WRITING A FACTUAL RECOUNT (News Report)

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

Important in News Writing 3C Clear Concise Correct

Why are headlines important? Catchy In bold Interests the readers Only has a few words Action verbs

Can you tell which came from what type of newspaper? 1. Headline STARTING THEM YOUNG PM Lee says Singapore's future depends on its young talents Hot pop-erty You may have already noticed that the style of headlines in broadsheet newspapers is different to that of tabloids. Guess which of the following headlines came from a broadsheet, or tabloid. Can you tell which came from what type of newspaper?

Hot pop-erty 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

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

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

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

Rhyme Examples Green Queen Glass with Class

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

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

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

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.

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.

2. Orientation Who? When? Where? What? Introduces the story first paragraph (1 - 3sentences) Attention grabbing Summarizes main points in the article Clear, Concise, Correct What happened Who it happened to Where the event took place when the event took place When? Who? Where? What?

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘A picture paints a thousand words.’ 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

5. Photograph Example: Caption

5. Photograph Example: Caption

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