number of students it takes in. The worlds richest Russian is sued for the sum of 3 billions dollars but this does not bother Oled Deripaska so much as the loss of privacy. His former friend, mentor and business partner, Michael Cherny, is attacking Deripaska in Londons High Court for 20% share in the Russians aluminum company. Not all the stars will be dripping with diamonds if campaigners have their way. This year Oscars ceremony was supposed to be conflict-free, at least in the jewels department. But the film Blood Diamond, which brought Leonardo DiCaprio a new nomination, gave the industry the perfect excuse to develop a conscience about the true origins of the blings adorning its actresses. Campaigners protest against the fact that the diamonds are the result of hardworking slavery in the African countries just to shine at the neck, fingers or ears of fancy ladies. It remains to be seen what would happen in the end.

WHILE READING ACTIVITY: Pupils give the correct answers: 1. social: Biggest Shoppers; 2. politics: Plane Fine; 3. stars: Rehab Hit Marriage; 4. sport: Equal pay at Wimbledon; 5. environment: Green Estate; 6. education: Universities Risk Fines; 7. world: Sued in London; 8. film: Blood and Bling at the Oscars SPEAKING ACTIVITY: Pupils are also encouraged to state their points of view regarding the topics presented in the selected articles. Translation practice: footie- football splash out- spend a lot strain- tension fine- penalty mentor- adviser, guide bling- jewels

SPEAKING ACTIVITY: The selection of the articles, headlines, illustrations, pagination is done by different people. Match the following jobs related to the newspaper production to their description:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. editor sub-editor news editor foreign editor picture editor designers advertising manager typesetters printers circulation manager a. controls international news b. checks stories for mistakes and adjust them in terms of length c. control the papers visual style (size of headlines, page length) d. is in charge of sales e. use computers to turn sub edited text into type f. is in overall charge of the newspapers and what it prints g. controls national or home news h. sells space in the paper for publicity i. chooses photographs, maps, illustrations j. make metal plates of the completed paper which are used to produce thousands to millions of copies

Solutions: 1. f, 2.b, 3.g, 4.a, 5.i, 6.c, 7.h, 8.e, 9.j, 10.d

SPEAKING ACTIVITY/ HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: All these people work together for a final product that can be local or regional newspaper. Take for example Tribuna Ialomitei from our town. You have a model presentation of this newspaper. Use the model to write your own presentation of a newspaper of your choice. The Ialomita Tribune is the oldest newspaper from our area and it appears daily from Monday to Friday. The first page contains the most important news of the day and the headlines are always written in big black letters so that to make its reader pay more attention. Each article from the first page is then developed in the next pages. You can find local information form all possible areas: politics, economy, culture, law, sport as well as different announcements: cars, jobs, apartments for sale or rent, obituaries, and many others. Each article has a very suggestive photo to its content. Generally, the last page of the newspaper is dedicated to a special theme that means a lot to the locals. The Ialomita Tribune is a good local newspaper that gives all the necessary information to the people living in this area.

EVALUATION: The pupils activity is evaluated during the entire lesson by positive appreciations and by permanent encouragements. At the end the pupils are also given grades for their answers and behavior during the lesson.