Writing a newspaper article (part 1)

Part 1 of 2 of a pack of resources providing support for writing a newspaper article in KS2. Part 1 focuses on how to write an opening sentence using the 5W question words, ‘who, what, when, where and why’.

Part 1 contains activities for how to locate information in the opening sentence of a newspaper article and how to construct a similar opening sentence using the 5W question words, ‘who, what, when, where, and why’. Activities include vocabulary development, playing with word order and a talk to write activity.

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On the right hand side of this page are a number of documents that you can download for free. Please note that the Teaching Notes and Resources can be found in the pdf document (the first item on the list), whilst the PowerPoint document(s) include(s) presentation(s) which you can display on your interactive board in your classroom.

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