Lesson Plan for Newspaper artical

Lesson Plan for Newspaper artical Whole Class – Mixed

Ability
Learning Objectives:
Time: 1hr 30 mins
• To know and understand features of a
newspaper report Resources: Copy of Task,
• To develop an understanding of the Planning Sheet, Writing
selection and presentation of information Frame, Examples of different
Writing Outcome: newspaper reports
• A completed newspaper report
Preparation for Reading

Share out newspapers for pairs to browse through and identify a newspaper
report of interest. When the children have found an interesting article ask
them to think about how they might summarise this to explain to someone
else i.e. identifying the main points. Look at the layout and presentation, also
what information is included/excluded. (10-15mins)

Use the enlarged shared text to identify features from the checklist i.e.

1 Skimming

2 Scanning

3 Extensive

4 Intensive

These skills are used naturally when reading in mother tongue.

Give out the task of Animal Goes Missing! Read through and identify the
information e.g. who/what/how/when/to whom questions, quotes, photograph,
headline, caption and reporter’s notes (which can be added to). Tell the
children that they are to write up an interesting report for their local
newspaper using the information given and adding more if they wish. Remind
the children that there is an audience/reader and detail is important.

(15 – 20mins)

Independent Reading

Planning Time (5mins)

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 Writing Time (40mins)

Plenary

Encourage students to read through their work. Share the reading, ask
students to identify in each other’s work interesting detail, how they managed
the final paragraph of their newspaper report.

(10-15mins)

Outline:

• Ask students about what types of reading they do in their own mother tongue(s).
• Write different categories of written material on board. i.e newspapers,
advertising, etc.
• Have students describe how they go about reading each kind of material. You
may want to prompt them by asking the following questions:
o Do you read every word in the newspaper article?
o Do you understand every word you read when reading this article?
o What kind of clues can the presentation of the material give?
o How much time do you spend reading the newspaper? Do you read every
single word?
o What kind of assumptions do you make when you read the first few lines,
or a headline?
o How much time do you spend reading the various types of materials?

Kerry Scott Oct 2007