Types of Journalistic text

Dazzling morning!

Ms.monalisa m. veyra

a bustling high school journalism class

Step Right Up! A Journalistic Circus Station

MECHANICS:

• You will be divided into four groups.
• Each group will go to their designated station.
• Each group will identify what type of writing is given.
• After identifying, one to two representative/s per group will share their answer.
• You are only given 2 minutes to identify the type of writing in your station.

Step Right Up! A Journalistic Circus Station

Welcome to the Big Top of Journalistic Writing! Today, we will explore the exciting world of a festival circus, but instead of juggling popcorn and cotton candy, you'll be juggling different journalistic styles.

Imagine a vibrant festival circus has come to town, filled with dazzling acrobatics, thrilling animal performances, and a vibrant cultural celebration.

learning objectives:

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

• identify the different types of journalistic writing;
• distinguish among types of journalistic writing (news report, opinion articles, and sports news article); and
• create a title for an article.

Let's break it down with a little circus drama. Imagine our ringmaster, Mr. Bartholomew, juggling different types of writing

Hard news or news report

• tackles the events of the day
• includes news from local, national, and international setting
• focuses on the most important facts, which are usually found in the lead

Hard news or news report

editorial or opinion article

• not considered a news article
• informed reasoned arguments

editorial or opinion article

feature article

• appeals to the readers’ interests
• could also talk about a more personal and in-depth approach to a news event

feature article

sports news article

• focuses on games and sporting events

sports news article

Why is it important to know how to distinguish different types of journalistic writing in your daily life?

newspaper hunt

UNCOVERING THE NEWS

newspaper hunt

• You will be divided into four groups.

• Each group will look for the following:

Group 1: Hard News ReportGroup 2: Editorial or Opinion Article Group 3: Feature Article Group 4: Sports News Article

• After finding it, you will cut out the news or article that you have found and paste it in a manila paper.

UNCOVERING THE NEWS

newspaper hunt

• While doing the activity, you will answer the following questions:

• What is the article all about? Why it falls under that category?
• What did you learn from the activity?

UNCOVERING THE NEWS

Let us check your understanding!

Exit Tickets

agreement

Answer the following questions based on the text that you will read. Answers should be backed up by textual evidences. 1. What is the article about? 2. What are the aims of JA? 3. What type of journalistic text is the article? Why? 4. Is the article a good journalistic text? Why or why not?

agreement

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criteria

“The moral responsibility of giving the news ... is not to inflame, but to calm; not to manufacture panic, but to dissipate it; not to turn every issue into a crusade for a holy cause, but to remind everyone that sanity and compromise are the only lasting weapons.” - Walter Lippmann, American journalist

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