Newsworthy Project

Determining whether a story is newsworthy or not is the “So What, Who Cares” from last quarter.

Part One: Using the dictionary on the computer or dictionary.com, look up and write definitions for these words.

Conflict
Action
Timeliness
Novelty
Impact
Proximity
Prominence

Part Two: Discuss with a partner what these words mean to you. Write definitions in your own words or give examples from your own life.

Part Three: Take pictures defining each of these words in terms of news here at Castro. For example, for prominence, you might take a picture of Mr. Pina, or a student who might be prominent for some reason. Explain your picture.

Part Four: Put your pictures and your writing (captions) into Pages to create a final project. Use your creativity for the design. Pick the elements you want. The only things you need is the word, definition, sentence and photos. The design elements are up to your own creativity.

7 pages - A
5-6 pages - B
4 pages - C
3 pages - D
1-2 pages - F

"I will understand how a story is newsworthy by defining CATNIPP and exploring the definitions with photos."

"I will analyze CATNIPP in future stories that I read and write."