The art of article writing

Objectives To understand how a newspaper article is organised To be able to find key information in a newspaper article

Starter

Noun phrases A noun is... A noun phrase is a group of words including a noun that add more information about the noun.

For example The dog The large angry dog The invention The dreadful invention

Can you make a noun phrase? The lady The house The holiday A field

Top to bottom Put these items in order that you would expect to find them in an article Quote from person involved Detail of story Headline Summary of main story More detail

Boy gets toilet seat stuck on head Firefighters said on Wednesday they had come to a boy's rescue after he got a toilet seat stuck on his head. The toddler, aged two-and-a-half, and his mother walked into a fire station in Braintree, Essex, Tuesday saying the boy had put his head through a small trainer seat for the toilet and now could not remove it. "His mum had tried to get it over his head but couldn't budge it so she walked him down here and asked us to have a look at it and we went to work and we managed to get it off in no time," firefighter Chris Cox said. "We simply put some dish washing liquid on his head and ears and it slid off nice as pie.“ He said the boy had been "very brave" and "toddled away as happy as can be" after his ordeal ended.

Summary = Lead paragraph Holds the key information of the article. Who was involved with what? When and where did it happen and why?

What are the 5 Ws? England wins world cup Matilda scares off Miss Trunchbull Three little pigs

Plenary What is the first feature of an article What is the name of the summary paragraph? What are the five Ws? Where do you normally find a quote? Can you give me an example of a noun phrase?