News Article

1. News Article No opinion – Only the Facts

2. News Article • Objective: The learner will write a narrative to develop a real or imagined experience or event using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences • End Product: News article base on an actual or imagined event of learner’s choice

3. News Article • Big Idea: • Strategic writers develop narratives in an organized manner so that readers can easily understand the experience or event. • Essential Question: • How can a strategic writer develop an narrative in such a way as to engage its reader while making it easy to understand?

4. News Article • Biblical Integration: • Many stories in the Bible such as David and Goliath, the fish and loaves of bread, and parables are examples of narratives.

5. News Article • Informative-narrative writing provides the reader with information that is educational, inspiration, or practical. • Journalism is a type of informative-narrative writing that is found in websites, newspapers, or magazines. • Journalism is different from an editorial. Unlike an editorial where the writer provides his opinion, journalism presents facts or events with minimal attempt to analyze or explain the information.

6. News ArticleWhat is a Narrative? • A narrative is some kind of retelling, often in words of something that happened. The narrative is not the story itself but rather the telling of the story -- which is why it is so often used in phrases such as "written narrative," "oral narrative," etc. • While a story just is a sequence of events, a narrative recounts those events, perhaps leaving some occurrences out because they are from some perspective insignificant, and perhaps emphasizing others. • In a series of events, a car crash takes a split second. A narrative account, however, might be almost entirely about the crash itself and the few seconds leading up to it. • Narratives thus shape history (the series of events, the story of what happened).

7. News Article • With Journalism it is important to remember to base writing on the 5 W’s and H: who, what, when, where, why, and how? • Examine a news article on smart-board and look for the 5 W’s and H. Use familiar words and define technical terms.

8. News ArticleThe Five W’s of the Article • Who • Alice Walton • What • Goal of Crystal Bridges Museum • Where • Bentonville, Arkansas • Why • To promote the highly-regarded museum

9. News ArticleTips for End Product • Do not give opinion or analyze. • Write about a recent real or imagined event, so write on Saturday, not on Saturday, March30, 2013. • Write short paragraphs: one paragraph may be one sentence long. • Write only in third person unless using in a direct quote. • Headlines must be short, concise while grabbing the readers’ attention: Think short and to the point. Example: Bombing of Pearl Harbor, or Pearl Harbor bombed. • Evaluate you articles and headlines on USA Today App or New York Times App etc.

10. End Product Task Analysis • Students will choose a topic for their news article: It may be real or imagined. • Jot down the 5 W’s and How. Do a little fact checking or research if necessary. • Write headline. • Write lead paragraph: 1-2 sentences. • New article should be 8-12 sentences 4-6 paragraphs • No more than 4-6 “to be” verbs. • Watch out for vague and overused words as well. • Use checklist onmrscaple.com • Graded by Rubric on next slide

11. News Article Rubric • W.8.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or • events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and • well-structured event sequences.

12. End Product Development Schedule – Upload by Wed. April 9 • Monday – Evaluate a news article and show end-product specifications • Tuesday – Choose Topic, headline, and 5 W’s • Wednesday – Write draft of article • Thursday – Read draft of article for classmate’s analysis and suggested improvements. • Friday - – Read draft of article for classmate’s analysis and suggested improvements and write final Copy