Grade 10 In-class Newspaper Assignment Worksheet

After you have spent time reading your newspaper.....

1. What section of the newspaper were you most interested in?_________________________

     Why?____________________________________________________________________

              _____________________________________________________________________

2. Give three specific examples of how certain sections of the newspaper were able to capture your attention. (ie: colour, headline, photos, layout etc.) Include page numbers.

            A)

            B)

            C)

3. Examine the front page. How does it capture the interest of the audience? (ie: colour, headline, photos, layout etc.)

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4. What was your favourite ad in the newspaper?_____________________________________

      Why was it effective?________________________________________________________

       _________________________________________________________________________

5. Choose a NEWS article (section A), read it and answer the following questions:

a) Why did you choose it? ________________________________________________

                 ____________________________________________________________________

            b) Comment on the effectiveness of the:

                HEADLINE-

                SUB-HEADLINE-

                PHOTO-

                CAPTION-

                LAYOUT-

6 How does the news article answer the following questions?

            WHO?

            WHERE?

            WHY?

            WHEN?

            WHAT?

            HOW?

7. Does your news article follow the Pyramid Structure? Explain using specific examples from your article.

Personal Response:

In five sentences, explain what you learned from this assignment. What did you learn from analyzing a newspaper? What did your article teach you? Are you more interested in newspapers now?

                                                                                                TOTAL 25 marks

This mark is based on content, thoroughness, effort demonstrated, depth of thought, effective use of class time, analysis, quality of response and style of answers.