新人教版高中英语必修1Unit 4 Earthquakes--period6 writing(ppt).pptVIP

Step one How to read News articles 1.What is a News Article? 2.What are the elements of a News Article? 3.How to read a News Article. You are going to write an article for a newspaper about a special event that happened in your hometown. Before you write a newspaper story, you should write an outline. An outline will prepare you to write a better story. It helps you too. 1.Choose a topic 2.Decide what you want to say about the topic 3.Organize your ideas and write clearly. A newspaper outline should have: 1.a headline 2.A list of main ideas 3.a list of important details Attention! When you write a newspaper story you want the readers to notice it. So you give the reader a headline which is an interesting title that tells the reader what your topic is. Then you organize your ideas into paragraphs. Each para has a different main idea or purpose. Next put some details into each para. These details help the reader to better understand the main idea. One other thing to remember: a newspaper story gives the most important first and the least important news last. A newspaper story needs a headline to attract the reader’s attention since the reader may not have bought the newspaper before they read the headline. Newspaper stories and short stories are organized very differently. Usually a short story begins with small details and includes details later. A newspaper does the opposite. Both kinds of stories use para with the main idea. Point of view In a good newspaper story it is objective. In a short story it is subjective. Ex.(P31) Read the example of a newspaper story and find the headline, main ideas and details of each paragraph. Check the answers on Page 32 Homework: Now prepare the outline for a short newspaper story for China Daily, Use the example to help you organize your outline * Unit Four : Earthquake Period Four: Writing Writing 假如你是一名记者,20多年前7月28日凌晨3点钟, 当你由于写稿子在熬夜,经历了那场唐山大地震.请用