ENGLISH 10

“Writing News Reports”

Quarter 1, Week 1 Day 1
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the students
should be able to:
• Use information from news reports that
can be used in everyday life;
• Promote the interest and sense of
responsibility of the learners in validating
OBJECTIVES:
the quality of information needed in
academic and personal use by writing a piece
of news; and

• Develop the ability to organize information

and construct it into a text.
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=WyatCJ5P0gc
ACTIVITY 1
In groups of 5, read excerpts from a news
report given. Construct questions according
to the data given using the 5Ws and 1H.
For example: What took place?
P22.7-m shabu seized; 50 suspects nabbed from June 15-20

GROUP 1

GROUP 2

GROUP 3

GROUP 4

GROUP 5
 WRITING NEWS REPORT
NEWS REPORT
A report is a news article or broadcast
which gives information about something that
has just happened.
 PARTS OF A NEWS REPORT
1. News Reports begin with a catchy HEADLINE.
Headline is the heading at the top of an article or page
in a newspaper or magazine.

Ex. COVID-19 deaths soar high in Cebu City

2. LEAD PARAGRAPH informs the reader of the most

important aspects of the story as soon as possible. The
LEAD PARAGRAPH is often the only part of the story
that people read.
Use the 5Ws rule:

• WHO (is involved) • WHERE (did it take place)

• WHAT (took place) • WHY (did it happen)
• WHEN (did it take place) • HOW (did it happen) – only
include this if there is space

Ex. This evening at about 10:00 p.m. at Malaya Hotel, the

Senator, while at the lobby with his family, was shot by an
assassin, by a riding in tandem.
3. BODY of the News Report gives more details
and provides more information about the WHY
and HOW of the story.

4. TAIL contains the less important information which

is often omitted by the newspaper editor
if there is not enough space left in the
newspaper.
Hints:
• Your News Report should be easy to understand,
every news story should be able to be
read by a twelve-year-old learner.

• Try to be fair – include both sides of the story and

don’t let your opinion get in the way of
reporting the facts.
ACTIVITY 2
Directions: Identify the part of a news story.

1. “The million-to-one shot came in. Hell froze over. A

month of Sundays hit the calendar. Don Larsen today
pitched a no-hit, no-run, no-man-reach- first game in a
World Series.”

2. Dead Body Found at the Museum: Curator Suspected

ACTIVITY 3
Directions: Track the information included in the
news report by answering the following questions.

1. What is the headline of the story?

2. What is the lead of the story?
3. What happened? What is the news all about?
EVALUATION
I. Direction: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word
that best completes the statement.

1. The __________ informs the reader of the most

important aspects of the story as soon as possible.
2. The ___________ contains the less important information
which is often omitted by the newspaper editor if there
is not enough space left in the newspaper.
3. A/an __________is the structure of the news report.
4. The ______________gives more details and provides more
information about the WHY and HOW of the story.
5. ___________a heading at the top of an article or page in
a newspaper or magazine.

II. Directions: Arrange the following items from a news

report in chronological order. Write 1-5.
_____ In an advisory on Wednesday, the DepEd said
private schools were given the option to start classes
on any date starting the first Monday of June, but not
later than the last day of August, as provided by the
school calendar law (Republic Act No. 11480).

_____ DepEd sets start of classes Aug. 29

_____The agency has yet to announce how many enrollees are
expected in the upcoming school year, but according to a DepEd
official, all other grade levels except Kindergarten, Grades 1, 7
and 11, are automatically enrolled.

_____Classes in all public elementary and high schools for

school year 2023-2024 will begin on Aug. 29, while the
annual “Brigada Eskwela” will be conducted from Aug. 14 to
Aug. 19, according to the Department of Education (DepEd).
_____ Based on the department’s data, around 28.4
million learners in 44,931 public schools and
12,162 private schools nationwide were enrolled in
the previous school year.
ASSIGNMENT Write a news report considering the
following criteria.
Category 3 2 1
Relevance of The content is The content is not No relevance at
Content very relevant. so relevant. all.
Organization The explanation The explanation is The explanation
is clear and not so clear and is very unclear
very well- organized. and disorganized.
organized.
Structure The explanation The explanation The explanation
contains no contains some contains many
error in errors in grammar, errors in
grammar, punctuation, or grammar,
punctuation, or spelling. punctuation, or
spelling. spelling.
 DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Writers: Maylene C. Met; Margie Rose N. Dato-on
Evaluators: