KEY TERMS: HOOK, ENTERTAINMENT, INFORMATION, PERSONAL IDENTITY, SOCIAL INTERACTION, HOOK, STANDFIRST, BYLINE, QUOTES.
The blog post will include:
- Planning document
- 1st draft
- MP3 recording
- Final draft (post teacher input)
Task 1 – Article planning
- Make a copy of this document, Article Idea Development – complete your notes and embed in your blog.
- Develop a hook for your article which outlines your approach.
‘A hook’ is a treatment for an article. It usually is part of the pitch that a writer or journalist will make to their editor before they are given permission to spend time writing the article.
The hook must include:
- Who are you writing for?
- What is important to your audience?
- What news is currently trending?
- How are you going to start?
Here is the full article on hooks for magazine articles.
Preparation for writing the article
Choose one of the following tasks:
- If it’s an interview you should develop a range of questions (and answers), which you can build into your article.
- If it’s a review of an album or a gig, you should develop some details of the event and elements to review
- If it’s a general article about a genre of music (10 Best…) you should do some research into the music and famous artists/albums.
- If it’s a biography piece you need to invent 5-10 interesting life events of your star / band that the audience want to know about.
If your article does not fit into one of these discuss your planning ideas with your teacher.
Task 2 – 1st draft
Transfer your ideas from the planning template and then re-edit, re-craft into a completed article.
Task 3 – MP3 recording
Read it out loud and record on a voice memo MP3 and embed into blog. Sujmmarise any changes you want to make.
Task 4 – teacher feedback
Submit for feedback from your teacher via classroom.
Task 5- Final Redraft
You can then redraft it after teacher feedback, ready for insertion into your DPS once designed.
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HERE ARE LINKS TO PREVIOUS STUDENTS’ WORK:
