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Feature Writing – Day 2

Feature Writing – Day 2. Puzzle Activity. Today ’ s Activity. Split into groups Each group will receive and envelope and a large sheet of paper. There is a cut-up story in the envelope. Your job is to piece the story back together . Today ’ s Activity. Here ’ s a hint:

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Feature Writing – Day 2

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  1. Feature Writing – Day 2 Puzzle Activity

  2. Today’s Activity • Split into groups • Each group will receive and envelope and a large sheet of paper. • There is a cut-up story in the envelope. Your job is to piece the story back together.

  3. Today’s Activity • Here’s a hint: • The first sentence is: “It’s not just losing four walls and the roof over your head.” • The story is split into sections. • The miraculous fish • The two-mile circle • Posters and paper plates

  4. The anxious homecoming • It’s not just losing four walls. • It’s starting over in a new place with new neighbors. • They lived at 1 South Lake Court in Violet . . . • “When we got in that house,” Ronnie says . . . • Ronnie is 59, and Pat is 58. • On Saturday, Aug. 27, Pat woke up early . . . • “I got Ronnie up,” . . . • They grabbed a shadow box full of wedding . . . • They got Lucy . . .

  5. 10. They also left Buddy the Betta . . . 11. That’s when Pat’s daughter . . . 12. For two weeks, the news out of New Orleans . . 13. “What I remember is the quietness of it, . . . 14. He turned down South Lake Boulevard . . . 15. Ronnie tried the door to his house . . . 16. He aired out the house . . . 17. Ronnie carried things out and piled them in his truck. 18. Still, he hadn’t found everything of value.

  6. 19. One day he was working in the house . . . 20. The two-mile circle. It was the house . . . 21. He had sold his house, and she had sold hers . . 22. At first he didn’t want Pat to see the damage. 23. Almost two months passed . . . 24. He told her . . . 25. So he went to Oak Cliff, . . . 26. Now, on a warm November afternoon . . . 27. “There were blackberries along the fence here .

  7. 28. They turn off St. Bernard Highway . . . 29. Up the street from the Exxon refinery, where . . . 30. They drive down a street nearby . . .

  8. Questions • Based on your reading of “The Anxious Homecoming,” answer the following questions. • What techniques did the reporter use to turn this into a story? • What type of feature is it?

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