Session 1 — Journalists Develop Their Powers of Observation to Capture Events
Anchor chart: To Write a News Story, Journalists...
Session 2 — Turning Moments of Drama into Cogent Newscasts
Student exemplar: Danielle's excerpts showing the difference between a fiction tone and a news tone
Anchor chart: To Write a News Story, Journalists...
Session 3 — Researching and Reporting Experience
Anchor chart: To Write a News Story, Journalists...
Student exemplar: Danielle strings scenes together to bring out meaning and social significance
Session 4 — Making Short Nonfiction Writing Pack a Punch
Chart: Techniques for Making Short Writing Powerful
Anchor chart: To Write a News Story, Journalists...
Session 5 — Setting Ambitious Goals and Publishing
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grades 7 and 8
Chart: Last Minute Editing Checklist
Session 6 — Journalists Delve Deeply to Reveal Underlying Issues
Chart: Journalists Seek and Tell Stories
Anchor chart: To Write a News Story, Journalists...
Session 7 — Harnessing Narrative Craft to Reveal Central Ideas and Stir Empathy
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grades 7 and 8
Anchor chart: To Write a News Story, Journalists...
FIG 7-2 chart: Writers Ask Themselves
Session 8 — Harnessing Narrative and Information Writing Techniques to Engage the Reader
Chart: When Engaging Readers, Journalists Might Begin By...
Anchor chart: To Write a News Story, Journalists...
Session 9 — Elaborating to Deepen Readers' Connections
Chart: Transitions Journalists Use to Elaborate Perspective
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grades 7 and 8
Session 10 — Writing Partners Have Each Other's Backs
FIG. 10-2 chart: Techniques Writing Partners Use
Chart: Publishing Newspaper Articles Checklist
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grade 8
Session 11 — Attending to Voice and Verb Tense when Editing for Publication
Narrative Writing Checklist, Grade 8
FIG. 11-1 Zipporah and Patricia's finished investigative piece
FIG. 11-2 Breonnah's finished investigative piece
FIG. 11-3 Layla's finished investigative piece
FIG. 11-4 Celia's finished investigative piece
Session 12 — Mentoring Oneself to a Pro to Envision the Arc of Investigative Reporting
Anchor chart: To Write a News Story, Journalists...
Article: "The Trouble with Sleep Texting"
Session 13 — Expanding a Repertoire of Research Tools
Chart: Some Wow-type Questions That Journalists Ask
FIG. 13-2 chart: Narrative Writers Aim Toward Goals Such As...
FIG. 13-2 chart: Narrative Writers Use Techniques Such As...
Anchor chart: To Write a News Story, Journalists...
Session 14 — Structuring Investigative Pieces and Leading the Reader with Key Transitions
Article: "The Trouble with Sleep Texting"
Chart: Sophisticated Transitions Journalists Might Use
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Session 15 — Crafting Endings that Call Readers to Action
Anchor chart: To Write a News Story, Journalists...
Session 16 - Publication and Celebration
FIG. 16-1 Breonnah's final piece