Part II -- Hard News Writing
One of our tasks is writing about each group. This should be flattering, and accurate at the same time. It will involve the element of news writing, which we will introduce today.
Key words
1. Hard news -- a story which summarizes a news event. It has an
2. inverted pyramid lead -- a standard of news reporting since the mid 1800s. It puts the story climax at the beginning of the piece. It answers several questions: who, what, when, where, why and how. It writes in active voice, and refers to subjects in the third person. It offers descriptions, and does not include the writer's opinions.
Look at this worksheet on inverted pyramid openings for a summary:
http://www.21stcenturylit.org/docu/Inverted%20Pyramid.pdf
3. verb voice -- we have two verb voices
4. active voice -- where the subject of a sentence performs the work, or
5. passive voice -- where the subject is the recipient of the verb's action.
You can shift from active to passive voice easily:
1. The dog bit Mr. Vela (active) Who is the subject?
2. Mr. Vela was bitten by the dog. (passive) Who is the subject.
Part One -- Active and passive exercise -- 20 minutes total
Active voice (10 minutes)
Write a six to seven sentence description of your morning. No sentence can have more than four words. Use active voice. Here is an example, using my after school routine:
1. Mr. Vela drove home.
2. He walked his dog.
3. He read his texts.
4. He cooked a snack.
Part II (30 minutes)
Today, the journalism class covered the No Bullying Day event, where students are advised to wear orange to show support for the cause.
Here are some facts:
-- Unite Against Bullying Day is October 9th
-- Students were advised to "Wear their True Colors" to help stop bullying.
At Eastside Memorial
-- Ms. Angela Allen's class wrote a script about anti-bullying
-- She prepared anti-bullying stickers for her students to wear and to distribute.
-- Ms. Yvette Alvarado directed the activities on campus, and helped the "no place for hate" group, led by Blanca Sanchez Luna to pass out orange ribbons.
Some photographs have been loaded onto the students' shared drive.
Click the Eastside Memorial icon in the upper right corner of your desktop.
When the dialogue box opens, follow this path:
Shared folder> Students folder > Vela folder > photos
I have loaded six photos onto the hard drive to help you write the story.
Your assignment for part II: Write an inverted pyramid opening for the Anti-Bullying campaign. Answer as many of the who, what, when, where, why questions in that opening.
Turn in your word documents when you are done. You can print them out or e-mail them to:
rafael.vela@
One of our tasks is writing about each group. This should be flattering, and accurate at the same time. It will involve the element of news writing, which we will introduce today.
Key words
1. Hard news -- a story which summarizes a news event. It has an
2. inverted pyramid lead -- a standard of news reporting since the mid 1800s. It puts the story climax at the beginning of the piece. It answers several questions: who, what, when, where, why and how. It writes in active voice, and refers to subjects in the third person. It offers descriptions, and does not include the writer's opinions.
Look at this worksheet on inverted pyramid openings for a summary:
http://www.21stcenturylit.org/docu/Inverted%20Pyramid.pdf
3. verb voice -- we have two verb voices
4. active voice -- where the subject of a sentence performs the work, or
5. passive voice -- where the subject is the recipient of the verb's action.
You can shift from active to passive voice easily:
1. The dog bit Mr. Vela (active) Who is the subject?
2. Mr. Vela was bitten by the dog. (passive) Who is the subject.
Part One -- Active and passive exercise -- 20 minutes total
Active voice (10 minutes)
Write a six to seven sentence description of your morning. No sentence can have more than four words. Use active voice. Here is an example, using my after school routine:
1. Mr. Vela drove home.
2. He walked his dog.
3. He read his texts.
4. He cooked a snack.
Part II (30 minutes)
Today, the journalism class covered the No Bullying Day event, where students are advised to wear orange to show support for the cause.
Here are some facts:
-- Unite Against Bullying Day is October 9th
-- Students were advised to "Wear their True Colors" to help stop bullying.
At Eastside Memorial
-- Ms. Angela Allen's class wrote a script about anti-bullying
-- She prepared anti-bullying stickers for her students to wear and to distribute.
-- Ms. Yvette Alvarado directed the activities on campus, and helped the "no place for hate" group, led by Blanca Sanchez Luna to pass out orange ribbons.
Some photographs have been loaded onto the students' shared drive.
Click the Eastside Memorial icon in the upper right corner of your desktop.
When the dialogue box opens, follow this path:
Shared folder> Students folder > Vela folder > photos
I have loaded six photos onto the hard drive to help you write the story.
Your assignment for part II: Write an inverted pyramid opening for the Anti-Bullying campaign. Answer as many of the who, what, when, where, why questions in that opening.
Turn in your word documents when you are done. You can print them out or e-mail them to:
rafael.vela@