Romeo and Juliet News Report Assignment

Name: _____________________________

Task: You are a news reporter assigned to cover the events that took place on the streets of
Verona Monday afternoon- the street fight (Act III, scene I). Your task is to write the article
that would appear in the local paper, making sure to include a headline, a byline, a pictures, a
caption for the picture, and a discussion of each other following:
WHERE:
Where did this incident take place?
WHO and WHY
Who were the people involved in the fight?
Who was Tybalt originally looking to fight and why?
WHAT and HOW
How did the fight begin?
What happened during the fight?
How and why is Romeo somewhat responsibly for Mercutios death?
How did Romeo get his revenge?
What happened after the incident?
You must choose ONE of the following for the tone of your article:
a) Sympathetic to the Capulet family
b) Sympathetic to the Montague family
c) Completely object (facts only)
Audience and Purpose: To report on an event for the readers of a newspaper.
Length: Your article must be at least FOUR PARAGRAPHS IN LENGTH (one page)

Sample Template

Sample News report

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE EVALUATION:

Knowledge/Understanding
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- Uses proper form of news article, including: headline; byline; quotations; lead paragraph
contains 5Ws + How; picture caption.
Thinking/Inquiry
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- 5Ws + How are answered with sufficient factual detail. Quotations are appropriate.
- Story is credible and suitably fits the content of the picture.
Communication
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- Appropriate objective and factual tone; article written in third person.
- Few minor errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax.

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Application
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- Facts and quotations are organized from most to least important (inverted triangle).
- Each new fact appears in a separate paragraph; paragraphs are short at most three sentences.