Planning a newspaper article about the solved case of ‘The Speckled Band’
I can create a detailed plan to support my own writing.
Planning a newspaper article about the solved case of ‘The Speckled Band’
I can create a detailed plan to support my own writing.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Newspaper articles include a headline, subheading, opening, main body and tail.
- The crime case within 'The Speckled Band' lends itself well to being written about in a newspaper article.
- When writing a full newspaper article, you must plan each section.
- You can use a multiple paragraph outline to plan each section of your newspaper article.
Common misconception
Planning is not necessary before writing.
Planning is important in helping us structure our work and keep a clear focus.
Keywords
Perpetrator - A perpetrator is someone who carries out a harmful or immoral act.
Orchestrate - To orchestrate something is to arrange it for a desired effect, often secretly.
Culminate - Culminated means to reach the end of development.
Maverick - A maverick is someone who does things differently to others.
Multiple paragraph outline - A multiple paragraph outline is a structured plan allowing you to map out information for each paragraph of your extended writing.
Equipment
You may want pupils to have access to a copy of 'The Speckled Band' by Arthur Conan Doyle for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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