Phase 4 :
Draftyourarticle : youropeningsentencesshouldsetthe sceneandestablishtheproblem . Yourmiddlesentencesshould includemorefactsoranopinion . Your�naltwosentences shouldconcludethearticleandgivethereadersomethingto thinkabout . Don ’ tforgettoincludeyournameasthejournalist whohaswritenthearticle ! Checkyourspelingandgrammar formistakes . Aim towritebetween10-20sentences .
Phase 5
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Putittogether ! Writeyourarticleneatlyinthespaceyouhave givenyourself . Drawanimageofanorangutaninitsnatural habitatandwriteyourheadlineinbig , boldletering . Once �nished , readyourfrontpage – doesitgrabyouratention ?
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rInwhichorderdoyouwantyourreadertolook attheinformation ? Thiswilaffectyourlayout .
rWhichcoloursandfontsaremostappropriate foranewspaper ? Whatmakesafontseem ‘ serious ’?
rNewspapersoftenhaveamastheadinared box-likeTheSunortheDailyMirorforexample . Doyouwanttoputsomeofyourelementsintoa boxtomakethem standout ?
Wewanttoseeyourdesigns . Don ’ tforgettosendpictures ofyournewspaperfrontpagetotheaddressonthereaders ’ pageoftheAQUILAwebsite , andwe ’ lshareasmanyaswe can . rWhen�ndingfactsoropinions , howreliableis thesourceyouareusing ? Journalistscangetina lotoftroubleforprintinginaccurateinformation !
rHowcanyougrabthereaders ’ atentionin yourarticle ? Lotsofemotivelanguage ( strong adjectives ) andpersuasivelanguagecanmake youraudiencesympathetictoyourcause , butit canalsomakethereaderquestionyourobjectivity .
rHaveyougotthetoneofthearticleright ? Isit serious ? Doesitmakethereaderwanttochange thesituationurgently ?
rHaveyougivenyourselfenoughspacetowrite yourarticleontoyourfrontpage ?
rHowcanyoumakeyourreadersay , ‘ Aaaaaawhhh !’ whentheyseeyourpictureofan orangutan ?
rChalenge ! Canyouwriteyourarticle from ascientist ’ sperspectiveandmakeyour readerbelieveyouhavealthesolutionstothe orangutan ’ sproblem ?
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