A shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada left 6 people dead and 8 injured. Police arrested one suspect while witnesses reported seeing two gunmen dressed in black. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio expressed condolences to the Muslim community.

1. News
Group 4

2. Social Function
• To inform readers, listeners or viewers about events
of the day which are considered newsworthy or
important.

3. General Structure
• Newsworthy events
Tell the event in summary form. Commonly newsworthy
event is a place in the first paragraph.
• Background events
Elaborate what happened, to whom, in what
circumstances.
• Sources
Comment by participants in, witnesses to and authorities
expert on the events.

4. Language Features
• Information about story captured in headline.
• Using action verb
An action verb is a verb that expresses physical or mental action.
Example:
1. Marie walked to school.
2. Louis thought about the math problem.
• Using saying verb
Saying verbs are verbs such as say or ask which we typically use
to report what someone said.
Example:
"Why can’t I sleep?" he asked.
• Using Passive Sentence
Example : Aceh was hit by Tsunami in 2004
• Using adverbs : place, time, manner

5. News

6. Alyssa Diva Mustika, a student from Pamekasan Junior High
School, East Java, won the gold medal at the International
Mathematics Contest held in Romania between March 22 to 29,
Antara news agency reported.
NEWSWORTHY
Speaking to journalists, Diva said she was glad that she had
been able to win the competition, which she said had been very
tight. “Thank God I won. I will study harder,” she said.
Indonesia sent 10 students to the competition in Romania. Diva
is not the first Pamekasan student to win an international science
competition. Oktavian Latief, a student from Pamekasan Senior
High School, won the gold medal at the International Physics
Olympiad in 2006. Another student, Shohibul Maromi, won the
same award in 2010.
BACKGROUND
“Thanks Diva, for giving a good name to Indonesia and
Pamekasan on the international stage,” Pamekasan Regent
Kholilurrahman said as quoted by Antara.
SOURCES

7. • Text 1
Landslide in Bukit Tinggi
Two people died while four other were wounded in a landslide
at a yard behind a house near Teleng market in bukit tinggi, West
Sumatera on Tuesday.  NEWSWORTHY
Killed were 3-year-old Yusuf, who was the son of a kiosk
owner at the market, Bujang, and 22-year-old Meli, who was a visitor
to the market. The injured were rushed to the Achmad Muchtar and
Yarsi hospital.  BACKGROUND
Bukit tinggi Deputy Mayor Ismet Amziz said Tuesday it was
suspected that recent heavy rainfall had caused the landslide.
 SOURCES.

8. • Text 2
Mini-tornado, Hail Strikes South Bandung
A “mini-tornado” coupled with a hail storm hit some areas
in South Bandung on Wednesday afternoon for approximately 30
minutes.  NEWSWORTHY
The weather panicked residents as hail stones penetrated
corrugated iron rooftops. The wind swirled things around while hail
stones made thudding sounds on our roof.  BACKGROUND.
“There was no sign of rain. All of a sudden, we saw dark
clouds above followed by strong winds. Afterwards, it rained hard
with hail stones,” said a resident.  SOURCES.

9. Facts and Opinions

10. Peña Nieto Cancels Talks
Mexican president won’t meet with Trump as wall-funding
brouhaha escalates
By José de Córdoba and
Peter Nicholas
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto canceled a
planned meeting with President Donald Trump next week after
the U.S. leader increased pressure on Mexico to pay for a wall he
wants built on the border.
“If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall,
then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting,” Mr.
Trump wrote on his personal Twitter feed on Thursday
morning.
Mr. Trump in Wednesday ordered government officials
to begin planning a “physical wall” on the border with Mexico,
following through on a central campaign promise to crack down
on illegal immigration.

11. Mr. Peña Nieto afterward reiterated that his country
wouldn’t pay for the wall, as Mr. Trump has long demanded.
In a show of brinkmanship, Mr. Trump suggested that
Mexico had more to lose if relations with the U.S. sour. He
tweeted that the U.S. has been hurt in trade dealing with Mexico
stemming from the North American Free Trade Agreement
signed in the early 1990s. He wrote that Nafta is a “one-sided”
deal that has wiped out jobs in the U.S.
U.S. trade officials say the goods-and-service trade
deficit with Mexico was more than $49 billion in 2015.
Mr. Peña Nieto said on Twitter on Thursday that his
administration notified the White House that he won’t meet with
Mr. Trump on Tuesday, as originally planned.
Mr. Peña Nieto had said he would consult Mexican
officials about his next steps. The meeting with Mr. Trump had
been scheduled to take place on Tuesday.

12. A leading Mexican historian, Enrique Krauxe, wrote on
Twitter before the cancellation that following Mr. Trump’s latest
tweet Mr. Pena Nieto had no choice.
“Now there is no doubt: Facing this threat, the president
should not go to Washington,” he wrote in spanish.
Former Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda said it was
impossible to make an agreement with Mr. Trump given the U.S.
president’s habit of impetuous tweeting.
“You can’t [make an agreement] with Trump,” said Mr.
Castañeda. “They [Mexico] should have decided yesterday
morning to cancel the trip to Washington. They didn’t, so
Trump got ahead of them.”
“It’s another blow below the belt,” said Mr. Castañeda
of. Mr. Trump tweet. “There is no other choice but for Peña to
say he is not going.”

13. Green : opinions
Brown: facts
Mr. Castañeda said that Mexico should get used to
negotiating with the U.S. in a situation where the peso will
continue to deteriorate. He said the best strategy for Mexico
may be to be patient, since Mr. Trump is getting involved in so
many controversies in the U.S. that he may be weaker and easier
to deal with in a few months.

14. Points and News Item based on
News Programme

15. Points
• 6 people were killed and 8 people were injured during
mosque attack on Quebec Islamic Curtural Centre in
Quebec City.
• Police had arrested one person
• The witnesses says that they see 2 gunmen who wear
black clothing
• Prime Minister Justine Trudeau and New York City’s
Mayor Bill de Blasio said condolences to the muslim
community

16. News Item
Quebec City Mosque Shooting: 6 killed, 8 wounded
A terrorist attack on Quebec Islamic Curtural Centre in Quebec
City causes six people were killed and eight people were killed.
The Policemen said they had arrest one person and the situation
was already under control. According to the witnesses, they saw
two gunmen with black clothing around the mosque. The
policemen are still investigating right now to gather more data
about the perpetrator.
“We condemn this terrorist attack on Muslims in a centre
of worship and refuge. Muslim-Canadian are an important part of
our national fabric, and these senseless act have no place in
communities” said Justine Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister.

17. News Item
Mayor Bill de Blasio also sent his condolences to the
victim’s family and said that they’ll stand together with them.
The same thing also happens to Muslims in United States
because of President Trumps’s new regulation that prohibit
Muslims to come to US.