Journal

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Journal

• Copy the sentences into your journal (as is). Use
  editing marks to show corrections.
• 1. traffic was at an stand still for 1/2 an hour.
• 2. Helen her sisters and her mother went to visit
  mr. Hill
• 3. Wear is he what is he doing.
• 4. I like Mary she doesnt where make-up said
  Marc.
• 5. Was Mr. smith last pasenger to leave?
• (FYI Spell-check only found 2 errors in this!)

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Writing Headlines

• Print Journalism
• Mrs. Hynes

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Headlines

• Headlines should tell you the most important
  information in the lead paragraph.
• It is the BRIEFEST SUMMARY of a news story.
• A reader should know what the story is about
  after reading the headline.
• A headline is NOT the subject of an article such
  as
• White Sox Game
• The Dark Knight
• Barack Obama

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Headlines

• It is the summary lead condensed down to a few
  words WHO WHAT
• It is a little, baby sentence without all the
  extras.
• It contains the subject of the story WHO
• (noun person, place or thing)
• It contains the verb of the story WHAT
• (action exactly what happened)

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What to DO

• Keep it brief, but make sure it gives reader
  enough info to know what it is about.
• For once, you get to leave out all that proper
  stuff like articles, conjunctions, pronouns and
  the verb to be.
• What does all this gobbledygook mean?

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RULE 1

• Capitalize only first word and proper nouns
• No Pope Urges Peace in Lebanon
• Yes Pope urges peace in Lebanon
• No Obama Visits Middle East, Germany
• Yes Obama visits Middle East, Germany
• No House OKs Rescue Plan
• Yes House OKs rescue plan

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RULE 2

• Never use The A An
• No The House panel revives the amendment
• Yes House panel revives amendment
• No A car hits a boy
• Yes Car hits boy
• No An octopus eats a submarine
• Yes Octopus eats submarine

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RULE 3

• Never use conjunctions AND, BUT, OR
• Replace AND with ,
• No Humans and animals fear rabid bats
• Yes Humans, animals fear rabid bats
• No Democrats and Republicans unite for cause
• Yes Democrats, Republicans unite for cause

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RULE 4

• Never say IS, ARE, WAS, WERE
• No China is keeping Hong Kong Deadline
• Yes China keeping Hong Kong Deadline
• No Hillary Clinton is seeking nomination
• Yes Hillary Clinton seeks nomination

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RULE 5

• Never use pronouns HE, SHE, IT, THEM, WE, YOU,
  I, THEY, US, HER, HIM
• No He does it again!
• Yes Bush wins election again!
• No We beat them to it!
• Yes U.S. beats Russia to Mars landing

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RULE 6

• Two sentences are separated using
• No Museum to reopen because new ownership
  finalized
• Yes Museum to reopen new ownership finalized
• No Train rebuilt and repairs finished
• Yes Train rebuilt repairs finished

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RULE 7

• Never use a period at the end
• No Landmark frozen in time.
• Yes Landmark frozen in time
• No Peterson assails 2 friends.
• Yes Peterson assails 2 friends

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Rules for Headlines

• 1. Capitalize only first word and proper nouns
• 2. Never use The A An
• 3. Never use conjunctions AND, BUT, OR
• --Replace AND with ,
• 4. Never say IS, ARE, WAS, WERE
• 5. Never use pronouns HE, SHE, IT, THEM, WE,
  YOU, I, THEY, US, HER, HIM
• 6. Two sentences are separated using
• 7. Never use a period at the end

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How to write a Headline

• 1. Start with the subject of the article (person,
  place or thing it is about) WHO
• 2. Then use a catchy action verb (what is your
  subject DOING in the article) WHAT
• 3. Finish with where or whom they are doing it to

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Activity 1Lets Practice

• Read the following article and write a headline.
• Chicago Sun-Times, September 6, 2007 by Dan Rozek
• A convicted murderer whose sister-in-law helped
  him escape from a locked ward at the Elgin Mental
  Health Center apparently has fled to Chicago,
  authorities said Wednesday. While the search for
  Tolbert Walls, 31, focused on Chicago where he
  previously lived and was convicted of a 1991
  killing sister-in-law Lisa Mack remained behind
  bars in Kane County. Mack, 38, was ordered held
  on 250,000 bail after she was charged with
  aiding an escape, a felony that carries a maximum
  7-year prison term.

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What did you write?

• Convicted murderer escapes, flees to Chicago

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• Elm Creek, TransylvaniaLast night police
  arrested Lupa Wolf, principal of Transylvania
  Technical High School, in her castle on Howl
  Road. Police Chief Milton Van Helsing charged
  Wolf with disorderly conduct stemming from an
  incident earlier that evening at a concert in the
  town square celebrating this months full moon.
  According to the police report, Wolf grew to
  twice her size, sprouted sharp claws and fangs,
  and began howling so loud that other audience
  members could not hear the string quartet.
  Although Wolf initially resisted arrest and
  hurled several chairs at the officers, Van
  Helsing and several other police officers were
  finally able to subdue her. None of the police
  officers were injured in the scuffle.

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What is your headline?

• School principal arrested in town square
• School principal causes scene,
• resists arrest
• Principal of Transylvania High School arrested!
• High school principal exposed as werewolf,
  arrested

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Activity 2Practice

• Make corrections to the headlines on the Headline
  Practice sheet USING YOUR EDITING MARKS!!!
• Refer back to the Rules.