1. Learning Objectives By the end of the lesson we will:  Be able to list the different types of newspapers  Understand how different newspapers appeal to their target audiences  Be able to identify how language is adapted to suit the target audience

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3. How many daily papers can you name?

4. Different papers for different people Tabloid  Condensed news (shorter version)  Emotive/ dramatic language  Shorter sentences  Fun words  More celeb news and gossip Broadsheet Detailed news Longer sentences More complex language Factual information Local and Regional Only local news or local angles on national news Combination of tabloid and broadsheet styles

5. What would they read? I like to keep up- to-date about the latest news in my communit y I need to know about the latest business news in depth, and I have an hour long train journey to work to read all about it. I love to read about the latest celebrity news I’m busy so want to read, short summaries of the latest news

6. Welcome to Modbury. Just don’t ask for a plastic bag Modbury is the quintessential small West Country town. Set in a hollow among rolling Devon hills just a few miles from the sea, it has 760 households a high street, three churches, a primary school, several pubs, two takeaways, a surgery, a small supermarket and 40 or so small shops. Not much happens in Modbury. Some say the last time peace was disturbed was in 1643 when Roundheads and Cavaliers fought in the streets. But a revolution of another kind will take place on Monday. At 8 a.m. It will become the first plastic bag-free town in Europe. TOWN AXES PLASTIC BAGS A MARKET town is banning all plastic bags from tomorrow. In a trailblazing move shoppers in Modbury, Devon, will be provided with biodegradable cornstarch bags, recyclable paper bags or reusable cotton and jute bags. The scheme – believed to be the first of its kind in Europe – is being joined by all the town’s 43 traders – from family shops to the local supermarket. The Guardian Daily Mirror

7. 1. Which article contains more information? 2. Which headline uses more emotive or dramatic language? 3. When do the two articles tell the reader the main point of the story? 4. How does the language used in the two articles differ? (think about complex words, length of sentences) 5. What kind of readers do you think the two newspapers are trying to appeal to?

8. Task Go to www.bbc.co.uk/news and pick one headline from the page. Do not read the article.www.bbc.co.uk/news Making up your own story based on that article or having an educated guess on what it is about – write two short versions of the article for two different types of paper. Choose from: 1) Tabloid 2) Broadsheet 3) Local / Regional See if your peers can guess which version is for which type of paper.

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