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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Video
Loading...
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