Newspapers

Newspapers

Poll

Do you know what free speech is?

• Yes

• No

Freedom of Speech

Freedom of speech is the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, by any means

Poll

Do you think there's freedom of speech in Spain?

• Yes

• No

Press Freedom Index

• The press freedom index is a ranking of the freedom to express oneself in media (newspapers, news etc) without persecution

• Spain ranked 29th in the World

Poll

Should we have the total freedom to say anything we want?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

What is the purpose of a newspaper?

Open Ended

Name newspapers that you know of...

Newspapers

• The purpose of a Newspaper is to tell us about things that are happening in the world (current affairs)

Headline!

• Newspapers always have big writing on the front page.

• This is called a headline (titular)

• The headline is there to grab our attention, so they are normally, short and snappy

Subtitle/Subheading

• A subtitle gives the reader more information about the story.

• Subtitle - Subtítulo 

Photo caption

• The caption on the picture helps us work out what the picture is showing us.

Lead Paragraph

• While you have their attention, the lead paragraphs gives the reader the 5 W's of the story.

• Who, What, Where, When and Why

Main Body

• The main body of text gives the reader the rest of the bigger details of the story.

• The main body is split into paragraphs, to make it easier to read

• This normally includes quotes from people who are linked to the article.

Over to you!

• Write a newspaper article about something related to school life.

• This could be real or fictional.

• Examples include, a teacher profile, a review on a school play, a sports match report.

• It must be 200 words long, include a headline, subtitle and 4 paragraphs of text.