Types of Magazine Articles

Today we looked at different types of magazine articles. Look at them here:

http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/types-of-feature-articles-to-write-for-magazines/

Types of Newspaper Articles

• A local news article focuses on what's going on in your neighbourhood. An example of a local news story would be an article on a city council meeting.
  
  

• A national news article focuses on what's happening in the country. An example of a national news article would be an article on the Canadian government passing a new bill.
  
  

• An international news article focuses on news that's happening outside the country. A story on an influenza outbreak in China would be considered an international news story.
  
  

• A feature article is an article that is about "softer" news. A feature may be a profile of a person who does a lot of volunteer work in the community or a movie preview. Feature articles are not considered news stories.
  

• An editorial is an article that contains the writer's opinion. Editorials are usually run all together on a specific page of the paper and focus on current events. Editorials are not considered news stories.
  
  

• A column is an article written by the same person on a regular basis. A columnist (the writer of the column) writes about subjects of interest to him/her, current events or community happenings. Columns are not considered news stories.

There are certain aspects that characterize a newspaper article. These distinguishing features need to be considered before writing about a topic in order to have a well structured article.

The Press

This week we're going to talk about the Press and mass media in general. Before starting with this topic, check that you know the meaning of these words:

- Advertisement
- Blog
- Broadcast
- Column
- Columnist
- Editorial
- Journalism
- Journalist
- Magazine
- Mass media
- News
- Newspaper
- Press
- Propaganda
- Tabloid
- Television
- Yellow journalism

You can find the information here

Vocabulary on Mass Media

Exercises on the Press and newspapers

Exercise on Newspaper

Crossword exercise on mass media vocabulary

Cupid

With this song you can practise different structures and vocabulary. After listening to the song, do the exercise. Then answer these questions:

- Which words rhyme in this song?
- What is the song about?
- Who sings the song?
- What do you know about the singer?
- How many verbal tenses are there in the song?
- Write an example of each?
- Do you like the song? Why?

Find information about the singer here

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1561881/bio

http://www.people.com/people/amy_winehouse/biography/0,,20163926,00.html

Shel Silverstein

Today we talked about Shel Silverstein. He is an American poet, musician, illustrator and author of children's books. He began writing poetry at the age of 12.

Here you can see some of his poetry and illustrations:
http://www.squidoo.com/my-favorite-shel-silverstein-poems

Here you can do some activities with his poetry:
http://www.etni.org.il/literature/sokel.html
http://www.shelsilverstein.com/pdf/EveryThingOnItActivities.pdf

His website also has lots of his works and other activities:
http://shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html