TV News Report in Idioms

TV News Report in Idioms

With a partner, choose one of the following topics and write a short TV report in the form of a dialogue (4 minutes) for the class.

1. A five day weather forecast including temperatures, conditions, good news and bad about what is happening in the weather. (Suggested website: http://www.weather.com)

2. A “weekend wrap-up” of sports including wins, losses and gossip in at least three different sports. (Suggested website: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/sportscenter/index)

3. Breaking world news regarding at least three different countries, with at least one of your stories being positive. (Suggested website: http://www.bbc.co.uk)

4. Recent local news from San Diego and Oceanside, with at least three different news stories, one of which being positive. (Suggested website: http://www.signonsandiego.com/)

5. Recent US national news, with at least three different stories, one of which being positive. (Suggested website: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html )

6. Recent news in style and art, with at least three different stories. (Suggested website: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/style/index.html)


Here is the trick. Each group has to use idioms to tell the story. The idioms have to be used in such a way that helps explain the story and that works in the context. ALSO, since other people in the class will watch the report, each idiom that is stated hast to be re-stated by the other partner in other words to help explain its meaning. You must use at least 5 idioms in your report. You may use idioms that you already know or check the following websites for more ideas.

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms

http://www.idiomsite.com