TY's, On Monday, we will be beginning Module 1 - TY 'Press Pass' where we are going to be discussing the differences between Tabloid and Broadsheet Newpapers and we will also be entering a competition so get your thinking caps on!
MODULE 1:
HERE'S AN ARTICLE WHICH APPEARED IN THE IRISH INDEPENDENT
THOUSANDS of transition year pupils are to get a better idea of how newspapers work under a new initiative launched yesterday. Starting next Monday, the Press Pass scheme will deliver free national and regional newspapers to more than 14,000 pupils in 250 schools across the country over a two-week period and will be accompanied by a workbook.
The newspapers will be read and shared around and the workbook will give students a better idea of how papers operate and how they can be used as an educational resource.
In addition, pupils taking part in the scheme can also enter a national writing competition with the best work set to be published across all NNI
titles in the new year.
Literacy was not just about reading but about becoming "media critical," said Frank Cullen, NNI co-ordinating director.
Mr Cullen said he did not "buy in" to the argument that young people do not read newspapers.
NNI chairman Matt Dempsey said that almost 70pc of 15- to 18-year-olds regularly read a newspaper, which put our teenagers "among the most avid newspaper readers anywhere in Europe".
Welcoming the initiative , Mr Quinn said the strong, yet practical focus on reading and writing should help to improve literacy standards for those pupils taking part.- Fergus Black
Irish Independent
HERE'S AN ARTICLE WHICH APPEARED IN THE IRISH INDEPENDENT
THOUSANDS of transition year pupils are to get a better idea of how newspapers work under a new initiative launched yesterday. Starting next Monday, the Press Pass scheme will deliver free national and regional newspapers to more than 14,000 pupils in 250 schools across the country over a two-week period and will be accompanied by a workbook.
The newspapers will be read and shared around and the workbook will give students a better idea of how papers operate and how they can be used as an educational resource.
In addition, pupils taking part in the scheme can also enter a national writing competition with the best work set to be published across all NNI
titles in the new year.
Literacy was not just about reading but about becoming "media critical," said Frank Cullen, NNI co-ordinating director.
Mr Cullen said he did not "buy in" to the argument that young people do not read newspapers.
NNI chairman Matt Dempsey said that almost 70pc of 15- to 18-year-olds regularly read a newspaper, which put our teenagers "among the most avid newspaper readers anywhere in Europe".
Welcoming the initiative , Mr Quinn said the strong, yet practical focus on reading and writing should help to improve literacy standards for those pupils taking part.- Fergus Black
Irish Independent