ENGLISH 8

Q4 WEEK 3A

May 11, 2022

INTEGRITY

NEWS WRITING

News refers to a report about a current event, intelligence or knowledge.




Let us begin by writing the LEAD!

LEAD

  • refers to the first paragraph of a news article.

  • summarizes the entire news story

  • contains the 5W's & 1H

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WHAT TO DO

Refer to Google Classroom: May 11 Task

1. ) Write a LEAD using the information found in the table below.



Now, you are ready to write the FULL NEWS STORY based on the given information. You already have written the LEAD. It's now time to write the (2) HEADLINE and the (3) BODY to complete your news story.

DIRECTIONS: Write a full news story based on the given information.

NOTE: REFER TO THE FIRST ACTIVITY FOR THE WH's.


Watch the video to help you recall the steps to follow in writing a news article. Click on the time stamp to lead you directly to the information you need.

00:00 INTRO

00:51 PARTS OF A NEWS

02:16 INVERTED PYRAMID STRUCTURE

04:32 WRITING THE LEAD

07:37 WRITING THE HEADLINE

10:09 WRITING THE BODY

12:00 SUMMARY


ENRICHMENT

Remember this topic when you were Grade 7? Now, to refresh your mind, you might want to watch it again. This skill is helpful in writing the body of your news story.