Урок 21. School magazine
Предмет: Английский язык, 7 класс

7 класс

Lesson 21

School magazine

Look at the pictures and guess the topic of the lesson. What topics do you think best fit a school magazine? Choose from the list.

Travelling

Competitions

Celebrity lifestyle

Presidential elections

School elections

In this lesson

you will learn how to make a school magazine, read and discuss typical magazine articles and headlines, learn to write a news story

Ключевые слова: Develop skills, staff, make a list, subject, interview, expert, surf the Internet, draft, suspense, submit, deadline, pass on, climax, cover a story, fact, editor.

Основное содержание урока

Putting out a school magazine is a cool way to learn about magazines and also to develop many skills. Let’s see how to write a news story.

Step 1. Plan. Meet with the staff to discuss what’s happening. Out of the meeting comes your story idea.

Step 2. Think. Make a list of what you already know about the subject. Then make a list of what you want to find out.

Step 3. Research. Read about the subject. Interview an expert. Surf the Internet for information.

Step 4. Draft. Write down your facts and organise your information.

Remember, that magazine stories are different from stories that tell a tale.

Tale telling stories are in this form – the pyramid is upside down.

For example a story telling a tale may begin like this:

“Once upon a time there lived a young girl who…”

Magazine stories don’t try to build up suspense, they put important facts first.

For example a magazine story may begin like this:

“Cinderella and the Prince will marry on Sunday morning at the palace. The romance began…”

Step 5. Check. Check the facts to make certain they are correct.

Step 6. Revise. Revise your story and read for correct form.

Step 7. Submit your story to the editor of your school magazine. Meet your deadline.

Watch the video again and complete the sentences.

1) Putting out a school	is a cool way to learn about magazines and also to develop many	.

2) Magazine stories don’t try to build up	, they put important	first.

3) Submit your story to the	of your school magazine. Meet your	.

Тренировочные задания

Complete the sentences using the given words and phrases in the correct form: develop, interview, subject, cover, surf, potential, skill.

We know teachers around the world want to help kids	their full	. A great way to do that is by having the students create school magazines on their favorite topics. It also enables teachers to bring several learning components together, since the school magazine can be a year long project, various	can be	in one project. Different	can be practised as well, like Internet	and taking an	.

2. Match the words and phrases with their Russian equivalents.

develop skills

эксперт

staff

интервью

make a list

план, набросок, черновик

subject

бродить по Интернету

interview

сотрудники

expert

совершенствовать навыки

draft

составлять список

surf the Internet

предмет, тема, сюжет

3. Сomplete the sentences with the correct variants.

сolumn

cover

editor

competition

surf

article

magazine

facts

heading

1) I’d like to write the sport	in our newspaper. I’ve got an amazing story to	.

2) I’ve got an unexpected	for this article.

3) My brother is an	, he works a lot.

4) Our teacher told us to	the Internet for interesting	and write an article for our school	.

5) Could you write an	about the last	.

4. Match the words and phrases with their Russian equivalents.

suspense

факт

submit

кульминация

to meet a deadline

представлять (на рассмотрение)

pass on

издатель

climax

уложиться в срок

cover a story

делать новостной сюжет по теме, освещать события

fact

тревожное ожидание, напряжённый интерес

editor

передавать дальше

5. Match the headlines to the beginnings of the news stories.

1 On April 22nd, people all over the world will celebrate the 42rd anniversary of Earth Day. Over one billion people are expected to participate in demonstrations to show their concern about the horrible effects of global warming on our planet.

THE MOBILE TURNS 40!

2 The scientists examined the teeth of Otzi the Iceman, the Neanderthal whose body was found 20 years ago! The results were recently revealed by Roger Seller, a dentist from the Center of Evolutionary medicine at the University of Zurich who used computer tomography to analyse Otzi’s mouth.

WELCOMING THE NEW YEAR BY SPRING CELEBRATIONS

3 In our time it is hard to imagine life without cell phones. Yet, it was only forty years ago on April 3rd, 1973, that Motorola Vice President Martin Cooper, stepped onto a New York City sidewalk and placed the first known cell phone call in history.

EARTH DAY 2012 – REMEMBERING EARLY ENVIRONMENTALISTS

4 Today is the first day of the Chinese or Lunar New Year – the longest and most significant of all Chinese Festivals. It is a four thousand year-old tradition that began as a way to mark the end of winter and beginning of spring.

THE ANCIENT ICEMAN SHOULD HAVE VISITED A DENTIST (OR EATEN LESS JUNK FOOD)!

