Introduction
"Stories are about protagonists, and if you don’t have a good protagonist, you won’t have a good story." Make a research on one of the headlines of unit 2 and then write a news story about it.
Process
News stories are based on newspaper language. By clicking at this link, you will be able to find important tips on how to write those stories. http://www.mediacollege.com/journalism/news/write-stories.html
After having seen how you have to proceed at writing your story, don't forget to use the expressions listed on the sheet of paper of the composition you have to make. As you may have to use informal linking words to write your story, there will be a list of some that you can pick:
| Summarising | Giving a reason | Sequencing ideas |
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In a nutshell... |
...is down to... |
First up, ... |
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What it boils down to is... |
That's the reason... | The second thing is... |
| Basically... | That's why... | And another thing... |
| After all's said and done... | Because... | Last of all, ... |
| As... | ||
| Since... |
| Giving examples | Giving a result | Contrasting |
| Take...for example... | So... | ...but... |
| Let's say... | Because of this... | ...though... |
| What if... | Thanks to that... | Even Though... |
| Here is an example... | When this happens... | |
| The result is... | ||
| That causes... |
Some more grammar parts, phrasal verbs and expressions can also be found in the second unit of your book.
- Page 25 - act. 2
- Page 28 - act. 3
- Page 31 - act. 1
- Page 34 - act. 1
- Page 36 - act. 1
Don't forget to underline the expressions listed above when you use them in your composition.
Evaluation
Total: 5 points
Average: 2,5 points
1,25 - Connection between topic and content presented in the writing
1,25 - Coherence and Cohesion - Sequence of ideas; textual structure including the use of connectors such as However, Therefore, Thus, etc...
1,25- Accuracy - Legible Grammatical structure
1,25- Creativity - usage of advanced vocabulary ; experiment with new language
Conclusion
After having read all the pieces of information of this webquest, we expect you to be ready to feel more confident about writing news stories in your cambridge FCE test.