Unit 10 Connections Writing Workshop 课件（共28张） 2024-2025学年高二英语北师版（2019）选择性必修4

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Unit 10
Connections
Writing workshop
To read and talk about a news report
To understand the structure of a news report
To write a news report about a school or community event
Learning objectives
You are going to write a news report on a school or community event.
1. What event would you like to
write about
2. What aspects are you going to
include
3. How is a news report normally
organised
Now let's read a news report to learn how to write it.
Lead-in
Pre-reading
Pre-reading
Read the news report to find out what aspects are included.
Key: 1. when and where the event happened,
2. who attended the event,
3. what the event brought to the community.
While-reading
Read the news report. Answer the questions.
1. What event is the report about
2. When and where did the event happen
The First Community Street Festival.
It was held on 21 September on Redwood Street.
3. Who attended the event and what did they do
4. What did the event bring to the community
Over 10,000 people from over 20 communities attended the festival. There were a wide variety of acts.
The festival gave great pleasure to a large number of people and it brought together the different communities within the city.
Tips:
When writing a news report, it’s important to concentrate on four elements — facts, context, impact, and emotion. How you combine these four elements will determine the success of your news story.
How is a news report normally organised
Pre-writing
Facts:
First, you can hardly call it a news story without the facts. Otherwise, it quickly becomes an opinion piece or a lifestyle article. Not only does the public expect facts over opinions, but they also expect the journalist to follow sound fact-checking procedures.
The facts answer the 5Ws (and H): who, what, where, when, why, and how. A journalist has a responsibility to make sure the facts are accurate and reasonably complete. If you have to write a report before you get all the facts, then say so in the report.
Pre-writing
Context
In news writing, context answers the question, “Why should I care ” or, “Why should I read this ” But, from the perspective of the news writer, context helps you decide what the audience needs to know. The American Press Institute cites context as a nice way to gain new readers through an entry point they can relate to. Context provides the circumstances surrounding the facts of the news story.
Pre-writing
Impact
Impact touches on the “why we should care” theme too. News writing is, indeed, an art form. Once you take something off the official wire, you have to weave it into a story people will connect with. Impact keeps readers in tune beyond the headline and the lead, or opening sentence. What are the ramifications or potential consequences of this news story How will this series of events affect me and my loved ones
Pre-writing
Emotion
The American Press Institute says emotion commands attention and fosters a communal feeling. Evoking emotion is the magic of news reporting. Writers must walk the fine line between cold, hard facts and a tug on emotional heartstrings.But you must let the readers decide for themselves. For example, the American Press Institute points out you must not dictate the audience’s feelings by writing, “In a shocking, new development …” Rather, you should let them choose to be shocked on their own.
Pre-writing
Writing a Good Lead
The lead, or the first few sentences, needs to be strong enough to grab the reader's attention and make them want to read more.
Leads tell the reader what the story is about and why it's important. Beyond that, it tells the reader why they should read the whole story.
A common error in leads happens when it focuses on more than one main idea. When this happens, the reader can't be sure what the story is about.
Make sure the news report is suitable for everyone to read.
While writing
Tips for Better Writing
The lead, or the first few sentences, needs to be strong enough to grab the reader's attention and make them want to read more.
Place the most pressing facts at the start of the article and close with the least compelling elements.
Avoid long or complicated words.
Choose short sentences over lengthy sentences that require many forms of punctuation.
Don't use too many commas.
Each paragraph should introduce a new idea and, like sentences, be short and to the point.
While writing
The news report has four paragraphs.
Label each paragraph with a function.
