News Report - Structure

Structure of a news report

• Read “Making room for kids to study”• In groups of 4, fill in the inverted triangle.• You have 10 mins

Why do we do this?

• So that we know what information to include in the introduction, body and conclusion.

Homework

• Reader’s Digest worksheet May (Section C)• Will discuss about the water problem that

Singapore is facing in class tomorrow.• Will give you the answers tomorrow.

Lead

• Most important paragraph• Comes after the headline• Usually consist of only 1 sentence and

provides readers with the gist of the news report.

• Contains the most important facts of the story by answering the 5Ws and 1H.

• Contains facts only – cannot be exaggerated

Lead

e.g. A teenager was severely injured after a goods lorry knocked him down at a traffic junction along Sapphire Avenue early yesterday morning.

WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHEN

Details/body• Builds on the information in the lead• Develop and explain the facts outlined• Present information in decreasing order of importance (inverted pyramid)• Add quotes – adds credibility to a news report• Quotes reflect a person’s thoughts, feelings and opinions about the event• Quotes should be succinct – abt 30 words or less. • Concerned parties• Eyewitnesses• Experts• Figures of authority• Age is mentioned so that readers get an idea of the person’s experience. • Age is not mentioned if the person is known to most readers. E.g. prime

minister or lady gaga

Conclusion

• Minor details• Follow-up action by relevant authorities• Comments about the event • Appeal for information• May even end with a quote which sums up

the story or makes references to the ideas expressed in the LEAD.

Before attempting - PACCPACC Explanation Questions to consider

Purpose Present as objectively as possible

What are the most important details that should be included?

Audience The people who read the news report

What are the general interests of the readers? What details will readers want to know to satisfy their curiosity about the incident?

Context How they are presented Where will your news report be featured?How much space do you have and how long can your report be?

Culture Circulated locally and internationally?

What details should be avoided so as not to offend a particular racial or religious group?What comments would be inappropriate or offensive to a particular organisation or country?

Vocab List

• Let us look at the vocab list given to you.

Write your name and today’s date.Remember to file this in your english file.

Headlines

• Short – usually 6 words or less• Simple and direct• Attention-grabbing• Nouns, verbs and adjectives• Capital letter for the first letter of the first

word• Uses comma to indicate the connector “and”

Let us try!

• Look at the visual stimulus and create short attention-grabbing headlines!

Structure of News report

• Give handout