- A daring daylight robbery occurred in Qatar where 4 armed robbers entered a home and locked the occupants in a storeroom before escaping with cash and jewelry worth thousands. - The robbery took place at an old man's home in broad daylight while he and other family members were present. - Police have registered a complaint and are searching for the 4 robbers based on descriptions provided by the home's occupants.

2. Shall we have a look at
today’s news?
https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/

3. A newspaper article is a
piece of writing
published in a
newspaper or magazine

6. A good newspaper article is usually divided into 4 parts :
• Headline
This should be a catchy opening sentence about the event.
• Byline
This is the line mentioning the name of the writer.
• Lead paragraph
it starts with the place and date of reporting. This paragraph is important as it gives all the
facts that the article is based on. This has answers to all the who, where, why and how in it.
• Explanation
This paragraph gives detailed information about the given topic or event.Here one can also
include the statements of the people interviewed.

7. •Mention the place, date, time and other relevant facts about the
event.
•Write the name of the reporter.
•Provide a suitable title/heading.
•Write in past tense.
•Write in reported speech and use passive form of expression.
•Develop ideas (causes, reasons, consequences, opinions)
logically.
•Write in a less formal and more descriptive manner while
writing a report for a school magazine.

9. •You are Pulkil/Prema, a staff reporter of
The Times of India. You have been asked
to cover an incident of daylight robbery
when the inmates were present in the
house. Write a report in 100-125 words.

10. Daylight Robbery
Prema, Staff Reporter, The Times of India
17th August, 20xx, Qatar: A daring, daylight robbery has set fear and anxiety in
the minds of the residents of Al Saad. Four armed robbers entered the house of
an old man in broad daylight at about 4 p.m. The old man himself was present
in the house along with his wife, daughter-in-law and two-year-old grandson.
Though the robbers did not harm the inmates, they locked them up in a store-
room before escaping with 75,000 cash and gold jewellery worth about 3 lakhs.
The police have registered a complaint of robbery and on the basis of the
appearance of the robbers given by the inmates a search has been launched to
apprehend all the four.

11. Prepare a
newspaper report
Imagine that one of your
classmates save someone caught in
a fire/ accident. He becomes a
national hero of Qatar. Write a
news report on the incident.