ENGLISH 8

Q4 WEEK 4a

May 17, 2022

INTEGRITY

NEWS WRITING

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


00:00 VERIFY INFORMATION

01:29 BE SPECIFIC

02:49 DO NOT BEGIN WITH NUMBERS

03:37 USE THE ACTIVE VOICE

05:24 USE SHORT DESCRIPTORS

06:26 KEEP PARAGRAPHS SHORT

07:27 USE SIMPLE WORDS

08:10 IDENTIFY PERSONALITIES

13:17 SPELL OUT ACRONYMS

13:49 DO NOT EDITORIALIZE

14:32 REVIEW GRAMMAR RULES

WHAT TO DO

  1. Download the template.

  2. Copy the news you have already written and paste it in the designated column of the given template.

  3. Watch the video above keenly.

  4. Identify the parts of your news which may have contained the tip or pointer. Write the tip number opposite it as indicated in the template.

  5. Make the necessary corrections to your news article.

  6. Submit file to Google Classroom.

news self-editing.docx

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.

You can always return to this video in order to make sure your news article has complete components.