Journalism Today

Chapter 11: Writing Feature Stories

Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
In Chapter 11 students have read about feature stories. In this lesson they will identify characteristics of both news and feature stories, drawing on concepts from this chapter as well as Chapter 7.

Lesson Description
Students will place each characteristic under the correct column.

Instructional Objectives

  1. Students will be able to compare and contrast news and feature stories.

  2. Students will be able to recall concepts and terms from the chapter.

Student Web Activity Answers
News StoriesFeature Stories
TimelyEvergreen
Inverted-pyramid styleFirst-person narrative
Hard newsSoft news
Summary leadNews peg
InformsEntertains

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