10th+October+2009_CW_6th+Grade


 * CLASSWORK COVERED IN CLASS**

- VOCABULARY BUILDING Students will be tested on some of the words covered in recent worksheets. This test will take place on 24th October 2009

- ARTICLE WRITING Students were given the structure of how to write a news article. Refer to HOMEWORK section for the assigned homework related to this task.

Remember in your article to include: - a shocking headline: this should be short and include some kind of literary devices such as rhetorical question, alliteration, rule of three etc.

- a stand-first which includes the basic details of the news story such as WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN

- good chronological details of the event

- eye-witness reports (expert opinions, credible sources)

- a concluding paragraph which explains what is likely or going to happen in the near future or if this is uncertain, what is happening at the moment about the situation/event you have described.