1eres STMG2 : writing a news article/Hit the headlines

You are now journalists for the Prévert Gazette. Your task : writing an interesting news article and reporting to the class.
To help you, don't hesitate to  visit the following sites /easy software to edit your section page:

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Printing_Press/
https://www.makemynewspaper.com/free-newspaper-designer

Go on these websites which will provide useful examples :
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://htekidsnews.com/
http://edition.cnn.com/studentnews/

Choose one section:
1- Politics/economics
2- Sports
3- Cinema/TV reviews
4- Gossip News
5- Fashion
6- Weather forecast
7-Music/video games

Your section page must contain:

- your newspaper’s name
- your motto
- the date / your names
- your section’s name
- 1 or 2 articles
- 2 images
- your sources (on the image and at the end of your article.)

Your article must contain:
- a headline
- a lead (Who?What? Where? When? Why? How? )
- your name must appear below your lead
- 200 words

Headline : usually only four or five words. It tries to attract the interest of the reader by telling them what the story is about, in a short and interesting way.

By line : Who wrote the article.

Introduction : It will set the scene and summarise the mains points of the article : who, what, when, where.

Body : Provides more details about the event, in particular it answers the questions how and why.

Quotes : Sometimes articles will include what a person (like an eyes-witness or an expert) has said. These will be in speech marks.

Photograph and caption -sometimes articles have photograph, and a sentence explaining the photograph.

NEW WORDS!

• a newspaper: un journal
• a magazine: un magazine
• a cover : une 1ère de couverture de magazine / a front page
• # to cover a story: rapporter une nouvelle
• the front page: première page d’un journal
• a columnist: un journaliste qui écrit pour une colonne de journal.
• the news / a news: les nouvelles, l’actualité, une nouvelle, tjrs au pluriel(Accord SINGULIER)
• a headline: un gros titre
• to hit the headlines: faire la une, les gros titres
• a close-up: un gros plan
• a camera: un appareil photo ou une caméra.
• gossip: la rumeur / les rumeurs
• tabloids: presse à scandale / the gutter press
• broadsheets: journal ‘plein format’ / sérieux. (broad: large /sheet: feuille de papier)
• ads: les pubs