OLC40P: Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course

Unit 4: Reading Informational Texts - The News Report

Activity 6: "The News Reporter" - Assessment

Assignment

Assessment

Now it's your turn to be a newspaper reporter. Before you begin gathering information and writing the news report, let's review a few things to keep in mind as you go through the process.

Task 1:

GATHERING INFORMATION: Selecting a TOPIC

Choose ONE of the following options for deciding on the event you are going to report:

• Visit the following website below, and select a picture which will be the focus of your new report. As you explore the website, you will notice the images are organized under categories such as agriculture, the environment, sports. Select a category that interests you. You will choose an image that will be a part of your news report. For example, if you choose an image with a line up of cars at a gas station, then it is clear that your news report will be about an incident involving long lines at the gas station and a fight that ensued. The website is: http://www.masterfile.com/
• Write a news report about an incident in your community such as a murder, home invasion or a fatal car accident.
• Write a news report about a company polluting the environment.
• Choose any other topic, BUT get your teacher's permission before you begin.

Use the following template to gather information.

Template: The FIVE parts of a Newspaper Article - Gathering Information:

Task 2:

Using the exemplar in Activities 1 to 5 as a model, draft your news report. Remember, the second tier can be as many paragraphs as you want, but you can limit yourself to 2 – 4 paragraphs.

Task 3:

Using the following checklist, edit your draft:

Tools

Task 4:

Write the final copy of your news report and submit to your teacher.

Rubric

Resources

1. Masterfile

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