literacy

Writing a News Report from a “Snapshot”


Sketch or describe a scene from the video and attach it to this worksheet. Use the scene to write your news report.



Information to include in your news report:

· What exactly is happening in the scene?

· Why is this happening?

· Who is in the scene? What are their positions or titles?

· Is this a local, national, or international story?

· What sort of follow-up news will there be?

· What has either person said?

· Are there quotations? Attributions?

· Who else might comment on this situation?

· What background information does the reader need to know?

· What are consequences of this action?

· Is this a breaking news story or a follow-up to news?



Write your headline:





Who?



What?



When?



Where?



Why?



How?



Write your lead sentence:

Plan your article on the back of the page.