Topic 6 Year 8 English
| English | |||
| Topic | News | ||
| No of lessons | 13 | ||
| When is it happening | Half Term 6 Year 8 | ||
| What will students learn | Students will learn about how news has been disseminated through the ages, as well as focusing on how news is currently accessed in our society. Students will explore the pros and cons of these different news formats and mediums. Students will develop their understanding of the concept of perception and bias by exploring how one news item is presented through a range of different news formats and mediums. During this unit, students will also take part in a formal debate, create original articles based on a societal issue, intended for different audiences. Finally, students will also produce a formal letter. | ||
| Key Knowledge that students should know at the end of 'Topic' | This is the knowledge that students will meet for the first time in this topic | What is news, incorporating the concept of fake news; news timeline; current mediums for disseminating news; pros and cons of a selection of these mediums; what is bias and how is it achieved; tracking one news item through a selection of news formats and mediums, including both digital and print based; formal debating; writing two versions of an article on a news item with each article aimed at different audiences; formal letter writing. | |
| This is knowledge that students may have met before but will need to deepen their understanding |
Regular retrieval of the knowledge described above will be retrieved as well as: Societal issues |
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| Key Skills that students should be able to demonstrate at the end of 'Topic' | This is the skills that students will meet for the first time in this topic | Students will focus on acquiring the following skills: Write like a journalist. | |
| This is skills that students may have met before but will need to develop |
Making inferences; referring to evidence; purpose; vocabulary choice; characterisation; expressing own ideas; clear inferences; judicious evidence; audience; figurative language and grammar; setting; comparing; short speeches and keeping to the point. |
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| Key vocabulary that students should know and understand |
Tabloid, Broadsheet |
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| The Big Question | Why is it important to study the news? | ||
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Key questions that students should be able to answer at the end of the 'Topic' |
What is news? | ||
| What are the different news formats and audiences? | |||
| What is tabloid news? | |||
| What is broadsheet news? | |||
| How is news interpreted to meet the text style, audience and purpose of the tabloid newspaper The Daily Mail? | |||
| How is news interpreted to meet the text style, audience and purpose of the tabloid newspaper The Daily Telegraph? | |||
| How is news interpreted to meet the text style, audience and purpose of the tabloid newspaper The Mirror? | |||
| How is news interpreted to meet the text style, audience and purpose of the tabloid newspaper The Guardian? | |||
| How do I write in the style of a features article? | |||