You have learned many writing and speaking skills in this collection of texts. Now it’s time to Show What You Know!
My Writing Task
Write a news broadcast about a missile attack on a city. Your two concerns in this kind of writing are content and style. Content is the information which you must give. Style is how you present the story.
Success Criteria
Self-Assessment
Read your news broadcast and check what you have written against the success criteria. What do you think you did especially well? Is there anything you could do better?
Redrafting
When you are happy with it, you may decide that your news broadcast is good enough to be included in your Collection of Texts. You could then do a little more research to improve the information, read your piece aloud to check how it sounds and proof-read it until you are happy that all the details are correct.
D 74 FIRE AND ICE 2 I must
• Begin with a formal phrase, such as, ‘Good evening and welcome to the 9 o’clock news’
• Write a clear opening sentence telling listeners what has happened and where it has happened
• Tell them when it has happened • Use the formal language of a news report • Present my information in short paragraphs • Punctuate carefully
I should
• Use as many words as possible from the war vocabulary I learned in this chapter
• Communicate the panic and terror in the city • Give details of buildings or areas of the city that have been destroyed
• Include a quote from an eyewitness in the city
I could
• Give details of official government and military responses to the incident
• Listen to or read some war reports to see how good journalists present this kind of news story, perhaps modelling my report on the best one I find
• End with a formal phrase, such as, ‘Join us at 11.30 for the final round-up of today’s news’
Reflection Note
If you choose to place this news broadcast into your Collection of Texts, complete your reflection note. Hint: See the success criteria above to help you.
