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The News Report
A Series of Paragraphs
Getting Ready
Reading
Skills
100

The title of a news article is this.

What is a headline?

100
the first paragraph is called this
What is an introduction?
100
You should get at least 8 the night before
What is hours of sleep?
100
doing this before reading the passages will help you locate information
What is looking over the questions?
100
looking over a passage without reading every word refers to this skill
What is scanning?
200

The report must essentially explain these two news article characteristics.

What is the headline and photo?

200
when writing the series of paragraphs you must express this
What is my own opinion?
200
Eating a healthy one can help you think in the morning
What is breakfast?
200
these appear in the passages to help you locate information
What is line numbers or paragraph numbers?
200
when completing multiple choice use this process to rule out wrong answers
What is process of elimination?
300

These can be included to help support/lend credibility to the article.

What is, an interview with/quotations from an expert or witness?

300
Each body paragraph must begin with this
What is a topic sentence?
300

Students must be in the room ready to write at this time.

What is 8:20?

300
the selections that are the shortest will require you to do this
What is identify the main idea?
300
you should do this to form most of your topic sentences
What is turn the question into a statement?
400

The perspective from which an article should be written.

What is third person?

400

This includes my opinion + 3 main reasons.

What is a thesis statement?

400

The room where all of your stuff needs to go! (Backpack, phone, etc.)

What is the Barn?

400
the short answer response that follow most reading selections are these types of questions
What is "how" and "why"?
400
the literacy test evaluates your reading and writing skills up to this
What is the end of grade 9?
500

Most events in the report must be conveyed using this tense.

What is past?

500
This makes sure I have the audience's attention right off the bat.
What is a hook?
500

What you need to make sure to do when you've finished your test.

What is SUBMIT?!

500
how and why questions that follow reading selections require this in the answer
What is "specific details" or "supporting evidence"?
500
this is what the s.s. represents in OSSLT
What is secondary school?