Showing posts with label literacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label literacy. Show all posts
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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.
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.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Literacy
Free writing is a simple process that is the basis for other discovery techniques. Basic free writing follows these guidelines:
This is an example of free writing.
It is also handy to brainstorm ideas.
Choose 1 journal topic today from here.
- Write nonstop for a set period of time (10–20 minutes).
- Do not make corrections as you write.
- Keep writing, even if you have to write something like, "I don't know what to write."
- Write whatever comes into your mind.
- Do not judge or censor what you are writing.
This is an example of free writing.
It is also handy to brainstorm ideas.
Choose 1 journal topic today from here.
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