PS65 - Maximizing the Use of Newspapers in the Language and Literature Class

Sessions	Dates	Start	Finish
1	19 May 2010	05:30 PM	08:30 PM

Middle-Secondary School-teachers.

- To encourage English teachers to use newspapers in the language and literature class.
- To acquaint teachers with the language of newspapers.
- To analyze the impact different types of headlines on readers.
- To link the written text with photos, captions and cutlines.
- To compare the discourse of broadsheets and tabloids.
- To investigate the ideological bias of the press.
- To show teachers a wide variety of scavenger hunts for all levels.
- To explore creative writing activities with newspaper articles.

By means of theoretical and practical frameworks, we will analyze how the press portrays current events. We will discuss different strategies used in headlines, photos, captions and cutlines to catch the readers' attention. We will read between lines in order to resurface hidden ideologies in broadsheets and tabloids and we will work with activities that trigger off discussion and creative writing.

- Burt, T. (2006) Newspaper Scavenger Hunt. Teacher Created resources. Inc.
- Carter, R., Goddard, A., Reah, D., Sanger, K. & Bowring, M. (1997 second edition 2001) Working with Texts: a core book for language analysis. London: Routledge.
- Reah, D. (1998) The Language of Newspapers. London: Routledge.
- Grundy, P. (1990) Newspapers. Oxford: OUP.

- Oral presentation. - Group work. - Creative writing activities.