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The TV News in your life! WebQuest for Students from 13-15 years old English Language, Expression
and Communication Designed by Mª Paloma Expósito Reyes
Introduction| Task| Process| Evaluation | Conclusion |
Credits |Guide for the teacher It is sure
that you think everyday the TV News are the worst program because you think
are bored. But, TV News are not only your fathers’ favourite TV program, they
are more interesting than you can never imagine...the news in any part of the
world, the job of a reporter… Imagine that
you are a group of five TV reporters each one with a specific subject:
International News reporter, Home News reporter, Society News reporter,
Sports News reporter and Weather reporter. Your mission
will be to carry on and represent a television news bulletin in the class
thanks to the work of all the members of the group. The final objective will
be that your classmates know a little more about what happens in the
world…and…you and your classmates will improve your understanding of English,
expression and vocabulary. The Big
Question is: Are the TV News useful in our daily life? The
final objective will be the presentation
of a television news bulletin in order to inform the
class about the main news in the different sections. First part: Each member of the group
will make a research about the main news of the week according to his/her
section (International News, Home News, Sports News and Weather). Before
this, a discussion about your point of view of the present television news
bulletins can be very interesting to start the task. Second part: Once each member has
selected the news and has written the presentation for the bulletin, the
group will organise how the news will be presented and the order of the
intervention of each specific reporter, a rhythm will be established and
finally, the representation of the television news bulletin in the class. 1.
First of all, the teacher will design in
which group you will be a member. The groups will have 2.
members and each one will have a “mission”. Each one of us will be a SPECIAL REPORTER. 3.
You must choose the role you want to do.
The different roles are: International News Reporter, Home News
Reporter, Sports News Reporter and Weather Reporter. 4.
Once that you have chosen your roles,
the first step will be a discussion in the class about your point of view or
your opinion about the importance to be informed what happens in the world
and what is the main paper of the television news bulletin. You’ll answer
these questions: Do you like watching the TV News? / Would you like that these programs were
different? / Do you
like to be a reporter in the future? / Do you think these programs are important for the society or our daily
life? 5.
Secondly, the group of reporters will do
a research about how the news are told (using the following resources on
Internet) and what are the most important news nowadays. So, you will be able
to learn how working the different sections according to your different roles
for the final objective. For this first purpose using the following links: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/news/uk_papers.html http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/news/world_papers.html http://staff.ace.ac.nz/Centres/Technology/BruceWeb/Video%20in%20the%20classroom/tvnewsbackgrd.htmEn 6.
Once you have a general view of the
situation, each member will work according to his/her role carrying on the
following steps: INTERNATIONAL NEWS REPORTER: This
person will choose four or five main international news by researching and
evaluating of a list of newspapers of the world. Secondly, he/she will
examine the international section of these newspapers and news-web pages and
finally he/she’ll write the news to be told their partners in a way that the
news are understable for all. But without forgetting the specific vocabulary
of the news. For
these activities International News Reporter can use: http://www.thebigproject.co.uk/news/ http://dailynews.yahoo.com/i/721 http://www.reuters.com/news.jhtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ If you like, you can choose a specific
new and analyse it for including it in the television news bulletin. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/index.shtml |
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HOME
NEWS REPORTER: You
have also to choose four or five news, but in this case, “home news”. To
complete this objective, you must to research
the main home news according the following resources related to national
newspaper or news web web
pages. You can also watch TV News at home and rewrite those
news for your partners understand them. If you
like, you can write them with your own words but without forgotten the
specific vocabulary and expression
related to television news bulletin. http://www.surinenglish.com/index.php http://www.efenews.com//Spain/principal.asp?opcion=3 http://www.topix.net/world/spain/ After evaluating these newspapers and web
pages you must write the selected news to introduce them in the te
Television news bulletin for a time of 5-6 minutes more or less. SPORTS NEWS REPORTER: You must
choose the main sports news of the week, by researching of the following
Internet resources and if You
like, watching the TV Sports news at your home. After that, you will write
the sports news in a funny way because this section must be more dynamic than the
previous sections. Your partners can not get bored!!! http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,4,00.html http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/ And if you can an example of sports vocabulary,
you can visit these web pages and use them how you like. (Above
all, when you write your news to introduce them in the television news
bulletin) http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/sport/words http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blsport_doplaygo1.htm http://www.sherton.com.ar/vocabulario/sports.htm WEATHER: In
this case, you must to research the resources with the objective to know how
will the weather be the next day
or the next week. To achieve this aim and before you try to understand the
weather web pages, you can
learn a little more about vocabulary
and expressions related to
weather. Try including them in your report. http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/weather-vocabulary.htm Once you know what are the main words and
expressions, you will research the following web sites about Weather and will write a brief report
about the weather in your country or your city. You must calculate that your intervention in the television news bulletin is
3-4 minutes more or less. http://weather.cnn.com/weather/forecast.jsp?locCode=LEGR http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/city.shtml?tt=TT004270 http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/ Now, there are some questions on this
webpage about weather to check if you know the basic words about weather.
It is for your enjoyment, have fun!
Members organise the information and the reports already elaborated.
You can help you of some advices about How to write a News Story http://www.mediacollege.com/journalism/news/write-stories.html
the moment to inform your partners and checking if your
work will be interesting and funny for them.
For this purpose is basic to know the importance of this type of
activity. Read the following resource to
Know this importance: http://staff.ace.ac.nz/Centres/Technology/BruceWeb/Video%20in%20the%20classroom/infoliteracy.htm To
finish the process, you must have on account some advices about the
presentation of the television
News bulletin. You can discuss them and choose those ones you prefer.
Think also about the time each member need for his/her part of the
presentation. http://staff.ace.ac.nz/Centres/Technology/BruceWeb/Video%20in%20the%20classroom/tvnewsrd.htm Finally, it is very
important that in the presentation in the class, your classmates are
interested in the Information that you tell them.
Have fun! EVALUATION
The evaluation of this activity have three parts:
the different reports made by each member of the
group. This mark is more individual.
of the news, correspondence with the specific section,
veracity and way of telling them to the public.
according to: correct speech, adequate pronunciation,
expression, rhythm and the CONCLUSION Thanks
to this activity you will reach some important objectives as:
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To know that
the information is a basic element in our daily life.
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To recognise
that the TV News are more necessary and important than you never have
imagined.
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To learn how
the news are researched and written.
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To know how is
the job of a reporter.
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To improve your
English according to different levels: speech, writing, vocabulary,
expressions… CREDITS This
WebQuest has been designed for the study of English as a foreign
language. The required level is pre-intermediate
or intermediate: Bachillerato (16-17 years old) but above all, 3º
and 4º of E.S.O (13-16 years old). Special thanks to the section of Learn English of the BBC.News. |
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