Wednesday, January 12, 2011

2011, #3: Writing the summary lead and tie-in quote

By Oscar

Hugh Hefner has become interested in helping the Steinmetz Stars by letting Ms. Sharon Schmidt know he will support the stars in the things they need. Some students suggest using the money to get Ipads and other electronics to make the newspaper more easy to do and help facilitate the work.

"I believe it should be use to buy new printers to make the newspaper look better and use the money to buy new equipment to make the work more easier and fun to do," Oscar Z. said.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

2011, #1: Chapter 6 vocab

inverted pyramid-- a style of newswriting in which the most important facts go on top and the leats important go on the bottom.

lead-- the first paragraph of a story.

question lead-- is a lead that begins with a question.

quote lead-- is a lead that begins with an unattributed quote.

summary lead-- a lead that gives information about the major facts of a story in the first sentence.

tease-- use a lead that will make readers want to read more.```