New Item

 PART-1

Definition

INFORMS READERS ABOUT THE EVENT OF THE DAY IT IS NEWSWORTHY OR IMPORTANT.

GENERIC STRUCTURE NEWS ITEM TEXT

- Main event

- Elaboration

- Resource of information

Purpose

TO INFORM/ PRESENT INFORMATION TO THE READERS ABOUT NEWSWORTHY OR IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE DAY

LANGUAGE FEATURES NEWS ITEM TEXT

•Simple language

•Saying vebs: she said/ told/etc

•Begin with the place

•Past tense

•Story captured 

•Adverbs time, place, manner

•materials processes to tell the events

PART-2

News Item Text 

TO INFORM THE READERS, LISTENERS, OR VIEWER ABOUT EVENTS OF THE DAY WHICH ARE CONSIDERED NEWSWORTHY OR IMPORTANT. 

GENERIC STRUCTURE

1. NEWSWORTHY EVENTS

RECOUNT THE EVENT IN SUMMARY FORM. 

2. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS

ELABORATION OF WHAT HAPPEN

3. SOURCES

COMMENTS BY PARTICIPANTS IN WITNESSES TO AND AUTHORITIES EXPERT ON THE EVENT.

LANGUAGE FEATURES

1. SHORT, TELEGRAPHIC INFORMATION CAPTURED IN HEADLINE

2. USE ACTION VERBS TO RETELL THE EVENTS 3. USE SAYING VERBS (SAID, TOLD, ETC)

EXAMPLE

PART-3

NEWS ITEM FROM MEDIA

-Main Event

Controversial School Assignment Asks Students Who Is „Deserving‟ Of Life: A Homosexual Pro Athlete Or Black Medical Student? An Ohio middle school has apologized for an assignment that asked students to hypothetically save people‟s lives depending on their race, ethnicity and sexual orientation.

-Elaboration

The assignment, which was given out by an unidentified teacher at Roberts Middle School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, instructed students to examine a list of 12 people selected to fly on a spaceship to another planet to avoid the Earth‟s destruction. However, due to the ship‟s space limitation, students must cut four people, ranking the list into “most deserving” and “least deserving” of life. According to Miller‟s Facebook page, parents raised their concerns to the school on Aug. 20. On Thursday, Todd M. Nichols, superintendent of Cuyahoga Falls City Schools, released a statement: “They were just made aware of the situation and are investigating,” according to local news station WOIO. “This paper divides,” she said. “It doesn‟t pull anybody together.” And parent Denise Petron asked of the teacher, “What did he expect to get out of this?” On Facebook, Miller confirmed that the assignment was part of a seventh-grade math class and that parents had reached out to the city councilman as a “last resort” after their complaints went unanswered by the school. In the comments section of Miller‟s post, parents reacted. “I‟m honestly having a hard time believing that anyone thought this was appropriate to give to kids,” wrote one person. 

-Source

The assignment was also slammed as “very disturbing,” age-inappropriate, and a poor example of traditional ethical projects that encouraged critical thought. “Liberal or conservative, thinking about how damning your kids‟ answers could be if the teacher didn‟t agree with their viewpoints,” wrote someone.

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