CENTRAL MARKET VISIT
YEAR 9 NEWSPAPER WRITING
NAME:______
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EXCURSION SCHEDULE
11:20am / Meet at the Hallway of Human Rights11:30 / Walk to the Central Markets as a class
12:00pm / Explore the Central Markets in groups (complete formative activities provided in this booklet)
12:50 / Meet near the Chinese lion statues at the entrance of the Central Markets (where roll check will occur before walking back to school)
WHAT MAKES SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY
Proximity:Location, location, location. If an event is happening nearby, it will impact readers more than if it were happening somewhere else that doesn't affect them as much – in another state or in another country. Depending on the story, it may as well be the same thing.
Prominence:A well-known person, place or event has a stronger news angle than something that the audience isn’t familiar with. A guest speaker visiting your local elementary school to take over story time doesn't resonate with many people ... unless that speaker is Johnny Depp.
Timeliness:Current news has more impact than something that happened yesterday or last week. The news media loses interest in past events because there is always fresh news somewhere
Oddity:If something is unusual, shocking or bizarre, the strangeness alone could make it newsworthy.
Consequence:If the impact of an event may directly affect readers, they will want to know about it.
Conflict:Readers are always interested in disagreements, arguments and rivalries. If an event has a conflict attached to it, many readers will be interested on that basis alone. Let's not forget that it's human nature to choose sides and stand up for that choice. Stories that involve conflict include those about religion, sports, business, trials, wars, human rights violations, politics or even struggles against nature, animals or outer space.
Human interest:If a situation draws any sort of emotional reaction, then it might contain the news element of a human-interest story. These stories can be "soft" kid-at-the-petting-zoo snapshots, inspiring comeback accounts or infuriating reports of incompetence on the part of a public figure.
Extremes/superlatives:Reporters and audiences alike love to hear about the first, the best, the longest, the smallest, the highest. If you can claim one for yourself, do it.
Impact:The more people involved in the event, the more newsworthy it is. Similarly, the number of people affected by the event will affect its newsworthiness, whether it's an adjustment of minimum wage or an alleged outbreak of ebola.
YEAR 9 ENGLISH – MS VAN GERVEN
NEWSPAPER WRITING – PRODUCING AN ARTICLE
Use information you have documented from our class excursion to the Adelaide Central Markets as the basis to compose a newspaper article. You must use appropriate language, style and formattingto construct an engaging and accurate interpretation of factual events. Your article should be between 600-800 words in length and should be based on one of the options below:
- Write a feature article that focuses on documenting the cultural diversity and the social significance of the Adelaide Central Markets. For this response, it will be important to focus on the historical aspects and multiculturalism the Central Markets has to offer to the city of Adelaide.
- Write a newspaper report that focuses on one stall at the Adelaide Central Markets. Your article should examine the stall’s overall design, appeal, and significance through observations and facts. Conducting a brief interview with one of the stall’s employees and integrating short quotes would also be beneficial for this response.
- Write a newspaper report that investigates an aspect of human interest. This could mean examining the amount of vegan and vegetarian food options available, investigating accessibility via transport, renovations that are undergoing or are planned, or market culture in an age of chain supermarkets.
Important points to remember:
- Use a logical structure for your response that demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the main elements of a news article
- Understand and apply the textual conventions applicable to newspaper writing (who, what, why, where, how)
- Consider what makes an article newsworthy
- Refer to the excursion formative work booklet and relevant support materials provided in class (and uploaded on DayMap) when writing your response.
- Check your response has been edited closely and thoughtfully to ensure that written expression is correct.
- Make sure that the final copy meets the word limit and is appropriately formatted.
Need some help? The following websites have lots more information about the Adelaide Central Markets…
Achievement Standard / Excellent / Good / Satisfactory / Partial / Minimal
Demonstrate appropriate use of textual conventions
Demonstrate how language features and images can create innovative texts
Create texts that respond to issues, interpreting and integrating ideas from other sources
Edit for effect, selecting vocabulary and grammar that contribute to the precision and persuasiveness of texts and using accurate spelling and punctuation
Final Grade / A / B / C / D / E