L.O: To recognise a newspaper article

LO: To identify key features of a newspaper Success Criteria; I understand the purpose of a each feature I know the order each feature comes in I can explain what each feature means

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Newspapers have a range of features that attract the reader. Does anyone know any of them? LO: To identify key features of a newspaper

Newspapers use headlines to grab your attention. Headlines try to tell the story in as few words as possible; Watery weather washes out Wales! LO: To identify key features of a newspaper

Can you tell which of these sentences are facts and which are opinions? The house exploded at 9.30am exactly. The footballer gets paid too much money and isn’t playing well enough. In Western Brazil, carnivals are lively and exciting. Barney, the 32 year old Labrador, is the oldest dog in living memory. LO: To identify key features of a newspaper

Quotations tell us what has been said and who said it. They can help to tell the story by giving the reader the opinions of the people involved. Eg. Class teacher for Year 3 and 4, Mrs Jones said “They are a lovely class of children and I really like teaching them.” “ It was the scariest moment of my life!” the 28 year old home owner told us. “They’re lucky to be alive!” said Sam Fenton, (35) Chief Fire Officer for Greater Manchester Fire Service. Are these quotes FACTS or OPINIONS? LO: To identify key features of a newspaper

Photos and captions help to tell the story by giving readers a snapshot of what happened, where it happened or who it happened to. What do you think a report using this picture would be about? Photos also need a caption underneath them. A caption is a short sentence explaining what is happening in the photograph. LO: To identify key features of a newspaper

Paragraphs help the reader clearly understand the information on the story. Each new paragraph should be given a 'subheading'. This is a very short title that tells the reader a little about what the paragraph is will about. What is the Family Charter? Thomson Holidays want to work with kids across the country on a Family Charter. The Charter will involve parents and kids identifying the promises and rules that every family member should make to make sure they spend proper time together, whether it’s at home or on holiday. We want you to vote for rules for family holidays and breaks that everyone in the family must follow. For example, no mobile phones during mealtimes or promising to play a game together once a day. All work and no play for parents… Parents are working longer hours than ever before. They may have to stay late at work or continue working after they get home. A quarter of parents said that in an average week they spend less than an hour with their children, although almost half would like to spend more time together as a family. Holidays = happy times A new all-party parliamentary group report called Giving Britain a break, which is supported by the Family Holiday Association and Thomson Holidays, says that families LO: To identify key features of a newspaper

Use the punctuation pyramid to spot the connectives.... LO: To identify key features of a newspaper

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Newspapers have a range of features that attract the reader. TASK Your job is to find the different parts of the newspaper! LO: To identify key features of a newspaper

Daisy Makes It Over The MOOO-N Daisy the cow jumping over the moon At around 6:30pm, Miss Maggie Muffet, 8, was walking past the pond on the way to the shop when she noticed a strange looking cat. "It was one of the strangest things I have ever seen. Just under my favourite tree was a very talented cat playing a fiddle. It should be on TV!" Then just after the clock struck 1am, Maisie Mouse reported seeing a dog and a cow arriving in the field together. "Things turned nasty after a cow stood on a dog's paw. The dog challenged the cow to jump over the moon." Unbelievably, the cow named Daisy, 12, summoned up all its strength and cleared the moon by quite a margin. "I knew I could do it," she told reporters when she returned to Earth. The strange events came to an end when Lassie, 5, the little dog who had earlier challenged the cow, began to laugh hysterically. "I was absolutely amazed; I couldn't believe what I was seeing. In fact, I am sure my eyes were playing tricks on me” Last night, in a field close to the local duck pond in Strangeville, strange events took place. The Cat and the fiddle. Can you find? 1.Headline 2.5 W’s (Fancy Facts) 3.Connectives 4.Photograph and caption 5.Quotes 6.Paragraphs 7.Wow words LO: To identify key features of a newspaper

FEATURES Headline! 5 W’s (Fancy Facts) Quotes Photographs & captions Paragraphs Connectives Past tense Third person LO: To identify key features of a newspaper

Have we achieved the LO and SC? LO: I can identify key features of a newspaper Success Criteria; I understand the purpose of a each feature I know the order each feature comes in I can explain what each feature means Questions What is a headline? What are the 5 w’s ? Where will you find them in the Newspaper? What is a caption? Give me an example of a connective. What do subtitles do? LO: To identify key features of a newspaper

Newspaper articles Today we will learn how to create effective headlines. LO: To create a headline

Enormous Elephants eat entire forest! Too Cool for School Peas, please! Doggy Dive Peas are to stay on a restaurant chain’s menu by popular demand. Henry the retriever escaped with just an injured paw after falling 140ft from a cliff top. One of the largest herds of elephants in the world has completely devoured the Oogley Forest. A school has had to close down due to its AC breaking causing temperatures to fall below zero. LO: To create a headline

Alliteration Often using the same letter sound at the start of your words can create an interesting effect. Example Sending up the Stars and Stripes. LO: To create a headline

Rhyme This is when words have a similar sound. Remember they do not have to be spelt the same. Green queen Glass with class LO: To create a headline

Wow Words These are exciting words which makes the headline more interesting. Enormous Elephants eat entire forest Amazing Animals found in Desolate Desert LO: To create a headline

1) A new skyscraper has been revealed in Abu Dhabi city. It is now the tallest building in the city standing at 2500m. 2) Toodles, the most frightened cat in UAE, is scared of his own tail. The cat runs away if he sees it. 3) ICS Branch 1 has been voted the best school in Abu Dhabi. It has the top students in the city. 4) A baby rhino, Bubbles, has been born at Dubai Zoo. This is the first rhino born at the zoo. 5) Dubai Mall has been flooded after a cracked appeared in the glass of the Aquarium. Luckily no one was hurt. High in the Sky Super School receives top marks Rare Rhino in Dubai Zoo Waterfall in the Mall Scaredy Cat Read the Paragraphs and create your own headline. Match the headlines and create 3 of your own. Match the headlines. What headline would you write for our Living Things day? LO: To create a headline

Said L.O. To identify synonyms for said.

Punctuating Speech Learning Objective: L.O. To punctuate speech.

L.O. To punctuate speech.  Direct speech is the words that people actually say. My leg really hurts!

 Imagine that the words are sheep.  The sheep have to be kept in a pen. My leg really hurts! my leg really hurts L.O. To punctuate speech.

Speech Bubbles to Text.  If there is no capital letter on the first word then the sheep can escape! My leg really hurts! mylegreallyhurts L.O. To punctuate speech.

Turning Speech Bubbles to Text.  If there is no punctuation mark on the last word then the sheep can escape My leg really hurts! MyMy legreally hurts L.O. To punctuate speech.

Turning Speech Bubbles to Text. Now the sheep are safe and won’t escape! My leg really hurts! MyMy legreally hurts ! L.O. To punctuate speech.

 Ask 3 people in the class about living things day.  Write down what they have said  Remember to use : speech marks, capital letter and end with punctuation. L.O. To punctuate speech.

Living Things Day L.O. To punctuate speech.

L.O: To sequence and retell events. Tasks Choose three events from living things day and write about them in chronological order. Choose two events from living things day and write about them in order. Write about one event on living things day

L.O.: To write a newspaper report