By David Gopee

ACTION PLAN Presenting to: Broadcast Journalism class Presenting to: Broadcast Journalism class Audience: High school education (Grade 11-12) 65% female Audience: High school education (Grade 11-12) 65% female Audience interest: High Audience interest: High Audience familiarity with topic: Relatively new Audience familiarity with topic: Relatively new Attitude of audience: Open to new writing skills as they are wanting to pursue the area of writing and journalism. Attitude of audience: Open to new writing skills as they are wanting to pursue the area of writing and journalism. Goal: to have students write successful leads for stories that they will develop about the school and community Goal: to have students write successful leads for stories that they will develop about the school and community

ACTION PLAN CONTINUED… The presentation is a combination of speaker led, and user interactive Presentations. The method of deliver is through the computer, projected onto the smart board Colored theme- red Black and White. Black for the background, red for the headings of the topic and white for the information. There are some multimedia effects that can be used for this presentation. Videos, websites and charts.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE The students will develop appropriate Headlines for stories. The students will develop appropriate Headlines for stories. The students will identify key points in a story. The students will identify key points in a story. The students will write an effective lead for a news story. The students will write an effective lead for a news story.

WRITING A HEADLINE A Short phrase used to capture attention. Short and to the point Appropriate Humor Pun Factual Question Interest

EXAMPLES OF HEADLINES The wheels on the bus go round and round.- story about bus safety. Local man dies in tragic accident

THINK, PAIR, SHARE How does one read a newspaper: Preview the Text Scan Headlines Read opening Paragraph Find interested information Consider the personal value of the textComplete the story

Activity #1 Write and idea for a story that is happening in the school or community. List some facts about the story. Write a headline for a story.

THE INVERTED PYRAMID Who What What Where Where When When Why Why How How Other details important to the story Follow up information

WRITING THE LEAD Who What Why Where When How

Activity #2 Write a lead to the below accident report

Examples of the Lead A Murfreesboro man died Monday afternoon A Murfreesboro man died Monday afternoon when his car spun out of control on rain- when his car spun out of control on rain- slickened Broad Street, crashed into a utility pole and threw him through the windshield. WHO WHENWHAT WHERE WHY HOW

ACTIVITY #3 Write your own Story Lead