Much Ado
About Nothing
Year 8
Week 3, Lesson 1
Lesson objective
By the end of the lesson you will know:
 What information is needed in a newspaper
article.
 How to plan to write a newspaper article.
 How to write a good newspaper headline.
What will you include?
Headlines…
 Introduce the main story
 Grab the reader’s attention
 Shock or surprise
 Make you want to read the whole article
What makes a good headline?
It all depends on the type of paper!
 Tabloid and broadsheet newspapers will
present their headlines in different ways
 They have a different target audience
 The stories they cover are quite different
Broadsheet Headlines
 Usually quite straightforward
 Longer, fuller sentences; more sophisticated
language
 Always about serious ‘hard’ news
 Headlines try to be concise but informative
Tabloid Headlines
 Very short and snappy
 Sometimes use puns (play on words) or
alliteration to grab readers’ attention
 Use shocking headlines to instantly draw the
reader in
 Quite often humorous, especially if an
entertainment story
 Often related to the picture, but they let the
picture speak for itself
 Opinionated when it comes to real news
stories
Tabloid or Broadsheet?
Government backs radical plan to stop
Muslim extremism
Broadsheet
Tabloid or Broadsheet?
Alien backs Clinton!
Tabloid
Tabloid or Broadsheet?
Gord help us now!
Tabloid
Tabloid or Broadsheet?
Doubts over value of £3 billion Sure
Start
Broadsheet
Tabloid or Broadsheet?
Kicked in the ballots
Tabloid
Task
 Work with a partner to discuss your
newspaper article
 See if you can come up with two headlines:
one for a broadsheet paper and one for a
tabloid
 Write your headlines your exercise book
Plenary
 Headline
competition…
 Broadsheet:
 Tabloid:
Much Ado
About Nothing
Year 8
Week 3, Lesson 2
Headline comp
Your assessment
 Today you will write your newspaper article.
 This is an assessment. I cannot help you –
but you can use all of the notes that we have
made so far in your exercise book.
 You must work independently and in silence.
 You can listen to music if you have
headphones.
Start writing. You will have 10-
minutes before the end of lesson
to check over your work.
Plenary – checking over your
work
 Have you used a catchy headline?
 Have you answered the who, what, where, when
and why questions?
 Have you included some quotes? Have you used
quotation marks?
 Have you used capital letters at the beginning of
sentences and for names?
 Have you used paragraphs to structure your
writing?
Much Ado
About Nothing
Year 8
Week 3, Lesson 3
Learning objective
 You will know how to use a criteria to assess
your partner’s work and give them positive
and constructive feedback.
Starter
 You have 10 minutes to log in, find a suitable
picture for your article and print it off.
 Make sure that your picture will fit on to your
newspaper page.
 You will need to add a caption that explains
the picture and makes your audience want to
read the article.
Peer assessment
 You will use the criteria to assess your
partner’s newspaper article.
 You will then give your partner feedback using
the feedback form.
 You must be positive and constructive in your
feedback.
What do I mean by positive and
constructive?
DIRT – Dedicated Improvement and
Reflection Time
 Once you have your work back – you need to:
1. Read through your partner’s comments
2. Make improvements to your work based on
your partner’s comments.
Plenary
 Share some of your articles.

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  • 1.
    Much Ado About Nothing Year8 Week 3, Lesson 1
  • 2.
    Lesson objective By theend of the lesson you will know:  What information is needed in a newspaper article.  How to plan to write a newspaper article.  How to write a good newspaper headline.
  • 3.
    What will youinclude?
  • 4.
    Headlines…  Introduce themain story  Grab the reader’s attention  Shock or surprise  Make you want to read the whole article
  • 5.
    What makes agood headline? It all depends on the type of paper!  Tabloid and broadsheet newspapers will present their headlines in different ways  They have a different target audience  The stories they cover are quite different
  • 6.
    Broadsheet Headlines  Usuallyquite straightforward  Longer, fuller sentences; more sophisticated language  Always about serious ‘hard’ news  Headlines try to be concise but informative
  • 7.
    Tabloid Headlines  Veryshort and snappy  Sometimes use puns (play on words) or alliteration to grab readers’ attention  Use shocking headlines to instantly draw the reader in  Quite often humorous, especially if an entertainment story  Often related to the picture, but they let the picture speak for itself  Opinionated when it comes to real news stories
  • 10.
    Tabloid or Broadsheet? Governmentbacks radical plan to stop Muslim extremism Broadsheet
  • 11.
    Tabloid or Broadsheet? Alienbacks Clinton! Tabloid
  • 12.
    Tabloid or Broadsheet? Gordhelp us now! Tabloid
  • 13.
    Tabloid or Broadsheet? Doubtsover value of £3 billion Sure Start Broadsheet
  • 14.
    Tabloid or Broadsheet? Kickedin the ballots Tabloid
  • 15.
    Task  Work witha partner to discuss your newspaper article  See if you can come up with two headlines: one for a broadsheet paper and one for a tabloid  Write your headlines your exercise book
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  • 17.
    Much Ado About Nothing Year8 Week 3, Lesson 2
  • 18.
  • 19.
    Your assessment  Todayyou will write your newspaper article.  This is an assessment. I cannot help you – but you can use all of the notes that we have made so far in your exercise book.  You must work independently and in silence.  You can listen to music if you have headphones.
  • 20.
    Start writing. Youwill have 10- minutes before the end of lesson to check over your work.
  • 21.
    Plenary – checkingover your work  Have you used a catchy headline?  Have you answered the who, what, where, when and why questions?  Have you included some quotes? Have you used quotation marks?  Have you used capital letters at the beginning of sentences and for names?  Have you used paragraphs to structure your writing?
  • 22.
    Much Ado About Nothing Year8 Week 3, Lesson 3
  • 23.
    Learning objective  Youwill know how to use a criteria to assess your partner’s work and give them positive and constructive feedback.
  • 24.
    Starter  You have10 minutes to log in, find a suitable picture for your article and print it off.  Make sure that your picture will fit on to your newspaper page.  You will need to add a caption that explains the picture and makes your audience want to read the article.
  • 25.
    Peer assessment  Youwill use the criteria to assess your partner’s newspaper article.  You will then give your partner feedback using the feedback form.  You must be positive and constructive in your feedback. What do I mean by positive and constructive?
  • 26.
    DIRT – DedicatedImprovement and Reflection Time  Once you have your work back – you need to: 1. Read through your partner’s comments 2. Make improvements to your work based on your partner’s comments.
  • 27.
    Plenary  Share someof your articles.