Analysing a Newspaper Article

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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

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