Definitions
It is oral or written report of a past, present event, or future event.
News/News Story
It is the type of lead that a straight news has.
Summary lead
It refers to spatial closeness as well as closeness to kinship or interest
Proximity
It is used when the manner, mode, means or methods of achieving the story is the unnatural way.
How lead
What structure does a straight news follow?
Inverted pyramid/triangle format
They are written in such a way that they attract attention or carry out a definite purpose.
Novelty leads
It is a news that consists of short sentences, not more than 35 simple, direct, easy-to-understand words.
Straight news
_______ features the story’s newest perspective. The recent the angle is, the more the reader is interested.
Timeliness
It describes two extremes or opposites for emphasis. The sharper the contrast, the more effective the lead will be
Contrast lead
Identify the type of summary lead:
The Maharlika Investment Fund—the proposed sovereign wealth fund of the Marcos administration—has reached the Senate.
Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/858352/maharlika-investment-fund-bill-reaches-senate-with-mark-villar-bill/story/
What lead
This is a narrative involving not merely simple facts, but dramatic actions about a fire or accident or police report.
Action news
The lead may be a summarizing statement— the gist of the speech or the most important quotation in the story as a direct quote.
Quotation/Quoted News
________ like COVID-19 cases, election results, statistics, surveys, price of goods and even winning lotto numbers make good news.
Number/s
It uses an interjection or an exclamatory sentence.
Astonisher lead
Answer TRUE if the statement is TRUE, otherwise answer FALSE and REPLACE the word/s that make the statement false.
The language used in news story is descriptive, flowery and colorful.
False. (Teacher will listen on the group's explanation and assess if their answer is correct.)
Journalists do it so that the readers or listeners may know who is speaking or where the information in the story comes from.
Attribution
It usually contains description of persons, perhaps testimonies of witnesses, as well as explanatory data.
Action News
In regard to newsworthiness, prominence refers to _______.
How well known the people involved in the story are
What type of grammatical lead is used below?
Dressed in white polo barong, and white diplomas in their hands , 594 graduates marched down the stage to the tune of Osmena High March.
Give an example a contrast lead.
(Teacher will listen on the group's answer and assess if their answer is correct.)
When the news has deviations from the normal—unexpected or unusual events, conflicts or controversies, drama or change, it possesses this characteristic.
Singularity/Oddity
Draw the structure of a straight news and label its parts.
(Teacher will assess if their answer is correct.)
What element of news is used in this lead?
More than 200 families of informal settlers were crying for help after their houses were demolished yesterday.
(Teacher will listen on the group's explanation and assess if their answer is correct.)
Create any type of summary lead using the information below.
A party will be held at the Normal Hall. Atty. Lilia Garcia , Vice President , will be the guest speaker. The PNU Faculty Association is sponsoring the party. It will be held in honor of Dr. Fe Otanes, Dean of Graduate Schools, who will be retiring in July.
(Teacher will listen on the group's explanation and assess if their answer is correct.)
Give the different parts of a news story and their functions.
Headline, Byline, Placeline, Lead, Body, Quotations
(Teacher will listen on the group's explanation and assess if their answer is correct.)