Objective: To enable students to write a summary
Skills: Reading-Writing-Listening
Level: Mixed
Content: Local news, foreign news, business,
sports
Time: 50 minutes
Preparation:
Hardware: one computer per group of students
Software: a standard word-processor
Knowledge: teacher and students--basic word-
processing
Procedure:
Pre-computer work:
1.
Divide students into groups of three. Have them
read three stories from newspapers provided in
the Self-Access Learning Center.
2. Have them discuss and choose the most interesting
story.
3. Ask them to write a summary of the selected story.
4. Tell them to copy the headline and make up two
other headlines.
Computer-work:
1. Have students type the summary of the news story
and the three headlines.
2. Tell them to save the text and print it.
Post-computer work:
1. Have them read their summary of the news item to
their friends.
2. Then tell them to read the three headlines before
asking their friends to choose the correct one.
Evaluation: 10 points
NEWS
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Instructions:
In groups of three, type the summary
of the news story you have chosen and
three headlines. You may follow the
guidelines given below:
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Writing headlines :
1. Omit articles e.g. Monkey bites girl
2. Use the present simple to refer to past
events e.g. Fire breaks out
3. Use the infinitive with "to" to express
the future e.g. Diana to marry Charles
Writing the summary:
1. The present perfect tense often occurs in
the summary if the news event itself is
more important than the time of the event
e.g.
The President has been shot .
2. The past simple tense is often used when
details are given e.g.
It happened when he was about to leave
his residence.
Example:
KHAOSAI KNOCKS OUT KIM
Khaosai Galaxy knocked out Kim Yong-Kang of South
Korea on September 29, 1990 at Suphan
Buri Stadium. The
victim collapsed like a house
of cards in the sixth
round after the champion hit
the challenger with
his left hook. Khaosai thus
recorded his 15th successive
defence of his World Boxing Association
junior bantam-
weight title.
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Now type the summary and the three
headlines on your computer.
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Have you edited your summary and the
headlines? If not, do it now. If so,
save the text.
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