Merchant+of+Venice+-+Create+a+Newspaper+Frontpage

Newspaper Activity toc ** If you do not have Internet access at home, go to the library and save the required template to your flash drive to use at home. **
 * The Merchant of Venice **

Resources
[] [|http://mazwriting.tk]

=Instructions= For this activity, you will need to produce two front pages for tabloid newspapers relating the key events and ideas drawn from your reading of the //Merchant of Venice//. A sample template is available at [|http://merchantpaper.tk]


 * 1) Go to [|http://mazwriting.tk]
 * 2) Follow the journalism link on the Written Genres page ([|http://mazwriting.tk])
 * 3) Click on the image of the front page template for tabloids to download the template.
 * 4) Take a couple of incidents from your reading of the play so far and use them to produce sensationalised reports for a voracious audience.
 * 5) Use the internet to locate appropriate images to support your text.
 * 6) Go to the discussion page (located on the sidebar of the Year 10 wiki) and write a 150 word reflection on what you learned about the text and about language from this activity. Some pointers are located on the discussion forum.

Context
you are writing as if you are in the action of the play. However, because your text is actually being produced in 2009, you should avoid some of the really racist language of the day. That being said, if you are writing for a Christian Venetian audience in the world of the play, you will position them to feel anger towards Jews. The same would be said if you were writing for a Christian audience.

Audience
Consider the audiences for your tabloids carefully. They will have sympathies already and you should write to reinforce these – you are, after all, trying to make money!

Purpose
This evolves out of the previous two points and will govern the choices of language you make. Choose language carefully to reflect your purpose. Tabloids are designed to sensationalise events and to ramp up the emotions of the public.

Due:
Bring both papers to Thursday’s lesson (period 5). You should have started producing from early in the week to discover technical issues. Therefore, ICT issues will not be accepted as excuses for work not submitted. Also, out-of-school commitments will not be accepted as you have all week to complete this.
 * Discussion response due Monday, October 26.**