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WRITING A FACTUAL RECOUNT
(News Report)
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Features in a News Article
1. Headline2. Orientation 3. Main body of text4. Reorientation5. Photo + Caption
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Important in News Writing
3C
Clear
ConciseCorrect
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1. Headline
Catchy In bold Interests the readers Only has a few words Action verbs
Why are headlines important?
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1. HeadlineSTARTING THEM YOUNG
PM Lee says Singapore's future depends on its young talents
Hot pop-ertyCan you tell which came from
what type of newspaper?
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Playing with wordsWriters can have lots of fun with words
Can you explain what the writer has done with the words?
Hot pop-erty
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PunsA word in a sentence that can have two
meanings.
Example
Christmas shoppers stocking up.
Witch Halloween costume is for you?
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Letter playChange a letter in a word to give a double
meaning.
ExampleTruck by lightning
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AlliterationUsing the same letter sound at the start of
your words can create an interesting effect.
Example
Sending up the Stars and Stripes.
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RhymeExamples
Green Queen
Glass with Class
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Let’s try creating a headline
Scenario:
You are writing about an accident that happened in front of your school. It involved a school bus and a parent’s car.
Catchy In bold Interests the readers Only has a few words Action verbs
REMEMBER
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Let’s try creating a headline
School Bus Crashes Parent’s Car
Deadly Accident at Kallang Primary
“No more children Pick up in the foyer,” says Principal
The Sleepy Bus Driver VS Impatient Parent
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NOW IT’S YOUR TURN
Activity 1 : HEADLINES
Roles1. Task Manager – make sure that your group
stays on task2. Scribe - Type out your group’s answers3. Time Keeper – Make sure that group’s aware
of the time given4. Quite Captain – Please control the group’s
noise level5. Peace maker – Resolve problems within the
group
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NOW IT’S YOUR TURN
In your groups, create a headline that is appropriate to your scenarios.
Using your tablet PCs, get on to the class blog
http://kps5humility.wordpress.com/and find your group’s scenario.
Under the comment’s section, create an appropriate HEADLINE for your given scenario.
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NOW IT’S YOUR TURN
A. Group 1&5: You are writing about your school's basketball team's winning match against a River Primary School.
B. Group 2&6: You are writing about the new computer lab in Kallang Primary School.
C. Group 3&7: You are writing about a recent fight between two primary 5 students during recess
D. Group 4&8: You are writing about the exchange programme between Kallang Primary School and Cheltenham School from Melbourne, Australia.
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2. Orientation Introduces the story
first paragraph (1 - 3sentences)
Attention grabbing
Summarizes main points in the article
Clear, Concise, Correct
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2. Orientation
Example:
On Friday, nearly 400 students from 32 primary schools took part in the H-TWO-O Under-10 Football Fiesta
2008’s five-a-side football tournament.
WhoWhenWhat
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Let’s try creating an opening statement...
Scenario:
You are writing about an accident that happened in front of your school. It involved a school bus and a parent’s car.
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Let’s try creating an opening statement...
What:
Where:
When:
Who:
Accident between a school bus and a carIn front of Kallang Primary School gates
Friday morning, Oct 30, 2009
School bus driver and a parent
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Let’s try creating an opening statement...
A loud crash was heard Friday morning at the gates of Kallang Primary School.
The accident between a school bus and a car belonging to a parent, happened in the midst of morning rush hour.
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NOW IT’S YOUR TURN
Activity 2: The Perfect Opening Statement
In your groups, create an opening paragraph that is appropriate to your scenario.
Using your tablet PCs, get on to the class blog
http://kps5humility.wordpress.com/and find your group’s scenario.
Under the comment’s section, create an appropriate orientation.
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NOW IT’S YOUR TURN
Activity 2: The Perfect Opening Statement
Use the worksheet provided BBC news School Report worksheet: “Wri
te as you speak”
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COMING SOON…
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3. Body Sequence of events in chronological order
o Use connectors to show your transition.
Paragraphs
Past tense
Simple, clear sentences
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3. Body
(A) Provides detailed information
o the background scenario
o the name of the people involved
o the way the event happened
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3. Body
Example:
The Football Association of Singapore organised the event, which ran from 7.30am – 5.30pm
and was held at Jurong West’s Fico Sports Hub, which boasts Asia’s
largest futsal football arena.
Where
Details
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3. Body
Example:
In the final, Kranji Primary School narrowly edged out St Stephen’s
School 1-0. Yangzheng Primary placed third
while Loyang Primary came in fourth.
Details
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3. Body
Example:
The guest-of-honour at the event, FAS head of grassroots, Jita Singh,
handed out the prizes to the winners.
Details
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3. Body
(B) May include comments and quotes from eyewitnesses to give credibility to your report
o Spoken accounts may be directly quoted using quotation marks “” or direct speech.
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3. BodyExample:
Watching from the sidelines was FAS technical director, Slobodan
Pavkovic. “I’m happy to see children in Singapore start playing competitively from such a young
age.”
Quote
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4. ReorientationConclusion
End with a short concluding line.
How? Point to the future on what is expected to
happen next
Eyewitness quotations
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4. ReorientationConclusion
Example:
“We share the same belief that it is never too young to start developing
a passion for football. In fact, we will be working with the youngsters in another event in July,” said Jita
Singh, the former Singapore coach.
Future
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5. Photographs
‘A picture paints a thousand words.’
photographs give readers a clearer picture of the event
Include an interesting caption to describe the picture
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5. Photograph
Example:
Caption
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5. Photograph
Example:
Caption
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Writing your news report digitally
Instant access
Interactive Readers can leave comments instantly
Format
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