News Story Paragraph Planner

News story planner that takes students from the main idea and who, where and when of an event to three facts ranked by importance, then onto a lined page for the draft.
Year levels
Years 3–6
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Jun 07, 2022

Subject
Writing, English
Topic
Paragraph Planner, News Story
Resource types
Graphic Organizers
Preparation
Print ready

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About this resource

This resource is a News Story Paragraph Planner.

This is a great way for students to organise their ideas prior to writing.

If students are getting ready to write a news story, this paragraph planner will help them get out their thoughts, details and facts they need to include in their story.

After completing the planner, students can use the next page to write their story.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify the main idea and key details of a news event

  • Order supporting facts from most to least important

Skills covered

  • Prewriting — filling in the who, where and when before drafting

  • Organising information — ranking three facts by importance for the body of the story

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • News writing

  • Main idea

  • 5 Ws

  • Supporting facts

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