KS3 English Newspaper Journalism - Identifying Different Types of Journalism and Language Types

Using the PowerPoint, explain to students the three main types of newspaper writing – news stories, features and opinion pieces.

Students should make notes in their books as you explain to them.

Quick test (slide 6): Ask students to decide whether the headlines are for news, features or opinion pieces. They should explain what clues helped them, e.g. the use of the personal pronoun ‘I’

Issue the three Articles to pairs. Students are to decide which one is the news story, the feature article and the opinion piece.

Students are to read the articles closely. Under the headings of ‘news stories’ ‘features’ and ‘opinion pieces’ in their book, students are to identify word level features in the different types of writing. Display slide 7 on the PowerPoint to assist students. But encourage students to be open-minded about what the find. Differentiation: some features will need explaining. For lower ability groups, delete tricky features as appropriate.

After activity, ask students to explain what language features they're likely to find in a features article/news story/opinion piece?

This resource is taken from my KS3 English Newspaper/Journalism SOW which you can buy from my shop.