On the following ten slides contain headlines from the most

significant events since 1900

Can you guess the ten events?

Look at how the headlines describe the events and how the

pictures work with it

Look at the Headlines and Pictures

1. Say WHAT is there2. Say something about HOW it is presented

The first one is done for you

Lots of detail, facts, figures

Headline says what happened

Pic of ship

Large image to catch eye and dominate

This question is worth 8 marks and will always be worded like this…

‘Explain how the headline and the picture are effective and how they link with the text.’

The question could also ask you about the sub-heading, caption or image.

Today our key focus is on question two…

Question Two

So, Question two refers to the second of the texts you will be given and will test your ability to understand and interpret presentational features (headline, sub-headline, pictures and captions from the source text.)

You need to quote/refer closely to the source text in your answer

When you looked at the headlines you looked at both the language of the

headline and the image.

‘Explain how the headline and the picture are effective and how they link with the text.’

But the question asks you to do two further things:

Explain how EFFECTIVE the headline and

picture are.

Explain how they LINK with the text.

The kinds of things you need to be looking for are: Headlines (etc.)

PunsEmotive vocabulary

ContrastsKey words

Fonts

Etc.

Pictures

Camera anglesColours

ContrastsExpressions

Size and scaleStyle (photo / diagram etc. )

Etc.

For example:

Here you would be expected to comment on:

The happy expression of the Queen – and point out this is despite the weather.

The long and close-up pictures – showing us the scale of the event ad the expression of the Queen

The pun in the headline and subheading

The statement in the sub-heading that sums or explains the story

Also perhaps…•The plug at the top•The Olympic symbols and countdown

You have 4 minutes in pairs to explain what you would say given the question:

‘Explain how the headline and the picture are effective and how they link with the text.’

What does the mark scheme ask us to do?

Work in pairs to re-read the mark scheme and mark the two responses?

What mark would you give them and why?

The headline tells you what the story is about. It tells you that the snow has made drivers get stuck. The picture links to the headline because it also shows snow and so you get to see how bad the snow was. The picture works well because the old lady is trying to clear snow away from her path and this shows that it was really causing people problems and the headline also says that the snow was causing people problems.

The headline is a direct statement about the weather and uses the word “strands” to emphasise how hopeless people were. This links nicely to the picture because it shows an old woman up to her knees in snow, equally hopeless. However, the headline is about cars and the picture shows a person and so it seems that the writers are trying to humanise the situation by showing us how people were affected.

Here is the opening paragraph of two students’ answers. Why is one better than the other? What bands do you think each is heading for?

Now its over to you…

Find an article in your newspaper and answer the following question…

‘Explain how the headline, sub-heading and the pictures are effective

and how they link with the text.’

Swap your work with someone else in your class who isn’t on your table

Give them:

3 x What Went Well1 x Even Better If

Use the mark scheme to try to give them a mark if you can.