- discussions written on the board and students take notes
- Break the article into parts (lead, middle, end)
- What is Journalism (reporting, news/newspapers, purpose of journalism, facts, truth, investigation, sources, etc.)
- What is some of the more recent news you've heard?
- Where do we get the news?
- Which new sources are more likely to cover a story on Usher? A natural disaster?
- Break the article into parts (lead, middle, end)
- Students will come up with two characteristics for each section of the article.
- Example: Lead is 20-30 words, contains 5 W's, a hook, etc.
- Middle contains the action, details of the story, quotes, etc.
- The end contains a quote, a finite ending, etc.