Tabloids and Broadsheets

HOMEWORK
Read the TWO articles (I will place them on the VLE):
“UPROAR IN WEST AT N-BOMB TEST KOREAN PEST”
and
“NORTH KOREA DEFIES WORLD WITH HIROSHIMA-SIZE
NUCLEAR DEVICE”

Activity:
Answer these questions
1.Which newspaper article is easier to read and why?
2.What differences do you notice about the two
headlines?
3.Which article contains more information?
4.What do you think is the difference between a tabloid
newspaper and a broadsheet newspaper?
 Recap...

Name 3 types of media

Name 2 different types of newspapers
Name 1 difference between
broadsheet and tabloid newspapers
 ‘Hard’ and ‘Soft’ News

Using these adjectives and everything

you have just learned:

What type of news is each?

Where would you find hard news?
Where would you find soft news?

What is news?
 Copy and complete the definition
‘H…’ news includes events of n… or
in… significance; pol…; sc…
breakthroughs. Whereas ‘s…’ news
relates to c…; royal g…; dr… related
s…; interest in ‘o…’ people’s private
lives or health c...Hard news is
usually found in…and soft news in…

international, hard, scientist, optimistic, happy, horrifying,

shocking, soft, celebrities, characters, national, noticeable,
gossip, scientific, intercontinental, drama, soap, stories,
ordinary, concerns, politics, tabloid, magazine, broadsheet