Grade 10 Literacy Test

                       Writing A News Report

Writing a newspaper report.
Strategies:
Plan your answer using W5:
(who, what, where, when, why)
Hint:
1.Write in short paragraphs (2 to 3 sentences)
2. Write in 3rd person ("he said" NOT  "I said")
3. Make up some interesting facts.
Test run at a news report......
Task: Write a news report based on (any picture you cut out from the newpaper/magazine)the headline and picture. You will have to make some or all the following questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why?How?
Purpose and Audience: To report on an event for the readers of a newspaper.
Length: One page double spaced
Example of a headline-STUDENTS CLEAN UP WATERFRONT