Many of you learn English through EnglishClub.com's Weekly News. I have been reporting the world news for many years now. English Club used to have the Monthly News Digest. It had four stories from the previous month. This year we changed the format to a weekly news report. I add one new story every Tuesday.
This year is the most exciting year. Do you know why? A group of MyEC members are using English Club's weekly news for pronunciation practice! If you haven't visited the Audio Speaking Group, be sure to check it out. There is something for everyone in this group. The Be a Newscaster group would love to have you.
But, let's get back to writing! This month, we are going to use the Weekly News as a model. You are going to write your own news reports and questions.
Your Task:
1) Visit EnglishClub.com's weekly news. Take note of the format of the news.
2) Choose a recent news story. (It can be about your town or country! It can be wacky.)
3) Read at least three sources of the news story. (These can be in your native language.)
4) Write a news report in your own words (in English). Use less than 200 words. *
5) Choose 3-5 words to define in English from your report. Write your own definitions (no copying).
6) Write a discussion question about your report.
7) Write 3 comprehension questions about your report.
8) Publish your post. Then come back here and leave a link to it. Answer the comprehension and discussion questions from your friends' reports.
*Please, please, please do not copy or translate real news reports or definitions. Use the information and rewrite the report in your own words. If you want, you can even be creative. Write a news report about something on MyEC. Or, write some fictional news. (Let us know that it's not true!)
BONUS: Do you have a microphone? Why not include a recording of your report? If not, ask another member to record your news report. Then add the recording to your blog post.
Please use the following format:
News Headline
word: definition
word: definition
word: definition
News Report
(100-200 words-1 paragraph)
Discussion Question:
Comprehension Questions
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My Example: This month I'll direct you to the many samples of the weekly news on EnglishClub.com.
Comments
Hello Tara and friends,
I love this challenge so much that i decide to write a new report. Is that OK Tara, may we write as much news as we want ? The title of my new post is : Queen, king ... a job that pays !
You will find it here" : http://my.englishclub.com/profiles/blogs/challenge-33-2-queen-king-a
I hope you will enjoy it.
Dear Tara,
Thanks for posting this challenge. I hope you won't mind that I wrote a fictional news. Please bear with my recording, because I wasn't able to connect to audioboo. Here's the link of my blog. I hope you'll like it.
http://my.englishclub.com/profiles/blogs/writing-challenges-33-one
Hello Tara, i like this challenge very much and decided to participate. Here is my little report.
http://my.englishclub.com/profiles/blogs/doesn-t-medicine-go-too-fa...Hi dear Tara,
Thanks a lot for the nice idea of this month's writing challenge. As always I love your unique and interesting topics.
Here is My News Reports.
Thanks,
Have a great time
:)
Jean: You write the post on your own blog. Then you share the link to that blog right here. Let me know if you have any other questions. You can look through the previous writing challenges to see how members do it.
@Ranu There is no time limit. Writing Challenges remain open at all times. Yes, you can write funny fictional news!
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