News Item part II

 NEWS ITEM 

Definition of News Item

News item text is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important.

It means if there is an important event that should be known by many people, then this event deserves news. Well, the news text is called the news item text. However, if there are events that people do not deserve, then they are not definitely worth to be news.

Generic Structure of News Item

- Main Events / Newsworthy event(s): it recounts the event in summary form.
- Elaboration / Background event(s): they elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstance
- Resource of Information (Source) : it contains comments by participants in, witnesses to and authorities expert on the event

Purpose of News Item

– News Item Text is used to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.
– To inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day
– To present information the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day

News Item Text Characteristics

• Brief, information about the story captured in the title
• Using action verbs
• Using the past tense in explaining news events
• Using saying verbs
• Using adverbs: time, place and manner.

Language Feature of News Item

 

- Focusing on circumstances (using a simple language in writing the text)

- Using saying verbs: “….”, She said, informed, told, reported.

- Sometimes at the beginning of news, the scene is mentioned : Jakarta – … .. / Kuala Lumpur – …

- Using Past tense in explaining news events. But if it is a fact that until now still happen or still in the form of fact, then can use simple present tense.

- Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline

- Using adverbs: time, place and manner.

- Uses of material processes to retell the event

Tips for writing news items

How to arrange News Item text? Check out the steps in detail below:

• Determine the news to be delivered. Preferably the news that is currently hot or current in the community. The warmer the better.
• Write the main story at the beginning of the manuscript you are going to write. This is useful for keeping the reader focused and wanting to read more.
• Write the contents of the news with 5 W + 1 H. That is, the news is about what, when, where, and why this happened. Write down the process in detail.
• Write down news sources. It could also be through eyewitnesses of the incident. For example, there is a fire disaster in a village, write an interview with one of the residents who saw the beginning of the incident.
• After the news draft is ready, start assembling. Since News Item Text is an English script, you can choose one of these two options. Use Indonesian first and then translate into English, or use English directly.

The final part is editing. Manuscripts that have been made should not be published immediately. Need to re-check. The re-check can focus on spelling, functional sentences, and the 

Example of News Items Text

Example of News Items Text about Death of Didi Peter

Didi Petet Died

Veteran actor Didi Widiatmoko, popularly known as Didi Petet, died at the age of 58 at his residence in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang, on Friday morning.

Didi’s niece Muthia Kautsar said that Didi, who starred in a number of comedy and drama films in the 1980s and 1990s, collapsed and lost consciousness when attending an expo in Milan, Italy, recently.
“He just arrived home on May 10 after attending the exhibition. In that city, he collapsed and lost consciousness and returned home in a wheelchair,” she said.

On Tuesday, Didi was taken to Bandung for treatment. Muthia said no diseases were detected but he died on Friday.

Didi’s body is laid out in his residence on Jl. Bambu Apus in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang. It has yet to be decided when and where he will be buried.

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In this part, you will practice finding the right meaning of news headlines and their relationship to news content. To obtain information related to an event that has news value, please refer to the following illustration based on the question whether all these events have news value: 

Remember this picture. Please re-open about to remember about events that have news value.

In this second learning activity, we will start as in part 1 , which is about headlines or news titles. Do you think there is a close relationship between the news title and the newsworthy event written in the first paragraph? Please remember the text about Yopil latul and the Covid 19 case in Gresik. That's right, you are amazing, with a high learning spirit able to correctly answer the questions. served. Well, now we are together practicing the ability to connect the meaning of the news title with the news content.

Read the following text. Find out the appropriate headlines for each news

NEWS WORTHY EVENT	HEADLINES
Text 1. If you litter in this Thai national park, your rubbish may just come back to haunt you. Well, not exactly haunt, but it'll be shipped to your home as a pointed reminder that when out in nature, you had better clean up after yourself. Authorities in the popular Khao Yai National Park near Bangkok will start sending rubbish back to litterers, Thailand's environment minister said. Offenders will also be registered with the police.	Thai national park sends rubbish back to tourists
Text 2 A teenager became famous overnight in China when she saved a suicidal stranger - by kissing him on the lips. Liu Wenxiu, 19, was shopping with a friend at a mall in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, when she saw a crowd of people watching a man hanging on to the barrier of the highest floor.	Girl's kiss saves life of stranger
Text 3 A 14-year old Chinese-crested Chihuahau called Yoda has been named the World's Ugliest Dog title by judges in California. Yoda's owner Terry Schumacher fled when she first encountered the little dog abandoned behind an apartment building in America, convinced it was a rat. Text 4 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola fears striker Sergio Aguero	Yoda named the world's ugliest dog
Text 4 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola fears striker Sergio Aguero could miss the first two months of the Premier League season. Aguero suffered a knee injury against Burnley on 22 June. It kept the Argentine out of the final 10 games of City's domestic campaign as well their two Champions League matches in August.	Manchester City: Sergio Aguero could be out for two months, says Pep Guardiola
Text 5 The boss of a Legoland theme park was stunned when staff swapped his car for one made of Lego. Peter Ronchetti went to drive home in his real Volvo XC60 to find it had been replaced with a life-sized copy made from 201,076 of the toy bricks	Theme park boss duped by Lego car

Now for more details in the news title is there any connection with the questions below?

