NARRATOR
This is a newspaper. Its job is to tell us about the things that are happening in the world.
Newspapers always have big writing on the front page.
What鈥檚 the headline today?
NEWSPAPER
(shouts) Lion eats lion tamer!
NARRATOR
Ooh, sorry about that鈥
The headlines are there to grab our attention, so they鈥檙e quite loud鈥
Let鈥檚 move onto the more colourful bits. What鈥檚 this? 鈥淟ion escapes after ten years in a circus?鈥
The caption on this picture helps us work out what the picture is showing us, and tells us a bit more about the story.
Most of the pages are taken up with smaller words, and they tell us the full story. Newspapers have lots of tricks to tell us stories in an interesting way, like facts and opinions, and the super useful five W鈥檚 鈥 who, what, why, where, and when.
So, did they find the lion?
NEWSPAPER
No, I think it鈥檚 still 鈥
[LION ROAR]
NEWSPAPER
(screams) ARGH!
When you are writing your own newspaper article:
- Make your headline short and snappy.
- In the first sentence sum up what the story is about.
- Write your report in the third person and the past tense.
- Split your newspaper report up into paragraphs to help the reader clearly understand the information.
- If you use quotes to make your report more interesting, don't forget to use speech marks!
- Use a photo with a caption to give the reader more information.
- Fill your newspaper report with both facts and opinions. Facts give the reader all of the information they need by using the 5 Ws.
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