Activity 3.1.1 Reading the News
Instructions: Find one recent (within the last 2 months) news report that interests you. This news item should be found in an English language ( preferably Canadian) newspaper.
Use the reading strategies you have learned to help you understand what you are reading.
Answer the following questions:
- What online news website is your article from?
- Why did you choose this news article? (Why does it interest you?)
- What is the headline?
- Who wrote the article?
- When was it written ?
- Identify the 5 Ws (Who, What, Where, When, Why) and H (How)
- Write down two important quotations from the article. Why are these quotations important?
- Was there an interesting picture in this news article that caught your eye? What does the picture show?
- What makes this story newsworthy?
- Refer to your notes on why we read the news. Which purpose does this article serve ?
Below are some Canadian news sites
- https://www.cbc.ca/news ;
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com
- https://www.thestar.com/?redirect=true
- https://nationalpost.com
- https://globalnews.ca/tag/canadian-newspapers/
- https://www.cp24.com
- https://www.ctvnews.ca/ctv-news-channel
