Literacy
problems to solve for Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 from our Literacy Team. The
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Key
Stage 1
& 2
Wordswork!
Create a word train
Can you find the words that link the first carriage to the last? The
first one has been done for you. Apple cart, cart horse.
-card-
-head-
-cup-
-shoe-
-chair-
-coat-
-board-
-car-
Can you use the extra words to create your own word trains?
(You can write in the boxes!)
Key
Stage 3 Wordswork!
STOP PRESS!
There are two types of newspaper - broadsheet and tabloid - and they
appeal to very different types of readers. When your teacher asks you
to do a front page or an article for a newspaper you will need to consider
which type you will write as they are very different in look and the
language they use.
Broadsheet
• large pages;
• long serious in-depth articles about politics or world events;
• wide vocabulary, including jargon and technical language. The
language they use is usually formal;
• assume that their reader already knows lot about the topic;
• headlines are usually factual.
Tabloid
• small pages – usually half the size of broadsheets;
• short articles which aren’t very detailed. The stories
are often about famous people. Tabloids are thought of as less serious
than other newspapers;
• small vocabulary and often use slang;
• assume that their reader knows nothing about the topic;
• large photographs or illustrations;
• headlines are usually dramatic and eye-catching. They are often
alliterative.
Are these tabloid or broadsheet headlines?
1. “Super Smashing Summer Schools”
2. “N.E. Lincs begin their Summer Schools today”
3. “Shopper Wins Goodies!”
4. “Man wins £100 of shopping vouchers in competition”
Answers = broadsheet = 2, 4.
tabloid = 1, 3.
Write two headlines for these fairy stories one broadsheet and one
tabloid.
E.g. “Prince to marry girl he met at ball.” = broadsheet
“Cinders meets man of dreams!” = tabloid
Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood
Goldilocks
Sleeping Beauty
The Three Little Pigs
Can you do a broadsheet and a tabloid headline for them from different
character’s points of view?
E.g. The Three Little Pigs
Pigs’ view = “Houses in disrepair after wolf attack”
= broadsheet
Pigs’ view = “Our Tragic Tail!” = tabloid
Wolf’s view = “Wolf faces charges of criminal damage”
= broadsheet
Wolf’s view = “Huff and puff is a load of hot air!”
= tabloid
Teacher notes – This activity will deliver English Framework
READING 8 “Analyse how media texts influence and are influenced
by readers.”
