Unit4 Making the news

Learning aims 1. To be able to talk about news and jobs involved in making news and qualities needed to be a good reporter. 2. To be able to get the main idea and detailed information of the passage. 3. To be able to know how to read a passage of interview. 4. To be able to discuss your future occupation.

the media How do you know what is happening around us or even abroad? Ask Several Ss to talk about their ideal occupation in the future.

What jobs are involved in publishing a newspaper? What do they do? Checking the writing and facts and making changes if necessary Reporter / Journalist Editor Photographer Critic ['krɪtɪk] Designer Printer Interviewing people or finding out events from onlookers and writing news stories laying out (design) the articles and photographs Taking photographs of important people or events Giving opinions on plays , books and events Printing the newspaper

Suppose you are a good news reporter, what qualities do you need to have? Zhou Yang is talking with his boss about his fist assignment as a journalist, let’s read it and see what does he need to do

MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “Unforgettable,”says new reporter

2. Self-learning (8 min) 1. Find out the main characters of the passage, and underline the questions that ZY asks. 2. Read the headline and the questions, and then summarize the main idea. 3. Could ZY go out on a story alone immediately? Why? 4. What mistakes must be avoided? 5. Why listening is so important ?

Question one: Zhou Yang Hu Xin The staff: ____________ The boss: ____________ Zhou Yang asks seven questions. What are they? Hu Xin

a good reporter and how to conduct a good interview. Question two: 1. Read the headline and the questions that Zhou Yang asked in 2 mins, then try to summarize the main idea of the conversation. Main Idea: The story tells us about how_____ ___________________________________________________________________ to be a good reporter and how to conduct a good interview.

3. Could Zhou Yang go out on a story alone immediately? Why not? Question 3 & 4: 3. Could Zhou Yang go out on a story alone immediately? Why not? No, not until he is more experienced. Because there is a lot for him to learn and he must work in a team. (line 6) 4. What mistakes must be avoided? Don’t miss the deadline, don’t be rude and don’t talk too much about himself. (line 21)

5. Why is listening so important? Question 5: 5. Why is listening so important? Because you have to listen for detailed facts. Meanwhile he has to prepare the next question depending on what the person says. (line 25)

Discussion : My ideal occupation What’s your ideal occupation? What qualities does the occupation need？ What could you do to prepare for your future job?

Exercise: True or False 1. Zhou can go out on a story immediately. 2. Zhou took a notebook, a computer, a camera with himself. 3. Zhou’s job doesn’t need photographs. 4. Zhou took a course of photography at mid-school. 5. Zhou Yang is very enthusiastic. 6. While interviewing, the reporter would just ask the questions prepared before hand. 7. The footballer admitted he took the money. F F F F T F F

Homework Make an interview to your classmates or your teacher about a topic, and then write down your text.