News Has Broken!Starter: Create a headline for the news article which tells the country about quarantine.

Challenge: Use a clever language technique in your starter e.g. a pun, alliteration, exclamation marks

Date

Learning goal Quarantine: Writing non-fictionPrior knowledge/skills Reading newspapers, leaflets etc.

Application To write a newspaper article about being stuck at school.

PROUD Demonstrate a RESILIANT approach to non-fiction texts.

ARTICLE 13: the right to express ourselves freely

Let’s hear some!

Which would you like to read most and why?

Discuss in pairs:• When was the last time you read a newspaper?

Which newspaper was it?• What kind of information do you get from a

newspaper?Stretch: Why are newspapers important? What would happen if there were no newspapers? Can they also be harmful? Why?Challenge: Do you think the importance of newspapers has changed over time?

ARTICLE 17: the right to access to information from the media

Now summarise your discussion in your books:

Newspapers are important because …They can be misleading because …However, overall, newspapers are an important source of information from the media. This is an important right because …

ARTICLE 17: the right to access to information from the media

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The Daily Mirror

An opening paragraph is usually written in bold font and tells the reader briefly about the details of the story.

The rest of the article provides a more detailed report of the event.

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Xxxxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx.

xx xxxx x x x x x xxxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxx.

DOG SAVES THE DAY!Heroic action of dog saves owner from certain death

Thursday, 9th October

The condemned gate

Secondary StoryThis story may or may not be related in some

way to the first story. It is an important story

but it isn’t the ‘top’ story of the issue.

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Name of Newspaper

Headline

Sub-heading

Image

Opening paragraph

Caption

Columns

In pairs: match the labels to the correct part of the newspaper front page

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The Daily Mirror

An opening paragraph is usually written in bold font and tells the reader briefly about the details of the story.

The rest of the article provides a more detailed report of the event.

Xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxx xx xxxx x x x x x xxxxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxx xx xxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx x x xxx xxx x xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxx.

Xxxxxxxxx xxx xx xxxxx xxxxxx xxxx xxxxx.

xx xxxx x x x x x xxxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxx.

DOG SAVES THE DAY!Heroic action of dog saves owner from certain death

Thursday, 9th October

The condemned gate

Secondary StoryThis story may or may not be related in some

way to the first story. It is an important story

but it isn’t the ‘top’ story of the issue.

xxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx x x xxx xxx x xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxx.xxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx x x xxx xxx x xxxxxxx xxxx.

Name of Newspaper Headline

Sub-headingImage

Opening paragraph

Caption

Columns

In groups, you are going to start to plan your own newspaper article.

Today you will plan the content, and tomorrow you will write the newspaper as a group.• Task 1: in your books, summarise the ‘five Ws’:

– Who– What– Where– When– Why

Stretch: be as specific as you can (e.g. numbers of people affected, not just ‘students’)

Plenary

Editorial teams decide what the overall message of their story is going to be (e.g. outraged that children are being treated like this, or supporting the government’s wise decision to keep the public safe).• What is your ‘angle’ going to be?

Writing the News

Date

Learning goal Quarantine: Writing non-fictionPrior knowledge/skills Reading newspapers, leaflets etc.

Application To write a newspaper article about being stuck at school.

PROUD Demonstrate a RESILIANT approach to non-fiction texts.

C/W ARTICLE 17: the right to access to information from the media

Starter: Look back at your plenary task from yesterday. Explain how you want readers to feel about the quarantine situation (e.g. angry? Surprised? Sympathetic? Amused?)Stretch: Write a headline that shows how you want readers to feel.

Move back into your groups for the second planning task. Task 2:• One person in the group will be the reporter. The

rest will be:– Parent– Student (speaking by phone)– Member of the public who lives in Balham– Headteacher– Representative of the Health and Safety Executive

• The reporter should interview each of these about their views and experiences of the quarantine, and take notes.

Using Direct vs Reported speech (your article should include both)

• He said, ‘I am on the point of leaving’.• ‘You are as daft as my brother,’ Wendy said.• Emma declared, ‘I shall go shopping.’• ‘I have your name and address,’ said the

policeman.

These are the EXACT words spoken

Quotations in Newspaper Articles

Direct SpeechMrs Jones, a local shopkeeper said, ‘I couldn’t

believe it when Robbie Williams turned up at my shop.’

These words came DIRECTLY from Mrs. Jones’ mouth

Quotations in Newspaper Articles

Reported SpeechIt was a complete surprise for Mrs Jones when

Robbie Williams turned up at her shop.

________________________________________________

These aren’t the actual words that Mrs. Jones said, although it does tell us how she felt.

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Name

Image

HeadlineHeroic action of dog saves owner from certain death

Date

You now have the rest of the lesson to produce your newspaper, working individually.

Use a whole page of your book. Make sure you include:

• A catchy headline.• A subtitle that explains it.• An image.• An opening paragraph with the

five ‘W’s.• Direct quotations from people

involved.• Reported speech from other

people involved.• Sensational and dramatic

language.

Plenary

Walk round the room and look at other students’ newspapers.

Can you tell from reading them what their ‘angle’ is (i.e. what they want their readers to think about the quarantine experience)?

What angle have most people taken?