Opinions on current affairs and media
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Students share their opinions on news and news media with the connected vocabulary provided, then brainstorm those and similar news and news coverage words and expressions - also good for opinions phrases practice.
Lesson Plan Content:
Opinions on current affairs and media
Give opinions using the words and/ or on the topics on the last page, discuss your opinions for as long as you like with your partner, then listen to and react to your partner’s opinions on different words/ a different topic. Continue doing the same until your teacher stops you.
Ask about any words you don’t know or can’t think of an opinion on, discussing opinions on those things together as a class each time.
Brainstorming stage
First of all without looking below, brainstorm suitable vocabulary into these spaces:
Words connected to newspapers (parts of a newspaper, etc)
Words connected to television
Words connected to radio
Words connected to new media/ online media
Kinds of news/ Kinds of news story (crimes, etc)
People connected to news and media
Positive words connected to news and media
Negative words connected to news and media
Look below for ideas, brainstorm more, then compare your ideas as a class.
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Topics |
Opinions |
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(popup/ banner/ targeted) ad/ commercial animation/ cartoon box office/ circulation/ ratings broadsheets – tabloids business/ economics (U/ PG/ 12/ 15/ 18/ R) certification (shopping) channel/ channel hopping columnists/ editorials/ comment/ opinion comedy/ sitcom/ sketch show/ stand-up conflicts/ wars/ armed forces/ defence conspiracies/ conspiracy theories (organised/ petty/ white collar) crime current affairs/ news (wildlife) documentary (costume/ historical) drama environment/ natural disasters/ weather exclusives/ investigations/ scoops freebies front pages/ headlines (celebrity) gossip/ paparazzi (local/ national) government/ politics/ians health/ lifestyle images/ photography/ footage/ captions domestic news – international news (citizen) journalists/ reporters leaks/ whistleblowers/ official secrets listener/ reader/ viewer(ship) (mainstream/ alternative/ social) media music/ DJ (rolling/ bad/ good/ latest) news PR/ spin doctors press/ (Sunday/ women’s) magazines prime time public service broadcasting (AM/ FM/ talk/ local) radio (financial/ sexual/ political) scandal science and technology/ sci-fi sex and violence (reality/ chat/ quiz/ cop/ talent/ travel) show society/ social issues/ social problems sports streaming/ on demand – download/ podcast (cable/ satellite/ event/ terrestrial) TV/ telly trailers |
alarmist/ sensationalist/ism balance(d)/ impartial – bias(ed) ban/ block (un)believable/(un)realistic boring/ dull – entertaining censor(ed/ship) clichéd confusing decline/ shrink/ doomed – boom/ expand disgusting/ revolting disturbing/ shocking depressing (metropolitan) elite fake/ made up/ misinformation frightening/ scary/ terrifying get worse – improve important/ crucial/ vital/ essential/ relevant interesting/ fascinating/ riveting left wing/ progressive/ liberal (mathematically/ statistically) (il)literate low brow – high brow melodramatic/ sentimental (un)necessary none of our/ anyone’s business objective/ity – subjective/ity overblown/ overlong/ over… - under… (un)popular PR (un)predictable pretentious/ over-intellectual (un)profitable prosecute/ sue prurient/ nosy pseudo-science ridiculous right wing/ conservative scare mongering serious sold out snooping/ surveillance thought provoking trash/ trashy (un)trustworthy unimportant/ trivial/ pointless/ worthless worth the money/ good value for money |
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