1. Unit Four :
Earthquake
Period Four: Writing

2. 2.What are the elements of a News Article?
Step one How to read News articles
1.What is a News Article?
2.What are the elements of a News Article?
3.How to read a News Article.

3. You are going to write an article for a
Writing
You are going to write an article for a
newspaper about a special event that
happened in your hometown. Before you
write a newspaper story, you should
write an outline. An outline will prepare
you to write a better story.
It helps you too.

4. 1.Choose a topic
2.Decide what you want to say about the topic
3.Organize your ideas and write clearly.

5. A newspaper outline should have:
1.a headline
2.A list of main ideas
3.a list of important details

6. Attention!
When you write a newspaper story you
want the readers to notice it. So you give
the reader a headline which is an
interesting title that tells the reader what
your topic is. Then you organize your
ideas into paragraphs.

7. Each para has a different main idea or purpose
Each para has a different main idea or purpose. Next put some details into each para. These details help the reader to better understand the main idea. One other thing to remember: a newspaper story gives the most important first and the least important news last.

8. A newspaper story needs a headline to
attract the reader’s attention since the
reader may not have bought the
newspaper before they read the headline.

9. Newspaper stories and short stories are
organized very differently.
Usually a short story begins with small
details and includes details later.
A newspaper does the opposite.
Both kinds of stories use para with the
main idea.

10. Point of view
In a good newspaper story it is objective.
In a short story it is subjective.

11. Ex.(P31)
Read the example of a newspaper story
and find the headline, main ideas and
details of each paragraph.

12. 假如你是一名记者,20多年前7月28日凌晨3点钟, 当你由于写稿子在熬夜,经历了那场唐山大地震.请用英语写一篇报道,写出你当时的感受.提示:
1. what you heard what you saw what you felt the result/loss the rescue

13. It was early in the morning, at about 3 o’clock
It was early in the morning, at about 3 o’clock. As I had to finish a report for the newspaper, I stayed up. I was about to sleep when there was a terrible earthquake. At first I heard a strange noise. It sounded like a train going under the house. Then I realized it was an earthquake.

14. I was trying to wake up my families when I felt the floor move
I was trying to wake up my families when I felt the floor move. I saw glasses on the table fall off onto the floor. I felt like being on a boat and I couldn’t stand firm. It lasted about 10 minutes or so. Luckily, the government came to our rescue immediately.

15. Because of the earthquake, a great number of people lost their lives
Because of the earthquake, a great number of people lost their lives. I was a lucky one. The moment the earthquake ended, the people in Tangshan were determined to rebuild their hometown. Now Tangshan takes on a new look.

16. Check the answers on Page 32
Homework:
Now prepare the outline for a short
newspaper story for China Daily, Use
the example to help you organize your
outline