Writing a News Article - OLC News Report Template & 4-Level Rubric - OLC4O OSSLC
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Teach students how to write a news article using this lesson, graphic organizer, news report template, and rubric. Prepare for the OSSLT, teach the OLC4O / OSSLC course, or coach essential literacy with this reading comprehension strategy. Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!
Included with this Writing a News Article Template, Lesson, and Rubric:
✏️ How to Write a News Article Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®
- Teach the Five Questions Model (W5-H)
- Explore features of a news report (headlines, leads, location, supporting paragraphs)
- Identify what a news report should and should not have
✏️ How to Write a News Article Guided Note - Digital & Print
✏️ News Report Example: "Dog saves child from drowning" - Colour & Greyscale
✏️ News Report Visual Writing Prompts - Colour & Greyscale
✏️ Graphic Organizer for Writing a News Report - Digital & Print
- Scaffold writing a news report
✏️ News Article Template - Greyscale
✏️ Editable Newspaper Article Rubric - Digital & Print
✏️ Teacher Instructions for using this resource
How to use this Writing a News Article Template, Lesson, and Rubric:
This lesson teaches students how to write a news report. Students are introduced to the Five Questions Model (W5-H), a reading comprehension strategy and writing framework that is applicable to any informational text. This model provides students with a framework to interpret the structure of news articles.
You can begin this lesson with the Writing a News Report Slideshow Lesson. This lesson is formatted for both Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®. Students will be introduced to the Five Questions Model (W5-H) and differentiate between different features of news articles, including headlines, leads, location of publication, and supporting paragraphs.
This lesson also clarifies what a news report should and should not include, encouraging students to consider language, audience, and tone. Finally, students will be guided through an example of the writing process; this example begins with a visual writing prompt and a corresponding news report graphic organizer that is used as the outline for writing a news article. A final draft for this example has also been provided.
As you work through the lesson with your students, they can fill out the corresponding Writing a News Report Guided Note. This guided note template prompts students to make note of important information from the slideshow lesson. They will also have space to answer the inquiry-based questions within the slideshow; you can have students fill out their answers before consolidating them as a class with the information provided in the lesson.
Students will be prompted to practice the skills covered in the slideshow lesson using the Visual Writing Prompts to use as the basis for writing their own news articles. Students can use the News Report Writing Graphic Organizer and the News Report Template to help them along the writing process.
A 4-Level Rubric for Writing Newspaper Articles has also been provided for assessment purposes. This rubric is aligned with the Ontario Curriculum for the OLC4O / OSSLC Course. This rubric is also provided in editable and ready-to-print formats to meet the unique needs of your classroom.
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Lindsey M.
April 25, 2020
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied
This helped organize my struggling writers that took my Journalism class as their first journalistic writing class ever. This kept them organized and helped them write an effective article.
Captivate Motivate Educate (TPT Seller)
October 4, 2019
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied
This is a comprehensive product! If you're looking for a resource to teach how to write a news article then this is it. There are numerous examples, worksheets, and answer keys. Students will love playing trashketball as a review. Thank you for the great resource!
Abigail D.
April 5, 2022
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extremely satisfied
This is a great organizer to create a unique report. My students loved writing news reports in place of general research papers.
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