Newspaper writing

Task Independently you will write a newspaper article based on the following event: Johnny and Ponyboy’s rescue of the children in the church fire Your aim is to explore this event- remember these two boys are still suspected of being on the run for the murder of local teen Bob. Think about whether society would praise the boys or focus on their social class and gang affiliations. You will need to revisit chapters 4-6 in order to complete this task. You may have ‘eye witness statements’ that can affirm what they saw – how the boys saved the children from the fire – their heroism

5 W’s Who What When Where Why And HOW

Format of a news article 300 words Format of a news article TITLE OF NEWSPAPER AND DATE HEADLINE – a few words to entice readers (summarises story) in bold BYLINE (a short sentence that summarises what the article is about) INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH – 5W’S (explore who, what, when, where and why briefly) BODY PARAGRAPHS – MORE INFORMATION AND EYE WITNESS STATEMENTS (eye witness statements, reporters, doctors, discuss what happened in more detail) FINAL PARAGRAPH – MORE INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC (final words on the story) IMAGE/s with caption

HEADLINE BYLINE Lead paragraph EXPLANATION IMAGE QUOTES