Newspapers Tonicstress 1

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Which Newspaper? A. Which of the newspapers above are you familiar with? B. What does each one represent? C. Can you think of a Greek newspaper which matches one of the English ones? Make one statement for each paper which begins like this: The (name of paper) is read by those who………… Make sure you stress the right word each time as this is the main focus of this lesson, to highlight the important information – new or contrasted – each time we speak ©CELT Athens mc

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Transcript of Newspapers Tonicstress 1

Which Newspaper?

A. Which of the newspapers above are you familiar with?

B. What does each one represent?

C. Can you think of a Greek newspaper which matches one of the English ones?

Make one statement for each paper which begins like this:

The (name of paper) is read by those who

Make sure you stress the right word each time as this is the main focus of this lesson, to highlight the important information new or contrasted each time we speak D. The following sentences are a series of aphorisms about the British press taken from a popular series called Hello, Mr.Prime Minister.

Which of the following British newspaper fits which aphorism?

1. is read by those who think they are running the country.

2. is read by those who think they ought to run the country.

3. is read by those who do run the country.

4. is read by the wives of those who run the country.

5. is read by those who own the country.

6. is read by those who think the country ought to be run by another country.

7. is read by those who think it is.

8. readers dont care who runs the country as long as shes got big ****.

Read out the sentences assigning correct stress one work in each sentence is more prominent than all the restCan you guess/think why?

E. Watch the video clip and check whether you were right

F. Repeat with the correct tonic stress

G. Revise your statements about Greek papers using correct stress placement

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Read the blog post linked below idea discussed in my post

http://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/2012/10/14/n-is-for-new-information/#.U4HNjXKSxfA

Key to matching activity

1. The The Daily Mirror

is read by those who think they are running the country.

2. The Guardianis read by those who think they ought to run the country.

3. The Times

is read by those who do run the country.

4. The Daily Mailis read by the wives of those who run the country.

5. The Financial Timesis read by those who own the country.

6. The Morning Star

is read by those who think the country ought to be run by another country.

7. The Daily Telegraphis read by those who think it is.

8. The Sun

readers dont care who runs the country as long as shes got big ****.

a) The Guardian b) The Timesc) The Financial Times

d) The Sun e) The Daily Telegraphf) The Sunday Times

g) The Daily Mirror h) The Daily Mail

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