Week 26, Third Year CSPE

1. Warm –up – pens, paper, journal, books, note
(note) Mass Media: the main means or technology of
communication with a large audience (TV, Print and the Internet).
(Discuss) Where do you personally get your news most or hear about
what’s going on in the world? Can you give an example? (TV,
Newspaper, Internet, Word of Mouth, etc).
Homework
Will be a short 5-10 minute activity in the activity book.
Skills
Expressing ideas and managing information.
Today's Objectives
1. Begin the last section of the CSPE course.
2. Make sure you know the importance of discovering news.
Heading: Media 1 Date:

2.  We are going to read page 307 – 309 of the book which looks
at the fact that you have access to information. Many years
ago, before the internet, before all people could read, things
were different than they are now.
 We shall take notes along the way about the sources of news.
 We’ll do exercises examining the most popular Irish
newspapers, which over two million people still read in
Ireland. (One newspaper – 2 euro. Over 4 million euro a
week, over 200 million a year.)
Plan for today

3.  I will need about nine people to read page 307 – 309 of your main
book. Raise hands after each paragraph and take notes.
 (note) Newspaper (1690), Radio (1895), TV (1927), Internet
(1983), Smartphone (1992).
 (note) 4/5 adults read the news everyday.
 (note) Objective (adjective): not influenced by personal
feelings or opinions. A journalist job is to present facts,
including both sides of an argument.
 (note) Privacy: the right to determine what information
about yourself is available to others.
 (Discuss) Do anyone watch reality TV? (3 million–Love Island – 3/5 Ireland)
Page 307 - 309 (main book) reading and notes

4.  Before moving to the activity book, you may be interested in
what are considered the most popular newspapers in
Ireland. On page 120 of your activity book then there is a
task.
 (Task 1) Your looking for the words ‘Daily’, ‘Sunday’, ‘.ie or
.com’ in the Papers on page 120.
 (Task 2) Try and create an interesting headline about each of
the categories on page 121. I suggest you start with sport of
TV, have fun and complete the page.
 Finish for homework.
Page 120 (activity book) reading and writing