Writing your own newspaper article about Sherlock Holmes
I can create a non-fiction text that is engaging and accurate.
Writing your own newspaper article about Sherlock Holmes
I can create a non-fiction text that is engaging and accurate.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A newspaper article has five main sections with their own unique success criteria.
- You can use emotive language in a newspaper article to intrigue the reader.
- You need to punctuate quotes correctly using speech marks in a newspaper article.
- You can use a noun appositive in an article to give more information about a person.
- The conclusion of an article should include all other background information.
Keywords
Autopsy - An autopsy is an examination to reveal the cause of someone’s death.
Intrigue - To intrigue someone is to evoke their curiosity or interest.
Coaxed - Coaxed means to persuade someone to do something.
Venomous - A venomous substance is poisonous and typically secreted from snakes or spiders by biting or stinging.
Common misconception
A newspaper article can be written in the same style as a story retelling.
Newspaper articles must have different elements to show they are an article - interview quotes and a concise way of writing things are key.
Equipment
You may want to have access to '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).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Dr. Roylott orchestrated Julia Stoner's death
he coaxed a poisonous snake to bite her
Stoke Moran property, in her bedroom
roughly two years before Helen comes to Holmes