Parts of a Newspaper Article

What is the definition of a news article?

• A news article attempts to persuade its readers to believe in a certain idea or opinion.

• A news article covers current events. They answer the questions who, what, when, where, why and how.

• A news article instructs readers on how to complete a certain task.

• A news article is writing that has a story, characters, conflict and a setting.

A news article is written in which point of view?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

What is the first paragraph in a news article called?

• Lead

• Body

• Headline

• Caption

True or False: Newspaper articles are written in past tense

• True

• False

What questions does the lead answer?

• Why it happened.

• What happened, when it happened, where it happened and who was involved.

• How it happened.

True or False: The headline does

not have to catch your readers’ attention.

• True

• False

How many interviews should a newspaper article have

• 1

• 4

• 2

• None

How many paragraphs should a newspaper article be?

• 3

• 5

• 2

• 8

How do you feel about having to write your own newspaper article?

• I am feeling confident. I understand every part of the newspaper article.

• I am feeling okay! I may need to review the success criteria. But I am up for the challenge.

• I am feeling worried. I am still confused about how to write a newspaper article.