News stories: how are they written?

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Read the inverted pyramid/shark attack story sheet attached. Note that the reasons why all the important info must come at the start of a story,e.g.advertising space sold at last minute, late-breaking news coming in at the last minute.

Read the shark story below and all the annotations at the side. Consider how they relate to the inverted pyramid.

Choose a news story from a newspapers and find the

who?

what?

where?

when?

why?

How?

in the story and list these on a  separate sheet.

List the witnesses/experts used and note how quotes from witnesses/experts are set up and used

Send this to your teacher and bring them a copy of the story for the next time you are in class.
Edit   Delete - Last Modified By: wpf at 1/09/2014 2:45:46 PM

Read the inverted pyramid/shark attack story sheet attached.  Discuss the reasons why all the important info must come at the start of a story,e.g.advertising space sold at last minute, late-breaking news coming in at the last minute.

Read the shark story below and all the annotations at the side. Consider how they relate to the inverted pyramid

With a partner, choose a news story from newspapers provided by the teacher and find the

who?

what?

where?

when?

why?

How?

in the story and list these on a  separate sheet.

List the witnesses/experts used and note how quotes from witnesses/experts are set up and used.

Edit   Delete - Last Modified By: rgoo at 18/12/2013 11:56:17 AM
note: CAN START NEXT  BITE IN THIS ONE IF STUDENTS ARE READY