News Reporting Sunhee Kang Karl Magnuson October 19

News Reporting Sunhee Kang, Karl Magnuson October 19, 2011

Content Knowledge By the end of the lesson, ESOLs will • be able to report on an event based on a news article format. • be able to write appropriate headlines to news articles. • be able to write a news article regarding familiar topics.

Language Objectives Function Form 1) Reporting on an event 1) past tense 2) Contracting sentences 2) connective words regarding time: at first, next, then, after that, afterwards, before that, finally, at last 3) Summarizing 3) to-infinitive, participle 4) Skimming/Scanning

• http: //video. foxnews. com/v/1202704218001/apple-confirmssteve-jobs-has-died-at-56/? playlist_id=86861 • http: //imnews. imbc. com//replay/nw 930/article/2939228_5789. html • http: //news. kbs. co. kr/world/2011/10/11/2370535. html#// • http: //news. donga. com/3/all/20111006/40872954/1 • http: //kr. news. yahoo. com/service/news/shellview. htm? articleid =20111006094544998 d 7&linkid=4&newssetid=1352

Headline Rules • It’s not a perfect sentence • No ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ • No ‘is’, ‘am’, ‘are’, ‘was’, ‘were’ • Use ‘to'-infinitive for the future • Use a comma “, ” instead of ‘and’

Worksheet #1 Rewrite each sentence following the headline format 1. A love story is behind Taj Mahal. 2. A minister is going to quit. 3. The UN will deal with the global food crisis. 4. There will be no more unhealthy foods at schools. 5. Ministers are in a new argument over tax. 6. There will be a new attempt to cut teenage smoking. 7. Japan and the US are going to start fresh talks. 8. The government is going to reduce spending on new hospitals.

• http: //news. yahoo. com/video/odd-15749658/1 -704 -lbpumpkin-takes-prize-at-calif-contest 26890768. html#crsl=%252 Fvideo%252 Fodd 15749658%252 F 1 -704 -lb-pumpkin-takes-prize-at-califcontest-26890768. html