WRITING A FACTUAL RECOUNT (News Report)

1. WRITING A FACTUAL RECOUNT(News Report)

7. Features in a News Article • Headline • Orientation • Main body of text • Reorientation • Photo + Caption

8. Important in News Writing

9. 1. Headline • Catchy • In bold • Interests the readers • Only has a few words • Action verbs Why are headlines important?

10. 1. Headline STARTING THEM YOUNG PM Lee says Singapore's future depends on its young talents Hot pop-erty Can you tell which came from what type of newspaper?

11. Playing with words • Writers can have lots of fun with words • Can you explain what the writer has done with the words? Hot pop-erty

12. Puns • A word in a sentence that can have two meanings. • Example Christmas shoppers stocking up. Witch Halloween costume is for you?

13. Letter play • Change a letter in a word to give a double meaning. Example Truck by lightning

14. Alliteration • Using the same letter sound at the start of your words can create an interesting effect. • Example Sending up the Stars and Stripes.

15. Rhyme • Examples Green Queen Glass with Class

16. Let’s try creating a headline Scenario: • You are writing about an accident that happened in front of your school. It involved a school bus and a parent’s car. REMEMBER • Catchy • In bold • Interests the readers • Only has a few words • Action verbs

17. Let’s try creating a headline School Bus Crashes Parent’s Car Deadly Accident at Kallang Primary “No more children Pick up in the foyer,” says Principal The Sleepy Bus Driver VS Impatient Parent

18. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN • Activity 1 : HEADLINES • Roles • Task Manager – make sure that your group stays on task • Scribe - Type out your group’s answers • Time Keeper – Make sure that group’s aware of the time given • Quite Captain – Please control the group’s noise level • Peace maker – Resolve problems within the group

19. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN • In your groups, create a headline that is appropriate to your scenarios. • Using your tablet PCs, get on to the class blog http://kps5humility.wordpress.com/ and find your group’s scenario. • Under the comment’s section, create an appropriate HEADLINE for your given scenario.

20. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN • Group 1&5: You are writing about your school's basketball team's winning match against a River Primary School. • Group 2&6: You are writing about the new computer lab in Kallang Primary School. • Group 3&7: You are writing about a recent fight between two primary 5 students during recess • Group 4&8: You are writing about the exchange programme between Kallang Primary School and Cheltenham School from Melbourne, Australia.

21. 2. Orientation • Introduces the story • first paragraph (1 - 3sentences) • Attention grabbing • Summarizes main points in the article • Clear, Concise, Correct When? Who? Where? What?

22. 2. Orientation Example: On Friday, nearly 400 students from 32 primary schools took part in the H-TWO-O Under-10 Football Fiesta 2008’s five-a-side football tournament. When Who What

23. Let’s try creating an opening statement... Scenario: • You are writing about an accident that happened in front of your school. It involved a school bus and a parent’s car.

24. Let’s try creating an opening statement... What: Where: When: Who: • Accident between a school bus and a car • In front of Kallang Primary School gates • Friday morning, Oct 30, 2009 • School bus driver and a parent

25. Let’s try creating an opening statement... • A loud crash was heard Friday morning at the gates of Kallang Primary School. • The accident between a school bus and a car belonging to a parent, happened in the midst of morning rush hour.

26. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN • Activity 2: The Perfect Opening Statement • In your groups, create an opening paragraph that is appropriate to your scenario. • Using your tablet PCs, get on to the class blog http://kps5humility.wordpress.com/ and find your group’s scenario. • Under the comment’s section, create an appropriate orientation.

27. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN • Activity 2: The Perfect Opening Statement • Use the worksheet provided • BBC news School Report worksheet: “Write as you speak”

28. COMING SOON…

29. 3. Body • Sequence of events in chronological order • Use connectors to show your transition. • Paragraphs • Past tense • Simple, clear sentences

30. 3. Body • Provides detailed information • the background scenario • the name of the people involved • the way the event happened Why? How?

31. 3. Body Example: The Football Association of Singapore organised the event, which ran from 7.30am – 5.30pm and was held at Jurong West’s Fico Sports Hub, which boasts Asia’s largest futsal football arena. Details Where

32. 3. Body Example: In the final, Kranji Primary School narrowly edged out St Stephen’s School 1-0. Yangzheng Primary placed third while Loyang Primary came in fourth. Details

33. 3. Body Example: The guest-of-honour at the event, FAS head of grassroots, Jita Singh, handed out the prizes to the winners. Details

34. 3. Body (B) May include comments and quotes from eyewitnesses to give credibility to your report • Spoken accounts may be directly quoted using quotation marks “” or direct speech. Quotes

35. 3. Body Example: Watching from the sidelines was FAS technical director, Slobodan Pavkovic. “I’m happy to see children in Singapore start playing competitively from such a young age.” Quote

36. 4. Reorientation Conclusion • End with a short concluding line. How? • Point to the future on what is expected to happen next • Eyewitness quotations

37. 4. Reorientation Conclusion Example: “We share the same belief that it is never too young to start developing a passion for football. In fact, we will be working with the youngsters in another event in July,” said Jita Singh, the former Singapore coach. Future

38. 5. Photographs ‘A picture paints a thousand words.’ • photographs give readers a clearer picture of the event • Include an interesting caption to describe the picture

39. 5. Photograph Example: Caption

40. 5. Photograph Example: Caption

41. Writing your news report digitally • Instant access • Interactive • Readers can leave comments instantly • Format

42. Credits