Newspaper+reports+Factual+recounts

Newspaper reports are similar to recounts but have additional special features.
Show me an example of a newspaper report [|Factual recount news L2.pdf]  [|Factual recounts Level 3.pdf] In class you will learn how to read and write newspaper reports and even make your own Front Page of a paper.

Vocabulary: Headline, byline, lead paragraph, columns, layout, graphics, cliche, alliteration, 'catchy', factual, opinion, reporter, issue, topic, objective, point of view, perspective, witness, interview, Find out the meanings of these words using : [|Dictionary.com] [|Translator.com]

Have fun with newspaper reports. Go to the Tale website [|newspaper reports] [|point of view- newspapers assessment 1] [|point of view newspaper assessment 2] Learn about direct speech for adding quotes in news reports [|Speech Marks]
 * Check our the news at __//Behind the News//__: **[|BTN] A great website to help you understand current news. EXCELLENT!**


 * **NEWS FLASH!!!!** **Beverly Hills Ba** **nk robbery caught on mobile phone by eye-witness. Watch the footage and read the news report. ...amazing footage of a heroic revolving door and a REAL LIFE counter! See to believe.**
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Week 8 Computer room links **

1. COMPLETE THIS FUN ACTIVITY TO LEARN ABOUT WRITING LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OF NEWSPAPERS Letters to the editor

2. WATCH THIS SHORT VIDEO ABOUT CHINA / AUSTRALIAN RELATIONS THEN PRINT OUT THE BTN WORD DOCUMENT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. [|China/Australia Story from the news] [|BTN chinaconnection.doc]

[|Tabloid_front_00079.doc]

Stuff from class: [|LADY GAGA IN PLANE CRASH.doc] [|news article scaffold.doc]

Letters to the editor [|LetterToTheEditor.pdf]

Above is the notes to learning about writing a Letter To The Editor.

Click on the link, then read through the document. We may even use it in class.

Interactive Activity

You may do this as practice at home before we do so in class. It is a simple activity for us to learn about the use of persuasive words in composing a Letter To The Editor. Online news [|ABC Online news] [|SBS World News]