1. Running Order; Headlines; Anchor; Fact; Opinion;
To know what is news.
Activity:
Complete the worksheet, whilst I complete the attendance.
What is news?
Extension:
What are the conventions of a TV news broadcast?
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2. What should we have in our news program?
To know what is news.
To understand the running order of news headlines.
To be able to gather news and summarize the main headlines.
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3. Running Order; Headlines; Anchor; Fact; Opinion;
TASK: In your groups, discuss in what order you’d put these headlines if these were your headlines for a news broadcast.
Toronto copes with a rise in gang violence
Rob Ford makes another random appearance at a school
Germany elects a new government official with a questionable past
Comedian puts a smile on orphans’ faces
City-wide search for missing child continues
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4. Running Order; Headlines; Anchor; Fact; Opinion;
To know what is news. To understand the running order of news headlines.
The factors that guide editors as they decide which issues or events are newsworthy:
Timeliness
Proximity
Prominence
Consequence
Human Interest
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5. News presenter Or Anchor Aston These are known as “graphics”
News presenter Or
Anchor
Aston
These are known as “graphics”

8. To be able to gather news and summarize the main headlines.
Let’s read through the assignment.
Then you will be in your teams gathering news. What is current? What is close to home? What do you think will attract your audience?
You are only going to report 1-2 news headlines, but you will go through the running order of at least 5 headlines.
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9. To be able to gather news and summarize the main headlines.
After you’ve found your story you need to start gathering all the facts to tell the story.
Remember the 5 Ws – What, Who, Where, When and Why – and don’t forget How.
Facts are the building blocks of news – gather you own facts and statistics, and check them very carefully.
Interview people who have been affected by the story or who know a lot about it.
Get as much background information as well before you set off for an interview so you can ask the right questions.
Make sure you know the difference between a fact and an opinion. A fact is beyond dispute, whereas an opinion is someone’s view – it’s one person’s view.
Try to balance different opinions in your report – it’s important to be impartial.
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10. Running Order; Headlines; Anchor; Fact; Opinion;
Facts
Facts can be all or some of the following:
can be proven
real for all people and places
can be checked or measured
can be observed (seen)
are historical
are 100 % true
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11. Opinions Opinions refer to a particular person’s (or group’s) feeling
Thoughts
judgments
beliefs
estimations
anything that is not 100 % true and can’t be proven.

12. Running Order; Headlines; Anchor; Fact; Opinion;
CHALLENGE!
You need to decide which of the following statements are FACTS and which are OPINIONS
For people who give an answer
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13. All people must breathe to live.
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14. All people love football.
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15. Running Order; Headlines; Anchor; Fact; Opinion;
Blue is the best colour.
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16. Running Order; Headlines; Anchor; Fact; Opinion;
He is clever.
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17. Abraham Lincoln was a United States president.
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18. Portsmouth is in the south of England.
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19. Running Order; Headlines; Anchor; Fact; Opinion;
I don’t like broccoli.
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20. Fire needs oxygen to burn.
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21. Running Order; Headlines; Anchor; Fact; Opinion;
Pizza tastes great.
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22. Spiders have eight legs.
And the last one……
Spiders have eight legs.
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23. Running Order; Headlines; Anchor; Fact; Opinion;
To know what is news.
To understand the running order of news headlines.
To be able to gather news and summarize the main headlines.
Summarize the main points from 1 article that you found in the newspaper articles.
Remember, just get the facts.
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