For this unit Refers to Student’s Book pages Writing headlines

  7  a 
Students rate the statements 1–5.
    b 
Students discuss the statements in small groups. 
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UNIT 1 Newspapers Teacher’s Notes
Cambridge English for the Media   Cambridge University Press 2009     
www.cambridge.org/elt/englishforthemedia

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  8  a 
Check students’ understanding of 
house style
. Students make lists in pairs (see 
background notes on page 17). 
 Suggested answers
Abbreviations, accents, capitals, italics, plurals, titles, etc.
    b 
Students check the websites in class or at home.
Extension activity: style guides
As homework, assign style guides to different students including the new BBC 
style guide 
http://www.bbctraining.com/styleguide.asp
. Students should spend 
around half an hour looking at their style guide and find five interesting pieces of 
advice to present to the class next lesson. 
Alternatively, they could turn the advice into quiz questions
 
for other students to 
guess the answers to next lesson. For example, 
According to The Economist style 
guide, should you use capital letters for the queen?
    c