NEWS STORY to NEWSCAST (blank script)
The four, five and/or six (no more than six) who make up the group assume roles,
choose a story based on their reading of news or work with a story chosen by
the teacher. Roles are 1) news anchor 2) reporter 3) subject (one or more) and 4)
commentator. Text complexity will vary based on the selected story.
Headline of story:
Reporter’s byline (and other source):
NEWS ANCHOR
Good Evening,
I'm ___________________________. It's _____________________________ and
Anchor’s name Day and Date
this is ___________________________________________________, in
Name of station, created by the team presenting the newscast
Place where the newscast is taking place
reporting on today's news.
I turn now to _______________________________ reporting on location in
Reporter's name
________________________________________________________________.
Place where the story takes place
He/she is interviewing ____________________________________________ (
Subject’s name
and ____________________________________________________,
Subject’s name, if more than one person is interviewed
_______________________________________________________________________
BACKGROUND that provides CONTEXT for the report, such as who belong to,
witnessed, took part in, etc.
To you ________________________________________________________________
Reporter’s name
