Task 1: Vocabulary
Go to the the Quizlet website and take the test again to learn about your study progress. At the end of the test it indicates which answers you’ve all gotten right, and which words you still need to study. Write these down on a separate piece of paper. You can take the quiz as many times as you like if you want to practise some more.
Task 2: Newspapers in Britain
Task 3: Newspaper features
Your teacher will hand out the correction key after you have completed the task.
The following presentations already give you an idea of what an in-depth analysis of broadsheets and tabloids might look like:
Go to the the Quizlet website and take the test again to learn about your study progress. At the end of the test it indicates which answers you’ve all gotten right, and which words you still need to study. Write these down on a separate piece of paper. You can take the quiz as many times as you like if you want to practise some more.
Task 2: Newspapers in Britain
- Broadsheets vs. tabloids gap fill: you can check your answers here. To check if you can distinguish between broadsheet and tabloid papers, you can take this quiz.
- Newspapers & politics: As you can see in this graph, the right-wing is quite over-represented in the press. This is an interesting fact since the Labour Party (left-wing) won the past three elections. One reason for this is that newspapers tend to be owned by Conservative party sympathizers.
- Readership & circulation: 1A, 2A, 3B
Task 3: Newspaper features
Your teacher will hand out the correction key after you have completed the task.
The following presentations already give you an idea of what an in-depth analysis of broadsheets and tabloids might look like:
Task 5: a good 150-word essay...
- is concise, clear, and well-structured: write a draft and throw out all the information that isn't absolutely necessary to prove your point! Organise your thoughts by breaking down the text in three paragraphs: an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.
- starts with a 30-40 word introduction that describes the broader context and the question at hand, and then specifies your point of view on the subject (= your thesis statement).
- has a 50-80 word body paragraph that provides support for your thesis statement. Don't include more than two or three key points. Think carefully about your arguments, and give very specific examples.
- refers at least once to an outside source
- ends with a 30-50 word conclusion that re-states your thesis and reviews the main points you made in your body paragraph. You also want to leave the reader with some final insight into the topic; this could be personal insight or insight into the subject itself.
- is carefully checked for spelling and grammar errors. One effective method of proofreading is to check your essay starting from the end and working backwards (last sentence, second to last sentence, and so on). This method will prevent you from focusing on your content and will allow you to concentrate strictly on sentence-level errors.
Your essay will be graded based on a rubric.