Blog Assignment Class 11

Week 2

Setting up an Online Newspaper

At GLPS 22 we will be creating a student newspaper to present at the end of camp. 

In teams, you will work on 1 part of the newspaper and 

then all sections will be combined to create the student newspaper during week 3. 

Here is the template to use for the student newspaper.  Once your team has written their part of the newspaper, one member will upload your work to the template. 

Remember to add pictures and your sources to your work.

Have fun!

Newspaper stories have a unique style. 

The purpose of a news story is to relay information to the reader. 

Newspaper stories are written in an inverted Pyramid. 

The most important information is at the top of the pyramid 

and the least important information is at the bottom

Headline

The Headline summarizes what the story is about.

Who? What? When?

Where? Why?

Next the important details of who, what, when where and why are given.

Detail 1, 2, 3

Then two or three additional but less important details are given.

Final Details

Finally, one last new but connected detail is given.

There you have it, a news story!

Let,s look at a sample of a news story from TIME for Kids:

News Story Sample

News Story Teams

Each team will write a news story for the class news paper. 

With your team, brainstorm the idea for your story. 

Each team member has a role.

New Story Teams – Roles

Researcher

Based on your topic, this student will find information relevant to the story. This could be facts, statistics or quotes. Remember, all information obtained from outside sources must be referenced. If not it is plagiarism. To reference your work you should include the link if it is from a website or the book title if from a book. For quotes include the person’s name and title.

Reporter

This student is responsible for explaining the 5 W’s: who, what, when, where and why

Writer

The writer will take the reporter’s 5 W’s and write the introduction. Next, the writer will add the researcher’s facts and information as additional details to the story.

Editor/Co-writer

This student will write the conclusion to the news story and add a related but new detail. Then, this student will edit the news story checking it for the 5 W’s, details, and relevant research with sources.

Team Work

All members will write a headline for the story and take photos to add to the news story. As a team, write a caption for each photo as well. One or two photos per story are sufficient. These steps should the last steps in the writing process. 

News Story Assignment 1

Restaurant & Food Review
Advice Column
Wheather/Environment article
Persuasive Letter


News Story Assignment 2

Movie Review
Photo Essay
Interview
Short Story

Week 1

Speech Writing 

All students will write a speech and perform it in front of the class. Two students will be chosen to compete in the Speech Contest during the last week of camp. 

For week 1, choose your topic and start brainstorming about your speech.

To help you choose a topic. let's start by thinking about the word PODUIM

Passionate

Organized

Detailed

Unique

Interesting

Motivating

Consider the points above and after brainstorming possible topics make a decision!

Planning your Speech - Main Idea

Writing your Speech - 3 parts ( introduction, body and conclusion)

First Draft & Editing

Due Friday week 1