Today we took up from last week and looked at reading skills in more depth. We discussed, in more depth, the differences between tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in terms of content and style.
We also looked at the notion of readership and looked at The Metro as a case study (see link to BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7942017.stm).
We looked at two articles on school shootings in the US in 2006 as reported by a tabloid (The Daily Record) and a broadsheet (The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/oct/03/amishschoolshootingamericas) – sorry that Record article doesn’t seem to exist online anymore, but I have printed copies.
I stripped away the formatting from these articles and we focussed on the language only. We discussed how the language reflected the complexity of ideas and supported the two purposes.
We also had a look at an example reading assessment – both the text and the student’s responses. The questions are very similar to the questions you’ve been answering on the Word of Mouth and Enemies of Reason documentaries. Please bring these handouts next week.
The student’s answers will give you an idea of the depth and approach of your own responses to this assessment.
We will be spending the next two weeks working through the two reading assessments. On the bright side, there will be a well-earned two-week holiday at the end ….
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