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Topic  “The role of the media in our lives.

The development of dialogical speech.”

Objects:

teaching -    to activate oral and writing speech.

                    To teach to discuss on the topic;

educational: - to increase interest to learn the material

developing: - to develop skills to use grammar structures and vocabulary.

Facilities: blackboard, handout, Presentation.

Type of the lesson: combined.  

Procedure

I.                   Greeting.

Hello, everybody. I’m glad to see you. I hope you are ready to start?

The report of pupils on duty.

What date is it today?

 What is the day today?

Who's absent and why?

Topic presentation

Who owns the information, owns the world.

/ Кто владеет информацией, тот владеет миром. /

 - Today we are going to speak where we can get information. Who can answer Where from?

Possible approximate answers:

-          From the Net;

-          From TV;

-          From the Newspapers.

II. Warm-up.

Tongue twisters

    

III. topic presentation. Video “Press in Britain”

16.   Match the categories of newspapers with their definitions.

1)                 A newspaper which is issued every day. 2)                 A newspaper which is published once or twice a week. 3)                 A newspaper which serves a certain city or a region. 4)                 A newspaper which circulates throughout the whole country. 5)                 A newspaper which is published for more than one country.

a)                  a national newspaper b)                     a local newspaper c)                  an international newspaper d)                 a weekly newspaper e)                  a daily newspaper

 1  e,     2 d,      3 b,    4  a,     5 c .

IV.  Reading.

7.    Put the paragraphs of the text in the correct order.

PRINTING OF PRESS

a) In the second phase, they organize the material, trying to concentrate the attention on the most important points. After this reporters write their stories.

b) Finally, a collection of stories or articles that have been chosen for a newspaper о a magazine edition are laid out on trial pages. The chief editor has to approve the content, style and language of the material. After that the material is sent for publishing.

c) Before writing an article the reporter has to investigate the events and to interview the people. Reporters take notes and also take photographs or shoot videos.

d) Then the written story is edited by news or copy-editors, working in the news desk The  headline of the story is always decided by the news desk and never by the reporter or the writer of the article. Often the news desk also re-writes some part of the article or changes its style.

c,  a,  b,  d.

 Put the words in the correct order to make questions and answer them. Use the text оf ex. 7.

1.                  reporter/for/prepare/an/How/article/material/does/a? 

How  does  a reporter  prepare  material  for an  article?

2.                  the/decides/of/Who/story/the/headline?

Who decides   the headline  of the story?

3.                  news/change/can/the/article/an/How/desk?

How   can the news desk change an article change?

4.                  sent/publishing/is/for/material/the/When?

When is the material sent for publishing?

V. Speaking developing.

11. Complete the dialogue, using the phrases from the box.

1)   Well, it takes a lot of time to collect and organize the information. You must check every fact reported. 2)   You are quite right. According to professional and ethical standards a journalist has to illustrate many aspects of the conflict or the situation and to use careful judgment when organizing and reporting information. 3)   I'm afraid I can't. I have to take an interview for an article for "School Reporter". 4)  Moreover, one of the rules of journalism is to report every possible side of the story. So one interview or one source of information isn't enough. 5)  It's impossible. You see, a journalist has to use original sources of information and cite і the sources in the reports.

— Will you go to the disco tonight, Ted?

—                 _3____________________________________________________________________

— But can't you write this article without the interview?

—                 _5____________________________________________________________________

— Is it difficult to write articles?

—                 _1____________________________________________________________________

— That's right. It's very bad when you read wrong facts in a newspaper or a magazine.

—                 _4____________________________________________________________________

— And it's important to express different attitudes to the situation, isn't it?

—                 _2____________________________________________________________________

— Well, it's really hard to write a good article.

12.  Use the dialogue of ex. 11 and write down professional rules for journalists. Add your ideas.

—                 _____________________________________________________________________

—                 _____________________________________________________________________

—                 _____________________________________________________________________

V. Grammar.

 8.  Circle the correct  item.

1.                 Nowadays women   shouldn't work  ______   home only.

           a)  in                                  b) at                                    c) for

2.                 I haven't heard            __________  this magazine yet.

               a) of                              b) at                                    c) on

3.                 ______ her surprise, the book had a great success.

           a) on                                  b) at                                   c) to

4.                 I'm sure his opinion is wrong, I can't agree _______  him.

           a) to                                  b) at                                   c) with

5.                 She is a nurse and takes care ________ sick people.

            a) on                                 b) of                                    c) for

6.                 He has to make a living ______  himself and his parents.

             a) on                                b) of                               c) for

7.                 This writer is well known ________ his humorous short stories.

             a) on                               b) of                                c) for

15.  Report the statements.

1.                  He said, "Will you tell me the news?"

He asked me to tell  the news.

2.                  Jane said, "I have no time to read this article."

Jane said (that) she  had no time to read this article."

3.                  Mother said, "I don't like to read the articles about sport events."

Mother told me  (that) she   didn't like to read the articles about sport events.

4.                  I said, "Dick, can you buy a newspaper for me, please?"

I asked Dick to buy a newspaper for me.

5.                  Tina said, "I read an interesting advertisement yesterday."

Tina said (that) she  had  read an interesting advertisement a day before.

6.                  Alec said, "Read this aloud, please."

Alec asked  to read this aloud.

Summarizing

a) Marks

b) T. What new things and new words have you learnt?