ENGLISH GRADE 10 LESSON 36

ENGLISH - GRADE 10

WRITING LESSON 5

NEWS ARTICLE

-Michel de Certea

" The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and surveys are everywhere." 

Open Ended

Do you think news reports are important? Give a reason for your answer.

Why are news reports important?

Journalists write news reports to inform the public about important events that take place in everyday life. This includes information about crime, essential services, politics and more.

News reports are also written to persuade, provoke or even entertain the audience.

Memory check

Can you remember what these words mean?

• Headline

• By-line

• Objective

• Third person

Multiple Choice

The word, headline, refers to...

• A news report's sub-heading.

• A news report's main heading.

Multiple Choice

A _____ is where the name of the journalist who wrote the news report, is stated.

• by-line

• in-line

• date line

Multiple Choice

A journalist should report _____ on anything newsworthy.

• subjectively

• objectively

Fill in the Blank

We use _____ pronouns when we write a news report, as we stand outside the events we relate to the readers.