Lead
Body
Round-up
Para. 1
__________
Para. 2
__________
Para. 3
__________
Para. 4
__________
Lead
Body
Body
Round-up
Lead
Body
Body
Round-up
新闻报道是以事实为依据，对最近发生的事件给予明确的、实事求是的报道，其目的是为人们提供最新的信息。新闻报道和新闻评论有时候是结合在一起的，所以在讲述事实之后，可以发表评论。
新闻报道的语言要求具体、准确、精炼。人称可以用第三人称或第一人称。时态以一般过去时为主。
新闻报道一般分四个部分。
第一部分：标题。新闻的标题是对最有新闻价值的内容的浓缩和概括。
第二部分：导语。大体交代新闻事件，主要包括新闻事件发生的时间、地点、所涉及的人物及缘由等。在结构上一般为文章的第一句或第一段，它扼要地揭示出新闻的核心内容。
第三部分：主体。这是新闻的主要部分，它用充足的事实来描述事件过程，对导语的内容进一步展开阐述。
第四部分：结束语。总结全文或发表评论。在结构上一般为最后一句或最后一段。
【常用表达】
★ It is reported that ...
★ On ... all the teachers and students in our school took part in ...
★ ... caused many deaths and serious injuries.
★ In order to ..., the school organized a(n) ...
★ A(n) ... was held on ...
★ This is the first time in history that ...
★ The activity benefited us a lot ... / was really good for us.
★ The activity offered a good opportunity for us to ... / was highly meaningful ... / was of great significance ...
★ ... all the people learned a lot from it.
On 21 September, the first Community Street Festival in our city was held on Redwood Street. The festival was highly successful, attracting over 10,000 people from over 20 communities. The weather was good, although it rained heavily in the morning. The performers were rather good and well received by the public.
People attending the event were mainly families. There were people of all ages. Most of them came from seven nearby communities. There were a wide variety of acts, most of which were singing and dancing. The acts appealing to children were particularly popular. The highlight of the festival was the music and dance by a group of children.
The festival was well organised. Almost all of the performers started and finished their acts on time. The audience enjoyed the performances. There were also many outlets serving food and drink.
The festival gave great pleasure to a large number of people and it brought together the different communities within our city. Some people said, “We are eager to participate in next year's festival.”
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
Outlining Complete the outline of your news report based on Activity 3.
review the structure of a news report
copy the structure in your notebooks
write some notes on what each paragraph will contain.
you do not needed to write complete sentences
Drafting Use your outline and the writing Help to write your fist draft.
Writing a News Report
It’s important to:
have an attractive title and a brief lead;
include the who, when, where, what, why and how of the event;
use formal and clear language.
Writing Help
Editing Edit your report in pairs. Then share what you have written in class.
Before your news report would be published, you’d have to edit it to make sure your facts are clear and your sentences are complete.
Exchange your writing with your partner and offer suggestions to improve drafts.
After editing, writers will make changes to drafts and either rewrite or print a clean copy of the work.
To prepare a final draft of you work to submit for your review and then place in a writer’s portfolio.
A News Report
Does the report have a clear title and a brief lead
Does the report clearly introduce the events (including the who, when, where, what, why and how of the events)
Does the writer use formal and clear language
Mark any spelling, punctuation or grammar errors.
Mark any unclear expressions. Give suggestions if you can.
Underline the expressions you like.
Comments: ___________________________________________
Peer Editing Sheet
【实战演练】
假设你是校英语报的记者李华，最近你校学生会为生病的高二年级学生张璐组织了捐款活动。请你根据以下要点写一则新闻报道，并发表在校英语报上：
1. 活动的时间、地点及具体内容；
2. 同学们的表现。
注意：1. 词数100左右（标题已给出，但不计入总词数）；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Sunshine to our friend in need
Last Friday, an activity to donate money to Zhang Lu, a student in Grade Two who was diagnosed as having a rare bone disease, was launched in our library by the Student Council.
The huge expenditure on this disease has quickly exhausted the savings of her family. As her friends and schoolmates, the students in our school could not turn a blind eye to her difficulty, and took part in the money-raising activity enthusiastically.
Lasting for four hours, the activity was a huge success, collecting 20,000 yuan in the end.
If we are strong, no challenge can defeat us. We hold a firm belief that Zhang Lu will soon return to her normal life with our love and support.
Finish the exercises in Learning English.
Homework