MENTOR TEXT 1:
NEW S REP ORT
YEAR 9 ENGLISH
CRAFTING CRIME TEXTS
TODAY’S LESSON:
Learning
Intentions:
What are the
characteristics of
a news report?
How do we plan
and write a news
report?
Success
Criteria:
I can identify the
characteristics of
a news report.
I can script a
news report.
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NEWS REPORT
We are going to watch the news report from last lesson.
As you watch:
• Does the news report have a structure?
• What language choices are made? Think: tense, words, sentences
Write down what you notice for discussion
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NEWS REPORT
NEWS REPORT STRUCTURE
• A news report will tell us information about something that has happened, and
include:
– WHO was involved
– WHAT happened
– WHEN it happened
– WHERE it happened
– HOW it happened
• The most important and attention grabbing information goes at the start
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NEWS REPORT
NEWS REPORT LANGUAGE
A news report will be written in PAST TENSE
I jumped in fright.
They were doing the dishes.
A news report is often written in THIRD PERSON
They stole the car.
She was enjoying her breakfast.
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NEWS REPORT
NEWS REPORT LANGUAGE
A news report include FACTS
What do facts look like in the mentor text?
A news report can include INTERVIEWS
Who was interviewed in our mentor text? Why?
MENTOR TEXT 1:
NEWS REPORT
YOUR TASK:
You are going to:
1. Come up with a crime. Plan:
– WHAT the crime is
– WHO committed the crime
– WHEN and WHERE the crime was committed
– HOW it happened
2. Script a news report
DUE:
YEAR 9 CRAFTING TEXTS:
WRITING TASKS
EXPECTATIONS OF WRITING TASKS
As part of your completion of this unit, you MUST complete all set writing tasks.
We will be creating a folio of writing and you MUST keep all writing tasks that we do.
We will be using our writing later in this unit to learn how to be effective editors and to
help us prepare for the CAT.
Your teacher will take up all work at the end of each lesson/week to make sure you do not
lose anything and to help you make your folio of work.