Warm-Up Activity

1. Warm-Up Activity

3. Mini-Lesson #2, Obj. 2.01 Elements of Text Organization Newspaper Articles

4. Cornell Style Notes Remember WE only take notes on the right side of the page….

5. Newspaper Article Text Organization • In review of newspaper articles… • Text is organized in very similar ways as a magazine article, however; the naming changes somewhat…

6. Newspaper Article Organization • Banner or Flag • The name of the newspaper • Set off by • Size, • Color, • Special type or • Some other design feature (looks different). • Masthead: • Information about the publication, its editors, its owners and its location • Sometimes an emblem or a motto is also placed within the masthead. • The masthead is often set into a block of black or red print or boxed with a border; the ‘Red-tops’ (The Sun, The Mirror, The News of the World) are categorized by style and the use of a red background in the masthead. • Menu/Index: • the list of contents inside the paper. • Shows where things can be found in the newspaper

7. Banner Masthead Menu

8. Newspaper Article Text Organization • Headline: • The title of a story (“School Names Student Principal”) • Short, attention getting title • Byline: • The writer’s name (“by I. M. Kidding”) • often included at the beginning of the feature, rather than at the end, or not at all. • Dateline: • The location from which a writer reported a story (“Fantasy, Nebraska”). • Originally, the date was there too, but newspapers kept the term for the location.,

9. The headline reads…Ready for Card – Jitsu Water?

10. Byline

11. The dateline is NOT the date, but the location where an article originates. Dateline

12. Newspaper Article Text Organization • Caption: • A description of a photo • Pullquote: • Aquote pulled out of a story to attract more attention to an article. • Sidebar: • A column of additional information or resources about the article’s subject.

13. Sidebar Caption Pull quote

14. Newspaper Article Text Organization • Kicker: • this is a story designed to stand out from the rest of the page by the use of a different font (typeface) and layout. • Jumpline • The line at the bottom of a story indicating on what page the story continues.

15. Kicker Jumpline

16. Newspaper Article Text Organization • All articles whether magazine or newspaper still include the 5w’s and how in the first few paragraphs of the article. • In a newspaper article an inverted pyramid will help you to analyze this information.

17. The Inverted Pyramid

18. Summarize What I learned today…

19. Think – Pair - Share • Compare notes with the person next to you. • Make sure that you have all the information that you need. • You have approximately 2 minutes…

20. Guided Practice As a class… • Each of you should pick up a newspaper article and create an inverted pyramid for your article. In our groups…

21. References • http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/journalism20/print_journalism/parts_newspaper.htm • http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S2NbJIwrsZc/Sc-FycsPZZI/AAAAAAAAHAw/MSZlSu-10HE/s320/Ledger-Bylines-LocalNewsService-01.jpg • http://insanepenguins.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/news-paper2.pnghttp://insanepenguins.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/news-paper2.png