Stories in the News

Let’s review what needs to  be considered when writing a newspaper article.

A typical newspaper article contains five parts: the headline, the byline, the lead paragraph, the explanation, and additional information.

Read the article below, find the right sequence (1-5) and finally label its  parts.

(__)___________________ Daedalus, sobbing from the distant shore where he had landed safely, said, “My last words to Icarus before we left the island was to stay close and not fly too high! He just didn’t listen! Why didn’t he listen to me?” Daedalus and Icarus had been held prisoner by King Minos on the island of Crete, and had been forced to build a labyrinth at the palace of Knossos. It was known to be the most difficult maze in the world to navigate successfully.

(__)___________________ Icarus, son of the famous inventor Daedalus, plunged into the Aegean Sea and drowned while attempting to escape from the island of Crete early

yesterday afternoon. His body has yet to be recovered.   

                                                                                          

(__)___________________ High flying escape ends in death 

         

(__)___________________ Icarus and his father had made wings from wax and bird feathers they had collected over the years while imprisoned on the island of Crete. They attached the homemade wings to their arms and, using a flapping motion, lifted off from the island shortly before noon. While making their escape, Icarus flew too close to the sun. As a result, the heat melted the wax on his wings which caused the feathers to drop off. The wings collapsed and Icarus fell into the sea and drowned.

(__)___________________ By Robin Sloan

Your Turn: Group  Project                

If you notice, the news article you have just read was created from a Greek myth. 

Now you will do something similar, using a very well known children's  story.

1. Watch one of  the videos below and take down notes.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CkCpx3CE2Q&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzMC6qAzVU 

2. Make a plan of your article keeping  in mind the 5 W’s + how 

(i.e. who, what, when, where, why) that you’ve revised in the story of Icarus  and Daedalus.

3. Based on your notes, write your article. Include the five parts .

  Click on the link below to find the newspaper  press tool to create and publish your article:

http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=110&title=

4.  Share the document with your teacher.