WRITING A NEWS STORYBy David Gopee

ACTION PLAN

Presenting to: Broadcast Journalism class Audience: High school education (Grade 11-12) 65%

female Audience interest: High Audience familiarity with topic: Relatively new Attitude of audience: Open to new writing skills as they

are wanting to pursue the area of writing and journalism.

Goal: to have students write successful leads for stories that they will develop about the school and community

ACTION PLAN CONTINUED… The presentation is a combination of speaker

led, and user interactive Presentations. The method of deliver is through the

computer, projected onto the smart board Colored theme- red Black and White. Black

for the background, red for the headings of the topic and white for the information.

There are some multimedia effects that can be used for this presentation. Videos, websites and charts.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

The students will develop appropriate Headlines for stories.

The students will identify key points in a story.

The students will write an effective lead for a news story.

WRITING A HEADLINE

A Short phrase used to capture attention. Short and to the point Appropriate Humor Pun Factual Question Interest

EXAMPLES OF HEADLINES

“The wheels on the bus go round and round.”- story about bus safety.”

“Local man dies in tragic accident”

THINK, PAIR, SHARE

How does one read a newspaper:

Preview the Text

Scan Headlines

Read opening Paragraph

Find interested information

Consider the personal value of the text Complete the story

Activity #1

Write and idea for a story that is happening in the school or community.

List some facts about the story. Write a headline for a story.

THE INVERTED PYRAMIDWho What Where When Why How

Other detailsimportant to the story

Follow up information

WRITING THE LEAD

Who What Why Where When How

Activity #2

Write a lead to the below accident report

Examples of the Lead

A Murfreesboro man died Monday afternoon

when his car spun out of control on rain-

slickened Broad Street, crashed into a utility

pole and threw him through the windshield.

WHOWHENWHAT

WHERE

WHYHOW

ACTIVITY #3

Write your own Story Lead