1. WRITING A FACTUAL RECOUNT(News Report)

7. Features in a News Article Headline Orientation Main body of text Reorientation Photo + Caption

8. Important in News Writing

9. 1. Headline Why are headlines important? Catchy In bold Interests the readers Only has a few words Action verbs

10. 1. Headline STARTING THEM YOUNG PM Lee says Singapore's future depends on its young talents Hot pop-erty Can you tell which came from what type of newspaper?

11. Playing with words Writers can have lots of fun with words Can you explain what the writer has done with the words? Hot pop-erty

12. Puns A word in a sentence that can have two meanings. Example Christmas shoppers stocking up. Witch Halloween costume is for you?

13. Letter play Change a letter in a word to give a double meaning. Example Truck by lightning

14. Alliteration Using the same letter sound at the start of your words can create an interesting effect. Example Sending up the Stars and Stripes.

15. Rhyme Examples Green Queen Glass with Class

17. In bold

18. Interests the readers

19. Only has a few words

21. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN Activity 1 : HEADLINES Roles Task Manager – make sure that your group stays on task Scribe - Type out your group’s answers Time Keeper – Make sure that group’s aware of the time given Quite Captain – Please control the group’s noise level Peace maker – Resolve problems within the group

22. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN In your groups, create a headline that is appropriate to your scenarios. Using your tablet PCs, get on to the class blog http://kps5humility.wordpress.com/ and find your group’s scenario. Under the comment’s section, create an appropriate HEADLINE for your given scenario.

23. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN Group 1&5: You are writing about your school's basketball team's winning match against a River Primary School. Group 2&6: You are writing about the new computer lab in Kallang Primary School. Group 3&7: You are writing about a recent fight between two primary 5 students during recess Group 4&8: You are writing about the exchange programme between Kallang Primary School and Cheltenham School from Melbourne, Australia.

24. 2. Orientation Introduces the story first paragraph (1 - 3sentences) Attention grabbing Summarizes main points in the article Clear, Concise, Correct When? Who? Where? What?

25. 2. Orientation Example: On Friday, nearly 400 students from 32 primary schools took part in the H-TWO-O Under-10 Football Fiesta 2008’s five-a-side football tournament. Who When What

26. Let’s try creating an opening statement... Scenario: You are writing about an accident that happened in front of your school. It involved a school bus and a parent’s car.

27. Let’s try creating an opening statement... What: Where: When: Who: Accident between a school bus and a car In front of Kallang Primary School gates Friday morning, Oct 30, 2009 School bus driver and aparent

28. Let’s try creating an opening statement... A loud crash was heard Friday morning at the gates of Kallang Primary School. The accident between a school bus and a car belonging to a parent, happened in the midst of morning rush hour.

29. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN Activity 2: The Perfect Opening Statement In your groups, create an opening paragraph that is appropriate to your scenario. Using your tablet PCs, get on to the class blog http://kps5humility.wordpress.com/ and find your group’s scenario. Under the comment’s section, create an appropriate orientation.

30. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN Activity 2: The Perfect Opening Statement Use the worksheet provided BBC news School Report worksheet: “Write as you speak”

31. COMING SOON…

34. the name of the people involved

35. the way the event happened Why? How?

36. 3. Body Example: The Football Association of Singapore organised the event, which ran from 7.30am – 5.30pm and was held at Jurong West’s Fico Sports Hub, which boasts Asia’s largest futsal football arena. Details Where

37. 3. Body Example: In the final, Kranji Primary School narrowly edged out St Stephen’s School 1-0. Yangzheng Primary placed third while Loyang Primary came in fourth. Details

38. 3. Body Example: The guest-of-honour at the event, FAS head of grassroots, Jita Singh, handed out the prizes to the winners. Details

40. 3. Body Example: Watching from the sidelines was FAS technical director, Slobodan Pavkovic. “I’m happy to see children in Singapore start playing competitively from such a young age.” Quote

41. 4. Reorientation Conclusion End with a short concluding line. How? Point to the future on what is expected to happen next Eyewitness quotations

42. 4. Reorientation Conclusion Example: “We share the same belief that it is never too young to start developing a passion for football. In fact, we will be working with the youngsters in another event in July,” said Jita Singh, the former Singapore coach. Future

43. 5. Photographs ‘A picture paints a thousand words.’ photographs give readers a clearer picture of the event Include an interesting caption to describe the picture

44. 5. Photograph Example: Caption

45. 5. Photograph Example: Caption

46. Writing your news report digitally Instant access Interactive Readers can leave comments instantly Format

47. Credits