“Cask of Amontillado” Raft

CWA #2

Pit bull terrier attacks, kills 60-year-old woman in Oklahoma City

By George Thurman Newsok.com Published: 9/27/2012  9:45 AM Last Modified: 9/27/2012  9:58 AM

OKLAHOMA CITY - A pit bull terrier attacked and killed a 60-year-old woman in Oklahoma City, police report.

The attack happened about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Highland Apartments, 12700 N. Pennsylvania Ave., police said.

The victim has been identified as Nellie Davis, police said.

A young woman returned home and found one of two large pit bull terriers had broken out of its crate, attacked and killed her grandmother, according to a statement from police

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

ANOTHER ARTICLE

• Starts with the most interesting fact first

• Then narrows down to details• Uses Last names• Does not use personal Pronouns (I, My, Mine, etc.)• Is objective

A NEWS STORY….

• Like all news pieces, answer the who, what, where,

when, why, and how of the event.

R ROLE = NEWSPAPER REPORTER

A AUDIENCE = ALL READERS

F FORMAT = NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

T TOPIC = FORTUNATO’S DEATH

PSST! HERE IS A HINT…..

•When writing the newspaper article, it should be written in paragraph form.

•Like all news pieces, answer the who, what when, where, why and how of the event. Also, draw the reader into the article immediately.

•The who?, what?, when?, where?, why? and how? are the concrete details or textual

evidence of the piece. Return to the text for facts and quotes to answer these questions.

DAY 2 REVISIONCHECK THE PAPER FOR ANY OF THE LINKING VERBS

LISTED BELOW. CIRCLE ANY THAT ARE PRESENT.

Am, Is, Are, Was, Were (aren’t, isn’t,

wasn’t, weren’t)

Be, Being, Been

Do, Does, Did (doesn’t, didn’t)

Have, Had, Has(haven’t, hadn’t,

hasn’t)

Must, May, Might

Could, Should, Would (couldn’t, wouldn’t shouldn’t)

Can, Will, Ought, Shall

(can’t)

DAY #2 REVISION AND EDITING

HANDOUT

1. Skip every other line.

2. Give the article a catchy title.

3. Create a by line under title (in

addition to

MLA) ex:

“This Joker Is No LaughingMatter”

By Sue Jones

4. Begin the article with an attention

grabber. It should be the most

shocking detail.

5. Improve word choice by using 6

words from the bank. (see to the right)

6. It must be exactly 121 words long.

7. Eliminate linking verbs by half.

Word Bank

Affront (noun)

Acquaintance (noun)

Amontillado (verb)

Asphyxiate (verb)

Casualty (noun)

Culprit (noun)

Demented (adjective)

Entomb (verb)

Homicide (noun)

Inebriated (verb)

Infatuation (noun)

Insult (noun or verb)

Insane (adjective)

Law-Enforcement (noun)

Malicious (adjective)

Manslaughter (noun)

Outrage (noun)

Premeditated (adjective)

Victim (noun)

WORD BANK (USE 6 OR MORE)

YOU MAY USE ANY TENSE OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS.

AffrontAcquaintanceAmontilladoApprehendAsphyxiateCasualtyCulprit

DementedEntomb

Homicide

InebriatedInfatuation

InsultInsane

Law-EnforcementMalice

ManslaughterOutrage

PremeditatedVictim

DAY #3HIGHLIGHTING

Before turning in………

The 6 words used from the word bank should be highlighted in pink.

The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How should be highlighted in

Blue