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Developing students writing to analyse, review and comment |
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| | | Author | Poppy Simpson | | | | Topic | Women's motor racing and writing for news reporting | | | | Key Words | women, motor, racing, news, report, Brooklands, Formula 1
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A newsreel item from 1925 in which a Miss Lister beats the majority of her male competitors at Brooklands race course.
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This short item from the Topical Budget Newsreel company would have beenshown in cinemas around the UK in the 1920s as part of a longer newsreel compilation. In this starter, students are encouraged to write a short narration for a particular audience, and in doing so think carefully about tone and the balance between analysis and comment.
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Lesson Objective - To write for a specific audience, organising ideas, opinions and information into a coherent, balanced news report.
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Trailer Show students the film Woman Motorist's 90 Mile an Hour! (1925) at the start of the lesson. Have a brief discussion about their immediate observations. Is it surprising, for example, that women were allowed to compete alongside men in the 1920s? What do they make of the latter part of the newsreel item in which Miss Lister dances and performs in front of the camera? What is the purpose/tone of the intertitles that punctuate the moving images?
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Main Attraction Now, ask students to imagine that they have been invited by the BBC/Channel 4/Sky News to develop a short news report to coincide with the launch of the new Formula 1 season. Entitled - 'Where have all the women gone?', the report can take whatever shape they wish, but should adhere to the following criteria. It should:
- Be no longer than 2 minutes
- Include an extract from this film
- Include a contemporary interview
Students will need to carry out some independent research into the topic before writing a pitch, including a script for their short report. |
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End Credits Encourage students to talk through their pitch with the rest of the class. |
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