L.O.

To write a newspaper
report
• Steps to Success
• I can…
1. Identify the key parts of a newspaper
articles (e.g. layout and structure)
2. Identify language features (e.g. tense,
punctuation)
Layout of a
newspaper

Who has
Contact
Columns
written it (the
Headline
information
journalist)
Headline
s
• Short and
to the
point
• Catchy • About the article (title)
• Can be an alliteration

• Interests the reader

• Can have a play on words
 Introduction/Opening
• First paragraph
• Often answers all the 5Ws and H
– What happened
– When it happened
– Where it happened
– Who was involved
– Why it happened
– How did it happen
 Main body
• The main part of the article
• Often more than one paragraph

• Explains and
adds more
detail about
5Ws and H
• Can include
quotations,
photos and
captions
 Summary/Conclusion
• Usually summarises/concludes
what the article was about.
• Often tells us what is happening
now, so will change from
past tense to present
tense.
• May add some
extra information
or points of
contact
 Photos
• The photo shows
us a snapshot of
what happened,
where it happened
or who it happened
to. It should make
the reader “feel
something” so that
they want to read
the article. If
possible it should
show action.
 Caption
• A caption goes underneath a photo
to identify something or someone
and to give us more information.

It is a label for the

photograph!
 WHAT happened? WHO is the report WHEN did the event
________________________ happen?
________________________ about?
__________________________
________________________ _______________________ __________________________
________________________ __________________________
________________________ _
__________________________
_______________________ __________________________
_
_______________________
WHY did the event WHERE did the event
happen? happen? Facts:
_
__________________________ __________________________
1. _____________
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__________________________ __________________________ 2. _____________
__________________________ __________________________
3. _____________
__________________________ __________________________
4. _____________
Quotes I will use in my report: 5. _____________
Opinions:
____________________________________
____________________________________ 1. _____________
____________________________________
2. _____________
____________________________________
____ 3. _____________
4. _____________
5. _____________