In Class:
Warm-up-- Write three individual ledes for activities you did this weekend.
Introduced and reviewed ongoing Journalist Assignments.
Instruction on The Inverted Pyramid (Ice Cream Cone) Style of Journalistic Writing
While most writing starts with basics and builds toward a big point, journalism starts with a lede, then fills in the details after. This is a style known as the inverted pyramid--or 'ice cream cone.'
As a class, we read “Not Much Violence, Lots of Votes to Count” to identify inverted pyramid style, using the worksheet “Identifying the Inverted Pyramid.” Then, students broke into pairs and sequenced “Taking a Look at Heroin Abuse in Colorado” based on inverted pyramid style. They either a) identified one line as a lede, b) combined two-three lines as a lede, or c) wrote their own lede.
Finally, using the worksheet “Practicing the Inverted Pyramid,” students began to write a story (~150 words) that demonstrates the ice-cream-cone style.
Exit Ticket: Define 'microblogging.'
Homework:
Finish your personal Inverted Pyramid story.
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