Answer the following questions

  1. Identify each of the 5 W's in this article
    A. Who
    B. What
    C. When
    D. Where
    E. Why
    F. How
  2. Write down the lead.
  3. What type of lead did this article use?
  4. Write a new, better lead.

  5. Identify each of the 5 W's in this article
    A. Who
    B. What
    C. When
    D. Where
    E. Why
    F. How
  6. Write down the lead.
  7. What type of lead did this article use?
  8. Write a new, better lead.

  9. Identify each of the 5 W's in this article
    A. Who
    B. What
    C. When
    D. Where
    E. Why
    F. How
  10. Write down the lead.
  11. What type of lead did this article use?
  12. Write a new, better lead.

 

Applying your skills.

Write a hard news story using the inverted pyramid style, with a good lead, based off of the following facts.

REPORTER'S NOTES:

-Bob Smith
-Drives a 1994 Toyota pickup
-18 years old
-Is a senior in high school
-Lives at 3290 Crestview Drive
-Won a round-trip vacation to Hawaii in an Air West travel contest
-Will leave for Hawaii Nov. 16
-Selected because of a jingle he wrote and entered
-Will spend two weeks in Honolulu
-Will travel by Air West
-There were four winners.
-2,500 contestants entered
-Mother did not want him to go alone, but he fought with her until she agreed, he said
-He is student body president.
-Winning jingle: "I want to fly! Yeeaaaaaaahhhhhh"
-It is rumored some teachers will give Bob F's for missing classes during those two weeks.
-Bob's friend, Tom Jones, also a senior, said that Bob will take pictures and use them for class projects.
-Bob said: "I am very excited to leave. I have never flown before and I'm anxious to experience it. I don't know just what to expect, but the warm weather will be a change from the fall rain."