6. Put the parts of the text in the correct order.

Think of the basic information about the story. The following questions can help you:

Decide on a subject of your story. Discuss why it is important at the moment for the readers.

Who is this story about? What happened? When did this happen? Where did this happen? Why is this important? Think of the interesting details about the story.

Here is the list of things the reporter professional has to think about when writing a news story:

Read the first paragraph of the story. Decide if it has to be positive or negative. Include interesting facts to catch the readers’ attention. Write next paragraphs of the story.

Express your attitude to the events. Support your ideas with real life examples and quotations.

7. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the proper grammatical form of the capitalized words.

I (1)	Momma get ready for a party. She (2)	the beautiful jewelry box on her nightstand. It (3)	a wooden box with colorful stones on top. To me, the box (4)	magical. I just wanted to touch it. I just wanted to open it. I knew Momma had always told me not to touch the box. When Momma (5)	on the rings and bracelets from the box, she looked different. Her feet (6)	to touch the ground. She (7)	lightly and gracefully. Momma (8)	me goodnight and (9)	for the party.

That night I was very curious. I (10)	my hand on the nightstand. My hand moved up and rested on the jewelry box. The box quickly opened by itself! Jewels (11)	into the air. They (12)	around my head.

(1) WATCH

(2) OPEN

(3) BE

(4) BE

(5) PUT

(6) NOT SEEM

(7) MOVE

(8) KISS

(9) LEAVE

(10) PLACE

(11) FLOW

(12) DANCE

8. Complete the dialogue. Put the verbs in brackets in Past Simple or Past Continuous.

A: I	(write) an article for our school magazine last night when I	(hear) my sister shouting.

B: What	(happen)?

A: She	(wash) her hair in the bathroom when a spider	(jump) from the ceiling right on her hand and she	(fall) down and	(break) her leg.

Контрольные задания

Вариант 1

1. Choose the right options.

Philadelphia is an American city known by/for/with many things. The Declaration of Independence who/ – /that is the most important document in American History, was signed there in 1776. But one fact from/of/about Philadelphia is not so well-known: it is home to nearly 3,000 pictures (called murals) painted/painting/paint on the sides of buildings around the city. In fact, Philadelphia has many/much/more murals than any other city in the world.

2. Put the parts of the school news in the correct order.

Although she finished just three points short of an individual medal, Shaimaa won Team Gold for SCAS (Southern Counties Archery Association), as one of the top four SCAS scorers on the day.

Year 8 student, Student, Shaimaa, celebrated success at the Junior National Archery Championship last weekend

Congratulations must also go to Himaaya, Year 8, who came third in the Junior National Archery Championship.

Shaimaa is now looking forward to competing at the London Youth Games on Saturday, in the City of London Archery team. Good luck, Shaimaa!

3. Match the words and phrases with their definitions.

come up with the idea

prize

award

request

member

the act of keeping things in good condition

asking for

anything that makes the earth dirty

take part in

without a home

pollution

the leader of a town

conservation

a person who belongs to a club or a team

stray

get an idea

mayor

do sth in a group

Вариант 2

1. Choose the right options.

More than 20 years before/ago/after, a New Jersey artist named Jane Golden started a program that paired troubled youth with artists to paint murals on a few buildings around the city. The young people helped to create magnificent pieces of art. They also learned to be responsible, that’s why/so/because they needed to meet deadlines to complete the murals. They learned to feel proud from/of/with their community. The mural programme created/creating/creative by Jane Golden is now the nation/nationality/nation’s largest public art programme.

2. Put parts of the school news in the correct order.

The debate was won by Ward, with Selina and Jolie arguing that the scientist is more important.

Year 8 students took part in the Junior House Debate on Wednesday, when they were asked to argue whether the scientist is more important that the artist.

St Bride finished in fourth place, also advocating the arts. Their house was represented by Maria, the only Year 7 in the debate, and Himaaya, who had never debated before. Both girls presented convincing arguments.

Third place was awarded to Tudor, with Shifra and Stella opposing the motion and advocating the arts.

Second place was secured by Fleet, with Niamh and Isabel also supporting that proposal.

Congratulations to all of the girls who took part. The standard of the debate was particularly good and all teams made excellent contributions.

3. Match the words and phrases with their definitions.

ceremony

finally

proud

get better

grown up

do something better than it had ever been done

glossy

happy about sth you did or what someone did

instead

adult

attractive

opposed to

eventually

a formal event

recover

shiny

break a record

popular