1. You’re going to start writing your first article 
Open up to your photo!
You’re going to start writing your first article 

2. Identify your 5 Ws—complete everything on your Google Document
Who: Hillary Morgan Bernard
What: riding the London Eye--2nd largest ferris wheel
in the world
Where: London, England
When: July of 2016
Why: led a group of 8th and 9th graders abroad

3. Using the event that’s happening when the photo was taken, write your 5 Ws
*   HOOK- Red  *   Who- Blue
*   What- Green  *   When- Purple
  Where- Orange  *   Why- Grey
Select 3 different hooks
Apply all 3 to each of your 5 Ws—notice how dramatically this changes your entire LEDE!

4. Contrast Hook: In 2007, Hillary Morgan Bernard studied abroad as a college student for the first time in London, England. Nearly a decade later, Bernard returned as a teacher, leading a group of nearly 50 students and adults to experience the same wonder and excitement. Background Hook: Nearly 450 feet in the air, an iconic view, and a dream met--Hillary Morgan Bernard describes what it was like to take her students on the London Eye in England in July of Quotation Hook: “This is like a dream--I never thought being a student would be this cool,” said one of Hillary Morgan Bernard’s students while aboard the London Eye in London, England of July, Bernard returned to England as a teacher, leading nearly 50 students and adults nine years after studying abroad there as a college student.

5. Choose which hook you like the best
Quotation Hook “This is like a dream--I never thought being a student would be this cool,” said one of Hillary Morgan Bernard’s students while aboard the London Eye in London, England of July, Bernard returned to England as a teacher, leading nearly 50 students and adults nine years after studying abroad there as a college student. Now, list out all the details you can remember on a scratch sheet of paper. Don’t worry about complete sentences, just get the details out. This will be messy, but it’s ok! Label the details 1, 2, or 3 for which section of the inverted pyramid they should go in (your LEDE is the only thing labeled #1!). Start putting it together! Form them into sentences.

6. Example
Paragraph 1 “This is like a dream--I never thought being a student would be this cool,” said one of Hillary Morgan Bernard’s students while aboard the London Eye in London, England of July, Bernard returned to England as a teacher, leading nearly 50 students and adults nine years after studying abroad there as a college student. Paragraph 2 The group traveled to Dublin, Ireland and London, England on their 9-day journey. One of the key advantages to traveling as a group is experiencing everything with their peers, which is the number one thing students described as the best part of their trip after they returned. This was a large factor for Bernard when she decided to start the trips. “Traveling abroad with my peers changed my life,” she stated. “I want to share that with my students.” Paragraph 3 Bernard and her team of teachers will share another exciting experience with another group of students this summer when they travel all over Italy in July of A trip to Germany and Switzerland is also officially planned for July of 2018 and is still accepting current 6th and 7th grade travelers.

7. Inspired Teacher Travels Abroad with 48 Students and Parents
“This is like a dream--I never thought being a student would be this cool,” said one of Hillary Morgan Bernard’s students while aboard the London Eye in London, England of July, Bernard returned to England as a teacher, leading nearly 50 students and adults nine years after studying abroad there as a college student. The group traveled to Dublin, Ireland and London, England on their 9-day journey. One of the key advantages to traveling as a group is experiencing everything with their peers, which is the number one thing students described as the best part of their trip after they returned. This was a large factor for Bernard when she decided to start the trips. “Traveling abroad with my peers changed my life,” she stated. “I want to share that with my students.” Bernard and her team of teachers will share another exciting experience with another group of students this summer when they travel all over Italy in July of A trip to Germany and Switzerland is also officially planned for July of 2018 and is still accepting current 6th and 7th grade travelers.