1. Developing writing skills – News Paper Article

2. Article
 a piece of writing about a particular subject that is included in a magazine, newspaper, etc

3. Formal Writing Style
Objective – State main points confidently and offer full support arguments. A formal writing style shows a limited range of emotions and avoids emotive punctuation such as exclamation points, ellipsis, etc., unless they are being cited from another source.
Full Words – No contractions should be used to simplify words (in other words use "It is" rather than "It's").  Abbreviations must be spelt out in full when first used, the only exceptions being when the acronym is better known than the full name (BBC, ITV or NATO for example).
Third Person – Formal writing is not a personal writing style.  The formal writer is disconnected from the topic and does not use the first person point of view (I or we) or second person (you).

4. STRUCTURE

5. STRUCTURE
Headline: This is a short, attention-getting statement about the event.
Byline: This tells who wrote the story.
Lead paragraph: This has ALL of the who, what, when, where, why and how in it. A writer must find the answers to these questions and write them into the opening sentence(s) of the article.
Explanation: After the lead paragraph has been written, the writer must decide what other facts or details the reader might want to know. The writer must make sure that he/she has enough information to answer any important questions a reader might have after reading the headline and the lead paragraph. This section can also include direct quotes from witnesses or bystanders.
Additional Information: This information is the least important. Thus, if the news article is too long for the space it needs to fill, it can be shortened without rewriting any other part. This part can include information about a similar event.

6. STRUCTURE

7. REMEMBER It is highly formal
Personal opinions are not directly expressed
The passive voice, reported or direct speech are usually used
The report´s aims and recommendations are stated clearly

8. REPORTED SPEECH Direct speech: He said, “Mathematics is a science”
Indirect Speech: He said that mathematics is a science.
Direct speech: He said, “Sun rises in east”
Indirect Speech: He said that sun rises in east.
(Tense didn’t change because reported speech is a universal truth thought its reporting verb belongs to past tense)

9. REPORTED SPEECH
TENSE CHANGE - IN - INDIRECT SPEECH      Present simple tense into Past simple      Present Continuous tense into Past continuous      Present Perfect tense into Pas perfect       Present Perfect Continuous into Past perfect continuous      Past simple into Past Perfect      Past Continuous into Past Perfect Continuous      Past Perfect into Past Perfect      Future simple, will into would       Future Continuous, will be into would be      Future Perfect, will have into would have

10. PASSIVE VOICE
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.
Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.
Form of Passive
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs)