1/20 Feature Writing continued...
Professionalism assignment:
Sit at tables and put your phones away until I am finished with the direct teach. One of your grades today will be based on those two criteria only. Let me be clear that the phones must be put completely away--no earphones/headsets, etc. This grade cannot be made up.
Agenda: Feature Writing Continued
Objectives: Students will share, critique, re-write, edit, and publish their articles. Self-evaluations will follow. Refer to 1/15 Feature writing assignment for .pdfs.
Direct Teach: 10 minutes reminding students of possible structures for Feature Articles.
All example articles can be found at Pulitzer.org.
Problem & Solution: See "Till death do us part."
Chronological: See "A drama critic meets his match."
Comparative: See the MLK/Desmond Tutu example in "Martin Luther King, Jr., cared about means as well as ends."
Narrative: See "Dreams die in drought." Notice the writer uses the ACTIVE VOICE to put the reader in the moment.
Direct teach: 10 minutes
Examples of Leads: We will run through possibilities together using the familiar story of Jacqueline Saburido.
1. Descriptive lead: a detailed description of a scene, a person, or an action.
2. Direct Quote or piece of dialogue.
3. A startling statement.
4. A surprising twist.
5. An interesting anecdote.
6. A teaser.
7. A question.
Share in groups of 4. Ten minutes per article. Use Reviewer Response Sheet.
Re-write based on critique and any new information.
Edit/Fact Check. Confirm spellings of names and places. Confirm quotes. Confirm any facts you are unsure about. Edit finally for spelling and grammatical errors.
Publish sending to shelly.hoffman@austinisd.org.
Self-evaluate using Self Evaluation handout.