News Unit Test Extra Credit
Earn up to 20 Extra Points... that's 20% of the test!!!
Choose one of the four options below and Turn in for Extra Credit points...
OPTION A:
Your editor has assigned you to write a news story about the
incident pictured below. The only problem is that you have lost your reporter
notes, and all you have left is this picture. So you must make up all the facts
of the story to fit along with the picture. Write a 150-200 word hard news story
and Headline that could appear along with this picture on the front page of
tomorrows newspaper. Remember that the more entertaining the story is the more
people that will read your story, so be creative. In Microsoft Word write your
Headline on top of the paper, then write your article and your name, and then
paste the picture that accompanies it on the bottom of the page. Print and turn
into your editor. (Mr. A) Note, everyone that turns in a story will receive 10
points, but the story that the editor likes best in his opinion will receive an
additional 10 points.

OPTION B:
Your editor has assigned you to write a news story about the incident pictured
below. The only problem is that you have lost your reporter notes, and all you
have left is this picture. So you must make up all the facts of the story to fit
along with the picture. Write a 150-200 word hard news story and Headline that
could appear along with this picture on the front page of tomorrows newspaper.
Remember that the more entertaining the story is the more people that will read
your story, so be creative. In Microsoft Word write your Headline on top of the
paper, then write your article and your name, and then paste the picture that
accompanies it on the bottom of the page. Print and turn into your editor. (Mr.
A) Note, everyone that turns in a story will receive 10 points, but the story
that the editor likes best in his opinion will receive an additional 10 points.

OPTION C:
Your editor has assigned you to write a news story about the
incident pictured below. The only problem is that you have lost your reporter
notes, and all you have left is this picture. So you must make up all the facts
of the story to fit along with the picture. Write a 150-200 word hard news story
and Headline that could appear along with this picture on the front page of
tomorrows newspaper. Remember that the more entertaining the story is the more
people that will read your story, so be creative. In Microsoft Word write your
Headline on top of the paper, then write your article and your name, and then
paste the picture that accompanies it on the bottom of the page. Print and turn
into your editor. (Mr. A) Note, everyone that turns in a story will receive 10
points, but the story that the editor likes best in his opinion will receive an
additional 10 points.

OPTION D:
Your editor has assigned you to write a news story about the
incident pictured below. The only problem is that you have lost your reporter
notes, and all you have left is this picture. So you must make up all the facts
of the story to fit along with the picture. Write a 150-200 word hard news story
and Headline that could appear along with this picture on the front page of
tomorrows newspaper. Remember that the more entertaining the story is the more
people that will read your story, so be creative. In Microsoft Word write your
Headline on top of the paper, then write your article and your name, and then
paste the picture that accompanies it on the bottom of the page. Print and turn
into your editor. (Mr. A) Note, everyone that turns in a story will receive 10
points, but the story that the editor likes best in his opinion will receive an
additional 10 points.
