Current Events Assignment - On going for second semester - This will be due weekly - every Monday or the first day we return from a weekend

Learning Target for this assignment is to improve your writing based on what you see professional writers doing... get a critical eye and imprive the way you write for your section

You may only use the NEW YORK TIMES - absolutely no using the Post or Daily News

Select 1 article from the section you are writing in...

•If you are a news writer, then select a breaking news story from the A section of the newspaper...

•If you are a feature/entertainment writer select a part two story

•If you are an editorial/opinion writer select one of the same

•If you are a sports writer select a sports article

Mention - the by-line (author), what paper you got the article from (preferrably The New York Times), the section and don't forget to attach the article to your analysis. Make sure to highlight what you talk about in the article... be specific to the text.

Identify and analyze all of the following:

•headline

•lead

•any pictures/captions

•paragraph length

•diction (author's choices of words)

•direct/indirect quotes

•journalistic style

•balance of information

Make sure to reflect on the article -


•What does the content make you think about?

•What are you curious to know more about?

•What questions do you have?

•What did you notice about the style of writing that you can incorporate into your own writing?

•What did the writer do well? What could they have done better