Introduction to newspapers

This is an introductory lesson to distinguish the difference between tabloid and broadsheet newspapers by analysing examples. This lesson works best through analysing a range of newspapers (the more recent the better) in small groups and encouraging pupils to compare and contrast their example to other groups'. This should be a hands on and engaging lesson which pupils can build on to write their own newspaper front pages once they have identified basic features from the examples in front of them. I used this with a year 7 class; they particularly enjoyed the starter which explores the use of metaphors in the names of newspapers, for higher ability this could be developed more to discuss denotations, connotations, symbolism etc.