1. HEADLINES & LEADS How to write headlines
What should be identified from reading leads?
Learn about vocabularies and abbreviations in news

2. A H E A D L I N E the title of a news story a short message
interesting and accurate
distinguish from a normal written language

3. Self Study: How a headline is written?
Work with a group of 4-5 people
Consider language and a structure used in a given headline
likely to be a sentence, but a verb is omitted
use of abbreviation

4. Self Study: How a headline is written?
Is it a complete sentence?
Is the headline sentence grammatically correct?
Is there any abbreviations used in the headline
Is there any punctuation marks used?

5. How to Write present simple (s,es) present participle (-ing)
1. Shortened verb forms
not written as a grammatical sentence
4 aspects of tenses:
How to
Write
present simple
(s,es)
an event that already happened
present participle
(-ing)
an event which is happening
infinitive form
(to + verb1)
an event that will happen
past participle
(V3)
an event that was happened

6. Two teenagers were charged
due to the school vandalism
A batkid has saved Gotham city.
A batkid saved Gotham city.
The National Health Service
(NHS) will fund sperm bank
for lesbians.

7. How to Write 54 people died when a tour boat capsized on a river.
2. Using short words for long ones
select another short word
How to
Write
prohibit, prevent = ban, bar
look for, try to obtain = seek (sought)
murderer = killer
reduce/reduction = cut
arrest = hold (held)
3. Omitting some
words
cut off articles, personal pronouns, determiners, etc
54 people died when a tour boat capsized on a river.
54 die as tour boat capsized

8. abbreviations and acronyms
4. Using
punctuation marks
How to
Write
5. Using
abbreviations and acronyms
a short form of words
a combination of initial letters
from words
can find from lead or a story**

10. Rewrite a headline into a full sentence
Complete activity 1 on page 74-76
Students were not allowed to protest.
people were arrested in drug raid at London Culture and Club
3. Hurricane Floyd is developing/growing into monster storm.
4. The committee will help poor farmers in selling rice.
5. The Cancer Centre will be built the South.

11. Complete Activity 1 Item 13, 18, 20, 24, 25
Review and more practice: Headline
Complete Activity 1
Item 13, 18, 20, 24, 25

12. In the LEADS What should be identified from reading leads?
Learn about vocabularies and abbreviations in news

13. The headline

14. What and Where is the lead ?
Does the lead refer to a few couple of concluding sentences?
a few sentences which are written to summarize
the important information of a news story
be literally located at the first paragraph of the article

15. What and Where is the lead ?
Does the lead contain every point of a news story?
tells about WHO, WHAT,WHERE, WHEN, WHY,
and HOW
not include all points
WHY, HOW, WHEN are
stated in the body.

16. Find your twin ! (5 marks)
Walk around the class to match the headline and lead
Discuss with your partner to complete these following questions:
News section: ………………………………
Who: ……………………………………………
What: …………………………………………..
Where: …………………………………………
When:……………………………………………
Why: …………………………………………….
How: …………………………………………….