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Newspaper Names

Newspaper Names. Do you know the names of any newspapers? What does the name mean? What do you know about those papers? How often are they printed? Local/State/Australia wide?. Newspaper Names. Features in a News Article. Headline Orientation Main body of text Reorientation

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Newspaper Names

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  1. Newspaper Names • Do you know the names of any newspapers? What does the name mean? • What do you know about those papers? • How often are they printed? • Local/State/Australia wide?

  2. Newspaper Names

  3. Features in a News Article • Headline • Orientation • Main body of text • Reorientation • Photo + Caption

  4. Important in News Writing

  5. 1. Headline • Catchy • In bold • Interests the readers • Only has a few words • Action verbs Why are headlines important?

  6. Playing with words • Writers can have lots of fun with words • Can you explain what the writer has done with the words? Hot pop-erty

  7. Puns • A word in a sentence that can have two meanings. • Example Christmas shoppers stocking up. Witch Halloween costume is for you?

  8. Letter play • Change a letter in a word to give a double meaning. Example Truck by lightning

  9. Alliteration • Using the same letter sound at the start of your words can create an interesting effect. • Example Sending up the Stars and Stripes.

  10. Rhyme • Examples Green Queen Glass with Class

  11. Switched Off The lives he couldn’t save “Blind rage” on Railcorp’s silent stations “Legal weed” alarm Child abuse a monster eating society: top cop Knights tangled in name wrangle Highway robbery The scary little menace gnawing its way across the bush Cruising for a bruising Fetching a bone is suddenly old hat Twisted sisters dance on the edge of a dark city Unfinished life *Axing of solar scheme *Bondi rescue star unable to save brother and sister *Discrimination *Synthetic cannabis *Sexual abuse, investigated by police *conflict over name *roadways *mice plague *refugees *dog statue *twin waterspouts off sea *young boys death

  12. 2. Orientation • Introduces the story • first paragraph (1 - 3sentences) • Attention grabbing • Summarises main points in the article • Clear, Concise, Correct When? What? Where? Who?

  13. 3. Body • Sequence of events in chronological order • Use connectors to show your transition. • Paragraphs • Past tense • Simple, clear sentences

  14. 3. Body • Provides detailed information • the background scenario • the name of the people involved • the way the event happened Why? How?

  15. 3. Body (B) May include comments and quotes from eyewitnesses to give credibility to your report • Spoken accounts may be directly quoted using quotation marks “” or direct speech. Quotes

  16. 4. Reorientation Conclusion • End with a short concluding line. How? • Point to the future on what is expected to happen next • Eyewitness quotations

  17. 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

  18. The cover story is the main story that leads the front of the newspaper Jack Found! Jack, a water gatherer from the Hills district, was found unconscious yesterday. Police are interviewing Jill. No comment has been made about the suspicious circumstances. Police evidence, collected at the scene, includes a bucket, vinegar and brown paper.

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