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English Online. Every child literate - a shared responsibility.

Learning task 2

Explore the front page of the newspaper

  1. View this front page and, using it as a guide, paste examples of each feature from your local newspaper under each term and/or use a combination of Navigate the newspaper , an online resource from TKI and the daily paper, to have students explore features of news stories and newspaper layout.
  2. Compare that front page mock up with the front page of the local paper or some of these front pages from newspapers around the world. Discuss which features from the mock up are included and which features are missing or different.

Explore the language and structure of news stories

  1. structure (RTF 11KB)
  2. language (RTF 12KB)
  3. leadstory (RTF 14KB)
  4. A different structure - telling stories.
    Although most news stories adhere to the 5 Ws and a H structure, a new style has emerged in recent years which involved the reporter telling a story. Take a look at this example (RTF 6KB) .
  5. The whole truth? critical (RTF 11KB)



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