1. Feature Articles

2. What is a Feature Article?
An article, in general, is a written piece that is usually non-fiction and is a stand-alone part of a book, newspaper, or magazine.
A FEATURE ARTICLE is a creative/specific article that deals with real events, issues, and trends.
Focus on people not facts/story not facts
Catchy Title
Specific and interesting

3. Purpose of a Feature Article
Why is it important/or not important that we know what’s going on in the world around us?
Aside from regular, factual news stories a feature article highlights specific things.
What are some examples of various kinds of, feature articles?

4. 7 Types of Feature Articles
Human-Interest
Personality
How - To
The Best
Past Event
Informational
The News Feature
In groups, you will take one of these 7 types and write down a few of its aspects (bullet points)

5. Example

7. Your paper will look like this:
Names:
# _____ represents the ___________ type of feature article because: 1. 2. 3.
#____ represents the ______________ type of feature article because:
And so on…

8. Text Features Headings Italics Fonts Bold Font Subheadings Underlining
Bullets
All Capital Letters
Offsets
Pictures
Text Boxes
Color Ink

9. Headings: Title of entire feature article
Subheading: Titles for each section within the feature article.
Fonts: You can use various fonts to add style or set a certain mood/tone in your feature article.
Bullets: organizing information by separating related information.
Pictures/Drawings: Can add emotion, feeling and a personal connection for the reader. Visual representation for visual learners.
Text Boxes: allow you to add words anywhere on page

10. Color Ink: Adds dimensions to your feature article
Color Ink: Adds dimensions to your feature article. Make it visually appealing.
Italics, Underlining, & Bold Font: adds to visual effect and can make certain words or portions stand out.
All Caps: adds emotion to your writing. Can make you seem very passionate, excited, or angry. Will make a word or portion really STAND OUT!!!

11. Fact vs. Opinion Fact vs. Opinion Quiz
Write F or O beside each statement for Fact or Opinion
The moon is made of blue cheese.
The lights are above the desks.
My favorite color is blue.
There should be a door on every house.
We need oxygen to survive.

12. Fact vs. Opinion
a factual statement can be verified or proven to be true.
An opinion statement is a personal judgment or an expression of someone’s beliefs or feelings.
Can be disagreed with.
The word “should” can be a clue to identifying a statement of opinion.
An opinion is how you THINK, FEEL, or, BELIEVE (motions).

13. Fact/Opinion Activity
In pairs, search the internet for newspapers and magazines to find:
5 examples of facts
5 examples of opinions

14. Vocab column What are some attention-getting techniques?
LEAD - the beginning of your feature article. - leads the reader into a feature article. - attention-getting
What are some attention-getting techniques?
Descriptions, interesting facts, stories, questions, or summaries

15. There are 3 different types of leads.
Summary
Creative
Punch
We are going to look at an example of each and I would like each of you to come up with your own definition of each type of lead.

16. Summary Lead
“The purchase of new school buses will strain next year’s budget,” school board president Kathy Barr announced at the March 18th board meeting.
Based on the above example write your own definition of a summary lead.

17. Creative Lead
Not even subzero temperatures could stop progress. With a thud, bulldozers churned the icy earth, beginning work on the new performance center.
Based on the above example write your own definition of a creative lead.

18. Punch Lead
Eastmont cooks serve nearly 500 pounds of pasta each week for lunch.
Based on the above example write your own definition of a punch lead.