ACTIVITIES FOR BEGINNING STUDENTS
--Have students cut out pictures of things they like in the newspaper and then write sentences about the pictures.
--Read a few scores from the sports page and have students write them down.
--Find numbers in newspaper advertisements that deal with money and have students practice reading the prices aloud.
--Using pictures found in the newspaper, have students write sentences about the pictures using prepositions to describe the spatial relationships.
--Discuss an issue found in an editorial that may be pertinent to students' lives.
ACTIVITIES FOR INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS
--Have students circle words they do not understand and ask them to try to figure out the meaning from the context or look up the definition in the dictionary.
--Cut out headlines from various articles and have students match headlines with stories. Cut photo captions from photographs and have students match captions with photos.
--Analyze advertisements to discuss the way prices vary from store to store. Students may report their findings by writing a paragraph.
--Collect newspaper photographs of people and have students make up stories about the people.
ACTIVITIES FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS
--Cut out several photographs of people and have students write descriptions of the people; let other students match the photographs with the descriptions.
--Work as a group to write a letter to the editor; more advanced students might write letters on their own.
--Follow a news item over a period of time and discuss the events that occur.
--Have students read an article that describes a problem and discuss the problem's cause and effects.
--Have students work in pairs, interviewing each other about an article in the newspaper.
Taken here
RESOURCES with news articles
BBC
CNN
Why is the person angry/sad/happy etc.?
Who is the person mentioned in the heading?
What part of paper do you think the headline appears in? Sport? News?
I disagree with the writer because…
I agree with the view that…
I’m not sure about…
I’d like to know more about…
It’s difficult to agree or disagree because…
In my opinion…
--Have students cut out pictures of things they like in the newspaper and then write sentences about the pictures.
--Read a few scores from the sports page and have students write them down.
--Find numbers in newspaper advertisements that deal with money and have students practice reading the prices aloud.
--Using pictures found in the newspaper, have students write sentences about the pictures using prepositions to describe the spatial relationships.
--Discuss an issue found in an editorial that may be pertinent to students' lives.
ACTIVITIES FOR INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS
--Have students circle words they do not understand and ask them to try to figure out the meaning from the context or look up the definition in the dictionary.
--Cut out headlines from various articles and have students match headlines with stories. Cut photo captions from photographs and have students match captions with photos.
--Analyze advertisements to discuss the way prices vary from store to store. Students may report their findings by writing a paragraph.
--Collect newspaper photographs of people and have students make up stories about the people.
ACTIVITIES FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS
--Cut out several photographs of people and have students write descriptions of the people; let other students match the photographs with the descriptions.
--Work as a group to write a letter to the editor; more advanced students might write letters on their own.
--Follow a news item over a period of time and discuss the events that occur.
--Have students read an article that describes a problem and discuss the problem's cause and effects.
--Have students work in pairs, interviewing each other about an article in the newspaper.
Taken here
RESOURCES with news articles
BBC
CNN
Guardian Weekly
The Big Project - Links to the Most Useful Websites on the Internet (News Section - links to the most famous newspapers)
Evening Standard (a newspaper about London's life)
EPolyglot - Magazines in English
Pre-reading task - answer the questions:
Who do you think the person is in the picture?
What will happen next?
Where do you think it is happening?Why is the person angry/sad/happy etc.?
Who is the person mentioned in the heading?
What part of paper do you think the headline appears in? Sport? News?
Post-reading task
The article surprised me because…
I disagree with the writer because…
I agree with the view that…
I’m not sure about…
I’d like to know more about…
It’s difficult to agree or disagree because…
In my opinion…
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