II. PERFORMANCE TASK [25 POINTS] "WHAT'S ON THE NEWS?" (5Ws Chart)
1 Find one news article featuring any kind of health practitioner and his or her job.
2. Complete the following 5Ws chart and answer the questions that follow.
3. Write it in short bondpaper.
5Ws CHART Fill in each row with details that answer the question.
What happened?
Who was there?
Why did it happen?
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
Provide the following information:
Title of the news article:
Source:
Date:
Answers & Comments
Answer:
A news story is a written or recorded (or, occasionally, live) article or interview that informs the public about current events, concerns, or ideas.You don't usually write the story – though sometimes local media will use exactly what words you give them – but you provide story ideas to journalists who then flesh out your idea to create the story as it appears.
A news story can be:
Long or short, depending on its newsworthiness (we’ll discuss this more later) or interest to people who watch TV, listen to the radio, or read the paper.
Written, recorded, live, or taped, depending on the medium you use and the timeliness of the story
Hard - full of important facts and news items, or soft - focusing on the personal, more human side of a news event or situation. An example of a hard news story is an article on the alarming rise of HIV cases in heterosexual women. A soft news, or feature, article would be a story about a man in a wheelchair overcoming architectural barriers in town as he moves through his day.