Definition
In a News Story, you learn as much as you can about a
subject and present your findings in a way that makes sense and holds your
reader attention. Your story can be a
report of an event, an interview, or a compiled report on an issue.
Gathering Information
You
can consult a variety of sources about a timely, interesting topic. Your sources may include books, articles,
internet sources, interviews, etc. Your
goal is to bring together this information into a unified report that informs
and/or entertains your readers.
Two steps:
- Collecting – Consult a number of sources, taking careful
notes about your subject. Be
careful to be accurate with facts, figures, and quotations.
- Assessing – Come to some conclusion about the significance
of the information you collected.
Let that conclusions be the thesis of your paper. Then plan your report, selecting and arranging
the facts to support this focus.
Thesis Development
Your thesis will be the ideas you’ve formed after
collecting material. The thesis may be
about the value of the subject, the impact it has on society, the causes and
effects related to it, the significance to others, etc.
Organization
A News Story can be organized in a number of ways. If it is of an event, a chronological format
can be used. If this plan is used, the
writer should continue to draw the reader’s attention not only to the
progression of events, but also to the manner in which they support the thesis. Sometimes a News Story is about various people,
and separate paragraphs can be devoted to each person. If an issue is discussed, the writer will
need to break it into its primary components.
Essay Guidelines
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Due dates: Pre-Write
due April 5; Rough Draft due April 12; Final
Draft due April 26
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Essay
length: 500 – 700 words (between 2 and 4
pages)
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Rough drafts can
be typed or hand-written, but must be double-spaced.
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Final draft
format:
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Typed (if this is
not possible, please let me know)
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1 inch margins
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Name and date on
the upper right hand corner
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Number the pages
on the lower right hand corner
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Title centered
above the text of the essay
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