Genre Audience and Purpose

news links

Title

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Team Names or Code Name News Link Summary News Brief Story Poem Comments Resources:

 

Note: Remember to revise your writing into a final draft.

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Team Names or Code Name

 

 

 

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News Link

Link to news story

 

 

 

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Summary

Summary of news story (main idea, details; why they are important; how they are connected)

 

 

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News Brief

 

Write a news brief:

Lead: Start with a sentence that tells what/when/where in the first thirty words --- and a strong verb in the first seven words.

Details: Add detail sentences to tell who, how, why.

Kicker: End with a suggestion, question, or quote.

 

News Brief:

 

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Story

Fictionalized story with the characters or events

 

 

 

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Poem

Poem about the real or imaginary story

 

 

 

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Comments

 

 

Individuals:

• analyze your newsbrief for lead, details, and kicker...
• analyze your story for the part you liked...
• analyze your story for the alliteration, consonance, simile, action verbs, etc.
• explained the part of your poem which you liked the best...

 

Teams:

Read other team summaries, stories, and poems. Comment on:

• Your newsbrief included the lead, details, and kicker...
• Your story connected to the summary when you...
• I liked the part in the story when...
• I noticed the (alliteration, consonance, simile, action verbs, etc.) when your team wrote...
• I liked the part in the poem ...

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Resources:

 

GAP Template

news links

alliteration

consonance

simile

Strong Verbs

Revision Tips