News Item

 Nama : Wenny Aulia

Kelas : XII IPS 1

No : 36

WHAT IS NEWS TEXT 

News item text is a text to inform readers of what is happening in the world around them.

STRUCTURES OF NEWS 

Headline

The title of a story in a newspaper and written in three styles: using ALL CAPS, Down style or Up Style. 

Background of the event

The part that covers the story and includes additional information.

Summary of the event

Gives readers the most important information and establishes the voice of the article.

Source

Someone or something that provides timely information

LANGUAGE FEATURES OF NEWS

News item text usually use:

•  Present perfect tense
• Pasttense
• FutureTense
• DirectandIndirect speech
• Prepositions
• Articles

There are linguistic features such as the following:

1. Brief information contained in the headline

2. Focus on the incident

3. Using action verbs

4. Using materials

                  News Item Part I

                         Practice 1

Match column A (English word) to column B (meaning in Indonesia)

Answer :

Practice 2

Match the picture and the kinds of source of news belong to the characteristic.

Answer :

Practice 3

Text 1: on this question, I have to match the headlines in the column with the kinds of news.

Text 2: on this question, I should find the headline, the source, the date, news worthy event, and the sources of the news.

Answer text 1

Answer text 2

                                    Part D

                             Read the text!

Part E

Fine the generic structures and language features of the text.

Answer :

News Item Part II

Practice 1

Find out the appropriate headlines for each news.

Answer :

Part D

Fill the table with something happening arround me and it sounds interesting.

Answer :

Part E

Practice 1: Answer the questions below the text.

Practice 2: Complete by choosing the appropite paragraphs in right column.

Practice 3: Answer the question based on my comprehension on the text.

Answer practice 1 

Answer practice 2

Answer practice part 3

UH 4