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NEWS ITEM
COMPOSITION
Description: This activity is prepared for ten graders of SMA who are studying
news item type of genre. The activity is done in group (role play) based on
Task-Based Instruction method.
Procedure;
1. Grouping: Students are devided into 3 groups of 3 students. They are called
home groups. One member of each home group separates from the groups to
be a source (expert) group.
3. Interviewing: The source group return to their home group to be
interviewed by the members. In his or her own home group, the source
member acts as Jakarta Police Chief Insp. Gen. Untung S. Rajab who provides
information about the policy to ban the concert and the home group members
act as journalists looking for information about the ban of Lady Gagas
while circulating).
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If you are the expert group, you are acting as Jakarta Police chief Insp.
Gen.Untung S. Rajab. Read the text below carefully as the information in
the text you will use as the source that you need to share to your friends
who act as the journalists. Focus on the following information:
What is the text about? When is the event? Where does the event happen?
Why do you ban the concert? Who are involved in the event?
How does it happen?
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B. If you are the journalists, use the questions (5 Wh + How questions) looking for
information about the ban of the Lady Gaga concert. After you interview your source ,
write down the ideas here.
Interview Notes
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C. When you have finished with the interview, Write down your news item based on the
information you get from your source here.
Title
Newsworthy
event:
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Background/
Elaboration/
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Source/
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WRITING TASK
STUDENT JOURNALISM
6. PPDB
2. School library
3. Native speaker
4. Students achievement
9. People at school
5. School facilities
10. Others....
bambang70@yahoo.com.
8. After being edited, your news items will be published in your classroom
(school) magazine.