Radio/Podcast or newsround

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Rewrite the statements in reported speech.

1) ‘I love making cookies,’ said Samir.

2) ‘That’s really kind’, said Ed.

3) Marie Alejandra said, ‘I’ll email you later.’

4) Jerry said, ‘I’m finishing a new project.’

5) ‘I can’t come to the party,’ Piotr told Adam

1) Samir said that he loved making cookies

2) Ed said that that was really kind

3) Marie Alejandra said that she would email me later

4) Jerry said that he was finishing a new project

5) Piotr told Adam that he could not come to the party

Radio, Podcast or Newsround

Change your news report into a live report on the radio or podcast (audio) or into a newsround ( video)

Write as you would speak

Be CLEAR

Keep it short and to the point (CONCISE)

Use CORRECT grammar ( reported speech)

With audio you want to describe a picture for the audience so they can see where the story is going and what happened.

Work in your newspaper groups, and decide what you are going to do.

AUDIO ( radio / podcast): record yourselves and one person has to edit the recordings into one recording. You need to start and finish your story like a relay race. Pick up where the other left off and introduce or pass it on to the next speaker.

VIDEO ( newsround): Each person records themselves reading or reporting the news with a suitable background. Think of an opening sentence and how you will pass it on to the next speaker. All the video recording must be edited into one video.

The Passive

When the subject is unknown or unimportant

We use the passive when we don't know who/ whay did the action.

We also use it when we feel that the subject is unimportant or we want to focus on the action instead of the person

Thieves stole two paintings from a gallery in Amsterdam yesterday

Two paintings were stolen from a gallery in Amsterdam yesterday

The teacher asked Robert to do his homework again.

Reporting verbs and the passive

We use the passive with reporting verbs such as say, believe, think, etc. report what people say, believe, think etc. without the need to state who.

It is often said that carrots help you see in the dark but it's not really true.

Carrots are said to help you see in the dark.....

It was once believed that the Earth was flat.
how can you report this by putting the subject first..
The Earth....................................

BBC one minute news

Listen to the one minute news

1) What is the news opening?

2) What are the news headlines?

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