Unit 17
Word work: classifying Match the extracts below to the newspaper sections where you would expect to find them. Example: Heavy showers expected in the morning è Weather forecast
1 Local news 2 International news 3 What’s on
4 Television listings 5 Finance 6 Letters to the Editor
7 Sport 8 Advertisements
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Writing: class newspaper Work in groups. Prepare an information page for a class newspaper.
1 Decide which sections you will include . This could be reports of school events, weather forecast, sports results, students’ birthdays. 2 Plan the layout of your page. Decide who will write each section. 3 Make a rough draft of each section. Read each other’s drafts and suggest improvements. 4 Copy each section on to a large sheet of paper. Display your newspaper in your classroom.
Lay out your page using different fonts and clip art to make it eye-catching.
• Writing: Remind students to write a heading for each section of their newspapers. If possible create a wall display of students’ newspaper pages. Invite other classes to take a look. DA Students can contribute to the newspaper according to their abilities, writing articles, creating illustrations, word processing.
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