Newsworthiness and bias

Read p. 70-71 in the hand-out on journalism, focusing on the three aspects of newsworthiness.

Bring at least one article from an English language newspaper, news website or network to class on Friday (24 Aug, 3rd hour) and make sure you can point out what makes the topic newsworthy.

Oh, and here's the brainstorm on bias from the 7th hour today. (Upside down for now; blame the iPad; I'll fix it later.)

V6 has begun; and has been split up - on Wednesdays

So I am going to split you up; on Wednesday afternoon, that is. It saves you an hour of waiting (well, you could do homework) and enables me to give you more individually tailored guidance and feedback on your IB-work. 

Here are the two groups for the Wednesday; people from the 7th hour group are welcome to join the 8th hour group any day, but only after advance notice! (In advance = before the lunchbreak!)

7th: 

Fleur Gwenda Lissa Jade Lex Tobi Benjamin Tom Teun Arjen Stijn Stan Ivar

8th:

Ruben Jasper Sander Loes Nachenthaly Imke Janine Anneke Stef

Streetcar Scene Nine-Ten comparison

How to tackle guiding questions

Every Individual Oral Commentary-fragment is accompanied by guiding questions. It is not required to answer them directly and explicitly, although you can of course do so; their function is to help you structure your commentary.

Always make sure to decide first what the question expects of you. Let's take the two guiding questions from the Heart of Darkness practice fragment as an example:

1) How are some of the motifs from the story presented here?
2) How does Conrad create tension in this fragment?

What do you have to know?
1) what the motifs in HoD are
2) what devices an author can use to create tension

What information does the question provide you with?
1) This fragment contains clear motifs.
2) There is tension in this fragment; you just have to find it.

What do you have to do?
1) Find the motifs; identify them; then analyze them: what effect do they have on the fragment/story?
2) Identify the tension in the fragment; explain how it is create and how it affects the fragment.

The planning till the end...of the year

07/05 09/05 11/05	1) Streetcar Scene Six 2) Discuss writing assignment Language & Racism 3) Examentekst 2007-1; news report Streetcar ready
14/05 16/05	1) Streetcar Scene Seven & Eight 2) Practice Individual Oral text (HoD)
21/05 23/05 25/05	1) Streetcar Scene Nine & Ten 2) Examentekst 2007-1 3) Discuss exam text 2007-1, 5; work on portfolio
28/05 30/05 01/06	1) X (free day) 2) Streetcar Scene Eleven; start on summary 3) Practice Individual Oral text (Macbeth); planning orals
04/06 06/06 08/06	1) DEADLINE PORTFOLIO 3 - no lesson 2) Examentekst 2007-1 finished 3) Last lesson

The requirements for Portfolio 3

Deadline: Monday 4 June, 2012

Contents:
1) your notes about A Streetcar Named Desire
2) your practice Type of Text (some were short, some were véry creative!)
3) your magazine article/editorial about Language & Racism
4) your mini-essay on Scene Five of Streetcar
5) your news report about Scene Six of Streetcar

That is not too bad, is it?

Written Task: News report "Streetcar"

Write a short (max. 200 words) news report about the suicide of Blanche's young husband Allan Grey as discussed in Scene Six of the play.

This report has to be written "in the context" of the play, so put yourself in the shoes of a newspaper reporter in the late 1940s. Decide for yourself whether the paper you write for is a serious paper or a more gossipy tabloid!

Keep in mind the two-fold purpose of the Written Task:
1) to show your knowledge of the topic you are writing about (in this case "Streetcar")
2) to show your understanding of a particular type of text by applying the right register and stylistic devices in your writing.