Heartwarming Story of a Homeless Boy Saving a Cat and Finding His Way Home

THURSDAY 18THJUNE 2020 WALT: WRITE A NEWSPAPER REPORT WILF: I WRITE A NEWSPAPER REPORT USING ALL THE FEATURES I CAN SUMMARIES THE WAY HOME STORY I CAN WRITE A NEWSPAPER REPORT

WHAT YOUR NEWSPAPER REPORT IS ABOUT In the next two lessons you will be writing a newspaper report about the Way Home story. So you will have to summarise the main events of the story in your newspaper report. You can add bits that are not in the story to make it more exciting and add your alternative ending to your newspaper report. Another way you can write your report is focus on one bit of the story. So for example, you could focus on the part when he saves the cat from the tree but you would have to add a lot more detail. Make sure you use your plan from last lesson

SUMMARY OF MAIN EVENTS OF THE STORY Shane a homeless boy finds a scared cat Shane put the coat in his coat and goes on an arduous journey to his home . Shane get chased by some mean people in the alley and they run together the street On the street they run past a girl that knows Shane. On the street they look at cars and Shane fantasizes about having one. Then they get chased by a scary dog and cat runs up the tree. Shane saves the cat. Shane manages to get the cat home to his self made shelter. If you would like to in your newspaper report, you can add bits that are not in the story to make it more exciting or add your alternative ending to your newspaper report

FEATURES OF A NEWSPAPER REPORT A newspaper report must include: A headline and subheadings An introductory paragraph explaining the 5WS Written in past tense and in third person Picture with captions Facts about the event Quotes using direct speech A conclusion saying what might happen next

STRUCTURE OF A NEWSPAPER REPORT Name of newspaper Headline Byline- this is where you write your name job title (for example Sarah Donoven Newspaper editor) Introduction -including the 5Ws Main body -including all the details (3 or more paragraphs or more). Include quotes from people. Conclusion- what happened at the end or what might happen next.

HEADLINE A newspaper report must include newspapers use the headline to try to grab the readers attention. It might even use a pun, rhyme or alliteration What could the headline be for your newspaper report: Homeless friends find way home Shane the savior

FIVE WS A newspaper report begins with an introductory paragraph that includes the five Ws. The 5 Ws are: What happened When did it happen Where it happened Why it happened Who was involved to

INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH For a good introductory paragraph, you need to; Make the paragraph short and snappy so that it briefly explains what has happened; Ensure that, even if the reader stopped reading at this point, they would still know roughly what happened; Use past tense Make sure the first paragraph answers as many of these six questions as you can Who? What? Where? Why? When? How?

MAIN BODY OF YOUR NEWSPAPER REPORT For a good body section, you need to: Add more information and detail to your lead paragraph; The main body can be as many paragraph as you need aim for about 2/3. Include background information, evidence, facts and quotes from people involved in or connected to the event/story; Continue to write in order of importance, putting the most important information in the first few paragraphs of the body section. Having quotes from witnesses or experts will make your report more credible and interesting. You can make these up

CONCLUSION Give the reader the opportunity to gain additional information if they are particularly interested in the topic of the news report; Include a final quote from a witness or expert that helps to sum up the story or that could hint at what might happen next.

EXAMPLES

DAILY HERALD (MODEL) SHANE THE SAVIOR Unfortunately, this was only the beginning of their arduous journey. Later on that evening, Shane came across a malicious dog that tried to attack them. Fearing for his life, the little cat fled up a tree for safety. It was here he got stuck and due to heavy winds that blew that night ,at any moment he may be blown down to his death. Mr. Barnard Chief Editor Its not everyday we get to hear about a local hero but today is that day. Local boy Shane from East London, saved a little cat from the clutches of an evil dog and nearly risked his life saving that same cat stranded up a tree. It was then without thinking about his own safety Shane climbed the tree to the cats rescue. The wind blow harder and harder and tree shook but this did not deter Shane. He was determined to bring the cat back down to safety. Fortunately, this is what happened and Shane managed to get the stuck cat down and bring him to the safety of his own home. Yesterday, on a dark and gloomy evening. Shane a boy from East London, with no fixed abode came across a cat that had hurtled its self up a fence for safety. Feeling concerned for this little cat s safety, Shane tucked the cat safely in his jacket and headed for what he calls home. When pushed for an answer on why he risked so much for this little cat Shane simply said I was only doing what anyone would do. However, this was not an ordinary journey home. Relatively earlier into their journey they came across some hooligans who shouted and chased after them. Ms Baker who lives at 248 Ashurts Drive recalled I could hear shouting from my bedroom window. I then looked out and saw a young boy heading for the busy street. I was very worried.

TASK Your task is to write your newspaper report related to the Way Home story. You can either: use details of the whole story Focus on one main part of the story but add a more detail (you will have to be creative) You can use what happened in your alternative ending to add to the newspaper report There is a model provided for you. Use it to help you. Make sure you use your plan from yesterday