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THEME 8 SPORTS

FUNCTIONS
F1 Reporting news
F2 Making interview
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11 GRADE F3 Talking about sports
4 Pulitzer Game

In this game, students create stories for an imaginary newspaper.

Materials and Preparation

1 Bring in copies of two newspapers. One tabloid and one broadsheet. Hold them up to the class or circulate.
2 Ask students what we call the two types of paper. Elicit tabloid and broadsheet.
3 Ask students to explain the differences in look and style.
4 Ask students which they prefer, and to give examples of current stories in the news.
5 Elicit vocabulary for the game including a headline, a scoop, celebrities, edit, front page, types of stories e.g.,
natural disasters, love stories, political scandals, financial news, stock market variations, etc.
Procedure

1 Divide the class into four groups and ask each group to choose a type of story to write. Hand in blank papers.
2 Explain that this is a creative writing game. The objective is to write a news story.
3 Points will be awarded for originality, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, celebrities featured, headlines and bonuses.
4 Each story should be about 100 to 150 words. Emphasize that the Editor (the teacher), is looking for creativity and
good use of English, including vocabulary and suitability.
Explain how points will be awarded:

1 Creativity 5

2 Headline 5

3 Celebrity and bonuses 5
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4 Readers’ (students in the class) vote

5 Story writing (Good use of English, e.g. grammar, vocabulary) 20

5 When everything is ready, the groups can start writing their story.
6 Circulate during the writing phase, helping students with vocabulary, grammar, etc. After 20 minutes, stop the groups.
Ask one member of the group to present their story. Get comments and readers’ votes at the end.
7 Collect the stories. Correct them and allocate points. Announce the point totals. The winning team is the one with the
most points after the end of the story writing phase.

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