# Writing

# Activity

HEADLINES

A good headline tells you what the story is about, grabs your attention and leaves you wanting to know more. It needs to be accurate and written in clear language.

Read the stories summaries on this worksheet and then write a headline for each one. Then, get in small groups and share your headlines. Which ones do you like most? Why?

Your teacher has praised students for raising more than 2,0000€ for a charity appeal. Students have held a cake sales and took part in a sponsored swim to raise the money. The head teacher says he is proud of their efforts.

HEADLINE:

2).Dizzee Rascal says he is excited about the Olympics being held in East London, near where he grew up.
The rapper told Newsbeat that he did athletics when he was younger and that he would love to perform at the opening ceremony in 2010.

HEADLINE:

3) The school football team has won a play in the final of the local schools tournament.
They secured their place in a 3-0 win against the school’s biggest rival. Two of the goals were scored by the tema captain Rona, who said he was proud of the way the team had performed throughout the season.

HEADLINE:

(1) Activity source

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/19055226

# Activity

FINAL TASK

Instructions: Write a news article of a local piece of news.

Choose one local news story from your city or town and write the news story. Then, write the headline for it.

Extra Practice: Write a news article of a national piece of news

Choose one national news story from your country, make a summary of it and try to identify the 5Ws ( who, when, what, where, why) and 1H (how). You can rewrite it giving your opinion and stand on the topic,Then, write a headline for it.

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