Learn how to identify the different types of bias in news media. You'll need your workbook or digital journal for recording your responses and your News Record.
Year 8
Year 8
These lessons can support short-term learning at home when face-to-face learning is interrupted.
Students can start at lesson 1 and work their way through in order. Each lesson is either a video or a PowerPoint presentation.
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Identifying bias in news media
English lesson 11 (Series 1)
Literary devices
English lesson 12 (Series 1)
Learn how to identify the literary devices news media authors use to position the audience. You'll need your workbook or digital journal.
Language features
English lesson 13 (Series 1)
Learn how to identify the language features that news media authors use to engage and position the reader. You'll need your workbook or digital journal.
The balance of rhetoric
English lesson 14 (Series 1)
Learn how to make on-balance appraisals of news in the media and revise the categories and techniques of rhetoric. You'll need a pen or pencil and paper, or a device to record your written answers.
Know the source
English lesson 15 (Series 1)
Apply what you've learnt about infographics and understand how to verify the source of the news you access. You'll need a pen or pencil and paper, or a device to record your written answers.
Algorithms and cookies in news media
English lesson 16 (Series 1)
Learn how algorithms and cookies are used by online media sites to filter the news you see. You'll need your workbook or digital journal.
Advertising in the media
English lesson 17 (Series 1)
Learn about advertising in the news media. You'll need your workbook or digital journal.
Visuals in print
English lesson 18 (Series 1)
Learn how still images work in the news to create meaning and influence the viewer. You'll need your workbook or digital journal.
Visuals in motion
English lesson 19 (Series 1)
Learn how moving images in broadcast news and multimodal news texts make meaning, and consider how these visuals are used to influence the viewer. You'll need your workbook or digital journal.
Ethics and censorship in news media
English lesson 20 (Series 1)
Learn about ethics and censorship in news media. You'll need your workbook or digital journal.
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