Monday, 31 August 2009

papers

Every day.
Read and post in your own words.

  • the big international story
  • the big national story
  • the big local story
  • the big sports story
  • the editorial/leader


Sarah - Herald Tribune

Julia -Guardian

Mash - Times

Dom - Herald Tribune

Marie - Atlanta Journal

Rebecca - Herald Tribune

Nick - Chicago Tribune

Josie - Guardian

Elliott - Independent

Philllllllllllllip - Times

Haran - Telegraph

Rachel - NY Times

Jihye - Times

Saugata - Times of India

Gil - Times

Keun Ho - Korea Times

Julius - San Fransisco Chronicle

Jessie - Globe & Mail

Geneve - Miami Herald

Friday, 28 August 2009

headline homework

write your own headlines for the following stories,


  • swine flu death toll rises as 90 yr old pensioner dies.
  • Amercan health care package threatened by infighting amongst democratic congressmen
  • man found living in basement of ZIS upper school, says he moved in during construction
  • child dies under suspicious circumstances (your choice)
  • athlete/celebrity makes some kind of embarrassing mistake (your choice)

be sure to use as many of the following as possible;

naming, loaded language, alliteration, word play, brevity, rhyme, intertextuality, power verbs

Thursday, 27 August 2009

Headlines

find three great headlines

One each from

  • a red banner tabloid ie. THE SUN
  • a blue banner tabloid ie. THE DAILY MAIL
  • a broadsheet ie. THE NEW YORK TIMES

analyse each for

  • verb use
  • loaded language
  • naming
  • alliteration
  • intertextuality
  • any other cool stuff

Friday, 21 August 2009

the article

Find an article from a tabloid newspaper

Sun
Times
Independent
Daily Mail

which is brilliant.

post it in your blog.

feedback loop


Thursday, 20 August 2009