1. Write down your definition of ‘news’.
What is news?
Write down your definition of ‘news’.
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News:
The communication of information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, internet, or word of mouth to an audience.

2. How do we get news?
Write down the different ways we receive the news (for example, newspapers, leaflets etc.).
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Broadcast
Print
E-media
internet
phones
computers
laptops/tablets
surface computing
T.V. channels /
news programmes
radio stations /
news reports
newspapers
magazines
posters
billboards
leaflets
Broadcast – the distribution of video or audio signals to a mass audience.
Print – the distribution of written or pictorial news.
E-media – the distribution of visual, audio or written news, usually with interactive features.
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3. Task \
Use the internet (or a selection of papers) to find an assortment of current news headlines and make a note of which website they came from.
Look at the language used; how does it grab your attention? Can you get a good grasp of what the main story is about from just the headline?

4. Weather Continues to Cause Chaos Anti-terror squad arrest 5 men
Headlines \
Look at these headlines.
What do you think the stories were?
Weather Continues to Cause Chaos
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Celebrity Big Blubber
Anti-terror squad arrest 5 men

5. Headlines Roo’s round is it?\
A ‘pun’ is commonly used in newspaper headlines, and was made famous by the Sun newspaper.
A ‘pun’ is a play on words to make something funny.
Wayne Rooney led Manchester United on their Christmas night out, taking them to some of his favourite clubs and pubs.
Roo’s round is it?

6. Headlines \
Look at the following news stories and invent your own headlines that include a pun!
The England football team are certain that they will win the next World Cup.
The royal family has started selling official souvenirs to mark the birthday of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s baby.
North Korea pledges to allow in UN inspectors to ensure it's not producing enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb, says US envoy.
Sir David Attenborough says the 3D technology behind his latest documentary brought the production to ‘a new level’.