The document outlines activities for a journalism class to learn key journalistic skills like examining a newspaper, analyzing news articles, identifying basic story elements, creating their own news story, and conducting an interview. The activities guide students through examining sections and content of a newspaper, analyzing an article based on research, objectivity, and reliability, identifying who, what, when, where, how and why in a chosen article, developing their own news story with relevant details, and conducting an interview using sample questions.

1. DIVISION OF PASIG CITY AND SAN JUAN
JOURNALISTIC SKILLS
October 24, 2007
Pinagbuhatan High School

2. OBJECTIVES
 Create a class NEWSPAPER
 Write own stories in a journalistic
style using events familiar with and
based on the interview done.
 Analyze newspaper stories
 Identify basic information about the
different sections of the newspaper

3. ACTIVITY 1: Examining the
Newspaper
 What is the name of the newspaper?
 What is the date on the newspaper?
 How many sections do the newspaper have
based on the parts discussed earlier?
 Which section has the most number of
pages?
 Which sections have photographs? Why?
 Which do you think is the most important
story for this newspaper? Why?
 Which is the most interesting story for your
group? Why?

4. ACTIVITY 2: Analysis of the News
Article
 Did the writer do research?
 Did the writer interview someone?
 Was there an illustration or photograph?
 Did the writer need to travel somewhere to
get the story?
 Does the article report the facts
objectively?
 Does the information seem reliable and
objective? Why or why not?

5. ACTIVITY 3: Identifying Ideas in
the Article
Analyze the chosen article using the ff:
 WHO?
 WHAT?
 WHEN?
 WHERE
 HOW
 WHY?

6. ACTIVITY 4: Creating your Own
Story
 What is the event? What happened/will
happen because of the event?
 When did/will the event take place?
 Who took part/will be taking part in the
event?
 Where did/will the event take place?
 How…
 Why did/will the event happen? Why
did/will the participants do what they
did/will be doing?

7. Activity 5: Interview
 What is your full name?  What type of music do
Is there a story about you enjoy most?
why you were given this  What was your favorite
name? subject in school?
 Where were you born?  What were your plans
Where have you lived before and after
most of your life? graduating?
 What do you like about  What would you like to
living in the city? be doing ten years from
 What are your favorite now?
things to do on a  Do you have a hero?
weekend or holiday? Who is it? Why?
 Do you have a favorite  If you win the lottery,
actor, author or what would you do with
musician? Why? the money?