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Copy the table below into your books and fill
in the gaps with a fact or an opinion:
Fact Opinion
Yourself
Your best friend
Your home
School
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To analyse a newspaper article.
To answer exam style questions based on a
newspaper article.
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By the end of the lesson you will have:
Discussed themes and ideas that arise from
the newspaper article.
Analysed the effects of various techniquesthat have been used in the newspaper
article.
Demonstrated your understanding by
answering exam style questions based on thearticle.
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Junk food you say...?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z80aqqbG3c
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"Could your deodorant give you cancer?
"Why bosses are right to distrust women whodon't want children
"Sleep with a stranger and win an iPod... how NHSbosses are combating the devastating legacy ofcasual sex
Britain on alert for deadly new knife with
exploding tip that freezes victims' organs"
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CONVICTS HANDED KEYSTO THE CELL
Now the actual truth of the story was that anumber of prisoners in open prisons who hadbehaved well were entitled to be able to locktheir door at night. The prison wardens hadmaster keys and bad behaviour would take thisright away.
The mail reported it as if the prisoners were
free to leave whenever they wanted and actuallymade reference to Ian Huntley - even though thisinitiative was not the level of prison he was in.
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Sensationalism!
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Lets read the
article Junk
food dummies:How bingeing in
burgers and chips
drain your
brainpower...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FW5KXBuOco&feature=related
Does it look like anyone
familiar?
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As we look at the article in more depth use
the following slides to annotate it. Dont just
copy every note from the slides. Write your
own ideas and the ones that we discuss inclass also...
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Eating too much fast food will make you thicker in
more ways than one, according to a study.
As well as expanding the waistline, a high-fat diet of
curries, kebabs, burgers and chips can make you
less intelligent.
The research was performed by scientists at Oxford
University on rats.
A high-fat diet over less than ten days damaged the
rodents short-term memory and made them lessmentally alert, as well as significantly decreasing
their ability to exercise.
Their opinion, based on the
study
Based in fact, but not based
on humans
Use of a list
Connotations of prestige, intelligence
Finally, a FACT
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Stupid move: Eating junk food like burgers may
make you less intelligent.
The group of biological experts say their results
dubbed a high-fat hangover show animportant link between what people eat, how
they think, and how our bodies perform.
Andrew Murray, co-author of the study, said:
Western diets are typically high in fat and are
associated with long-term complications such as
obesity, diabetes, and heart failure yet the
short-term consequences of such diets have been
given relatively little attention.
Sounds important, no?
Rule of 3
logical
connections
too
A looooong quote expert opinion
from an important source
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We hope that the findings of our study will helppeople to think seriously about reducing the fatcontent of their daily food intake to theimmediate benefit of their general health, well-being and alertness.
The research team studied rats fed a lowfat diet,comprising just 7.5 per cent of calories as fat,and compared them with rats fed a high-fat junkfood diet, typically 55 per cent of calories as fat.
They discovered that after just four days the
muscles of the rats eating the high-fat diet wereless able to use oxygen to make the energyneeded to exercise, causing their hearts to workharder and increase in size.
More factual and detailed approach
later in the article why?
A scientific explanation, again later in
the article
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After nine days on a high-fat diet, the ratstook longer to complete a maze and mademore mistakes in the process than their low-fat-diet counterparts.
The number of correct decisions before makinga mistake dropped from over six to anaverage of five to 5.5.
The low-fat rats were also running 50 per centfurther by this stage than their fatter andthicker counterparts.
All based in fact but how is this linked
to the headline?
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Dr Gerald Weissmann, editor of the journal,
said: Its nothing short of a high-fat
hangover.
The scientists are now studying the effect of ashort-term high-fat diet on humans.
Important-sounding quote - expert
So what were really saying is...
That phrase again
why repeat it?
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Lets get target setting!
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Thursday 26th January
Analysing Newspaper ArticlesLearning Objectives
To analyse a newspaper article
To explore some exam style questions to
further develop understanding
To further explore fact, opinion and
sensationalism
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Facts and OpinionsOn the board some various statements will
appear.
You will stand on the opinion linedepending on how much you agree or
disagree with the statement.
Ready? On your feet!
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Miss Bertram is a secondary
school English teacher
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Miss Bertram is a good teacher
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Miss Bertram wears fur coats
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Miss Bertram is clearly insane
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Facts and Opinions
Copy and out and finish these sentences in
your books
Facts are
Opinions are
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Sensationalism: Re-cap!
How does this image
fit with the idea of
sensationalism?
3 minutes- in you
books!
(Full sentences!)
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In pairs you have a newspaper article
Your task is to spend 4 minutes thinking of a
headline that would sensationalise the storyand make people want to buy the paper to
read the article.
Think about
Exaggeration
Applying this one off case to everyone
A short, sharp, attention-grabbing headline
Sensationalise this!
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1)Comment on the meaning and effectiveness ofthe title.
2) Quote one fact and one opinion. Say which isa fact and which is an opinion and why youhave identified each one in the way you have.
3)Comment on the effectiveness of the picture
which accompanies the article.
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Analyse this!
Here we have another delight from The Daily
Mail.
We will read the article together.
Task: In one colour highlight all of thefacts
On another highlight all of the
opinions
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Analyse this!
Your job is to analyse the article.
Think about
The headline- how is it sensationalised?- how does it relate to the story?
The picture- what image are they trying to putacross?
The facts and opinions- how many facts are
there? Named people- why have they names people?
Convincing- Are you convinced that the story isreally what it seems to be?
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Junior Journalist!
Now that weve analysed some articles and
thought about headlines, your task is to write
your own article!
Your article should be about something
happening in school (you can make it up if
you want to!)
The challenge is that the article itself should
be super dull BUT the headline makes it
sound sensational!
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, its
super teacher!A teacher from Longbenton Community College can fly!
Mr Moon from the local high school has recently passed hispilot training and is certified to fly non-commercial
aeroplanes.Its taken a lot of time and effort to get through this
difficult challenge, but now Ive made it I couldnt bemore proud, says Mr Moon, aged 56.
The students seem to be in some way interested in Mr Moonsachievement and the school hope it will encourage them to
aim high.Indeed, the sky is the limit!, jokes Mrs Percy. The staff are
very impressed with this superb achievement and havearranged to have a special evening in celebration with cupsof tea and biscuits all round.
Mr Moon of LCC