Lesson 13 — Activity 2: Assignment
Completion requirements
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
1. You can type your work directly into the assignment box on the next
page by clicking the "add submission" button under the orange box at the
bottom of this page.
2. If you typed your work in a separate Word document, save your document, and either send it to your teacher as an e-mail attachment or print it off and hand it in to your teacher so it can be marked.
3. You can also choose to complete a hand-written assignment on a piece of paper. If so, please hand in your assignment to your teacher so it can be marked.
See the Marking Guide below to see how your teacher will grade this assignment.
In this assignment, imagine you are working for a newspaper and are reporting on events related to what happened in the movie Freedom Writers. (Or choose an event from the movie you viewed if you did not watch Freedom Writers.)
- Write a short newspaper article describing one of the events in the movie (or an event you could imagine happening to some of the characters in the film).
- Click on the "Write" tab when you are ready to begin.
- Use the inverted pyramid form and remember to answer all of the questions — Who? What? Why? When? Where? How? — about the event.
- Have a look at the
Headline: to attract the reader’s attention
Byline: the writer’s name
Place line: the location of the news event
Opening paragraph:
- The first sentence will try to capture the reader’s interest with a question, a shocking statement, a humorous point, etc.
- This paragraph will also contain the main details of the story (who, what, where, when, why, and how).
Second paragraph (and following paragraphs — many newspaper articles are not much longer than three paragraphs):
- These paragraphs will expand on the details in the first paragraph and
may include quotes from people involved in the story.
Last Paragraph/Conclusion:
- This paragraph will be short. Often newspaper articles close with a quote from one of the people involved in the story.
once again.
Headline: to attract the reader’s attention
Byline: the writer’s name
Place line: the location of the news event
Opening paragraph:
Byline: the writer’s name
Place line: the location of the news event
Opening paragraph:
- The first sentence will try to capture the reader’s interest with a question, a shocking statement, a humorous point, etc.
- This paragraph will also contain the main details of the story (who, what, where, when, why, and how).
- These paragraphs will expand on the details in the first paragraph and may include quotes from people involved in the story.
- This paragraph will be short. Often newspaper articles close with a quote from one of the people involved in the story.
- Review your work, by using the clicking on the
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I
read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a
a word that expresses "action", events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
and a
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
a word that expresses "action", events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
When done, review once more with this Rubric that your teacher will use to mark your assignment.
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
Please do one of the following:
1. You can type your work directly into the assignment box on the next
page by clicking the "add submission" button under the orange box at the
bottom of this page.2. If you typed your work in a separate Word document, save your document, and either send it to your teacher as an e-mail attachment or print it off and hand it in to your teacher so it can be marked.
3. You can also choose to complete a hand-written assignment on a piece of paper. If so, please hand in your assignment to your teacher so it can be marked.
See the Marking Guide below to see how your teacher will grade this assignment.
Marking Guide:
This assignment is worth 10 marks. Your teacher will use the Newspaper Article Rubric to mark your work.
When you are ready to begin writing, click the "add submission" button below. Be sure to save your work as you go!