3. You Will:
• -- Learn the main parts of a newspaper.
HEADLINE – BYLINE – CAPTION
BACKPAGE – COLUMN (IST)
FEATURE STORY - JUMP –
OBITUARY – OP-ED PAGE
COMIC STRIP – BOX – THE HOOK
6. You Will:
• -- Read the beginning of a short news
story and see how the 5 “WH” are
answered: WHO? WHAT? WHEN?
WHERE? WHY?
-- Learn how a news story is built with
notes that answer the 5 W's.
7. ASSIGNMENT
• Find a newspaper and highlight the
different parts you´ve learned.
• -- Use notes to answer the 5 W's to write a
short article about some news from
school.
• Write the article with the different parts.
• Due for 1º:May 20th/
8. SOME VOCAB
• advertisement (ad): A message printed in the newspaper in space
paid for by the advertiser.
• byline: Line located under headline which tells the name of the
writer.
• caption: Lines under a photograph which explain what the picture is
about
• column: the vertical divisions of a page or opinion or comment
expressed by a regular writer
• columnist: Writer who gathers facts and writes opinions.
• credit line: Acknowledging the source of a picture.
• direct quotation: The exact words that a news source uses in
giving information. Quotations marks are always used to set off a
direct quotation.
9. • edition: One of several issues of a
newspaper for a single day.
• editor: Person who decides what news
goes into the paper, reviews and corrects
reporters' work and writes the headlines.
• feature story: A story that goes further
than straight news coverage, and usually
focuses on the human interest elements of
a situation or event
10. • headline: extra large font across top of
front page, placed above or below the
masthead
• jump: To continue a story from one page
to another.
• lead: First paragraph of a story, usually
telling the 5 Ws (who, what, when, where
and why) and H (how).