• What's happening? It is about a person, a thing, or an event
• Who is involved? People who get involved as a doer/doers, as a witness/ess .
• Where is this happening? The place
• When is it happening? The day and date
• Why is it happening? It is about a process, a reason, cause and effect.

Newsworthy event	Headlines	What is happening
		Newsworthy event	Headlines
A teenager became famous overnight in China when she saved a suicidal   stranger - by kissing him on the lips. Liu Wenxiu, 19, was shopping with a friend at a mall in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, when she saw a crowd of people watching a man hanging on to the barrier of the highest floor.	Girl's kiss saves life of stranger	Subject : A girl  Action : saved  Object : a tranger  How : “ kiss ‘	Subject : A teenager ( she )  Action : save  Object : a tranger How : “ kiss ‘

REMEMBER

Headlines often use a NOUN PHRASE, that is, a phrase without a verb: Poor Service at Supermarkets Best Strategies for New Tax Year / Thai Protesters Parade There are also some VERB CHANGES. The simple tenses are preferred to continuous or perfect forms and auxiliary verbs are dropped in the passive: Teachers Protest Pay Cuts (they are protesting) Underground Strike Started Today (the strike has started today) The INFINITIVE TENSE is used to talk about the future: President to Open New Art Gallery New Player to be hired by NBA

It is clear that the relationship between the title of the news and the main event (the main element of the news) located in the first paragraph. The second paragraph is a closely related background with paragraph one. Well, now we practice to connect the main elements

news with news background.

Exercise About News Item Part 2 

Practice 1 

News

 

If you litter in this Thai national park, your rubbish may just come back to haunt you. Well, not exactly haunt, but it'll be shipped to your home as a pointed reminder that when out in nature, you had better clean up after yourself. Authorities in the popular Khao Yai National Park near Bangkok will start sending rubbish back to litterers, Thailand's environment minister said. Offenders will also be registered with the police. Visitors to the park have to register with their addresses, making it easy for rangers to track them down if they leave rubbish behind. Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa posted pictures of litter collected in cardboard parcels ready to be shipped on his Facebook account. "Your trash - we'll send it back to you," the post warns, reminding people that littering in a national park is an offence and punishable with up to five years in prison and hefty fines. the box in the Facebook post contains a polite note saying: "You forgot these things at Khao Yai National Park". Park authorities say the rubbish left behind can be particularly dangerous for animals who may try to eat it. Khao Yai National Park which is north-east of the Thai capital Bangkok stretches across more than 2,000 sq km (770 sq miles) and is very popular with hikers. It's the oldest national park in Thailand and known for its waterfalls, animals and scenery

Latihan Soal : 

Practice 2 

• NEWS WORTHY EVENT : 

Text 1.

If you litter in this Thai national park, your rubbish may just come back to haunt you. Well, not exactly haunt, but it'll be shipped to your home as a pointed reminder that when out in nature, you had better clean up after yourself. Authorities in the popular Khao Yai National Park near Bangkok will start sending rubbish back to litterers, Thailand's environment minister said. Offenders will also be registered with the police. 

• Background : 

" The young man was on the outside of the barrier and was holding a knife to his chest but nobody seemed to be trying to talk him round," she said.

" I wanted to help him but the police wouldn't let me through so I lied and told them he was my boyfriend and that he wanted to kill himself because of me.

" They let me talk to him and he told me he was sad because he was from a broken family. I'm also from a broken family too and understood him perfectly."

Liu then surprised everyone - especially the young man - by stepping forward, putting her arms around him and giving him a kiss.

A fireman took advantage of the distraction and dashed forward to grab hold of the man and pull him to safety.

"His story touched me, and I felt like I really was his girlfriend and I could help him," said Liu afterwards.

• NEWS WORTHY EVENT : 

 

Text 2

A teenager became famous overnight in China when she saved a suicidal stranger - by kissing him on the lips. Liu Wenxiu, 19, was shopping with a friend at a mall in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, when she saw a crowd of people watching a man hanging on to the barrier of the highest floor. 

• Background : 

Visitors to the park have to register with their addresses, making it easy for rangers to track them down if they leave rubbish behind. Environment Minister Varawut Silpa[1]archa posted pictures of litter collected in cardboard parcels ready to be shipped on his Facebook account. "Your trash - we'll send it back to you," the post warns, reminding people that littering in a national park is an offence and punishable with up to five years in prison and hefty fines. the box in the Facebook post contains a polite note saying: "You forgot these things at Khao Yai National Park.

Park authorities say the rubbish left behind can be particularly dangerous for animals who may try to eat it. Khao Yai National Park which is north[1]east of the Thai capital Bangkok stretches across more than 2,000 sq km (770 sq miles) and is very popular with hikers. It's the oldest national park in Thailand and known for its waterfalls, animals and scenery

 

It kept the Argentine out of the final 10 games of City's domestic campaign as well their two Champions League matches in August. Guardiola says he is now uncertain whether City's 32-year-old record goalscorer will be fit until November. "We knew the injury was difficult," said Guardiola. "He still hasn't had one training session with us and Sergio is not a guy who regains his physical condition quickly. He has been out for a long time, so maybe in one or two months he will be ready."

 

Practice 3 

Girl's kiss saves life of stranger

Teeenager became famous overnight in China when she saved a suicidal stranger - by kissing him on the lips. Liu Wenxiu, 19, was shopping with a friend at a mall in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, when she saw a crowd of people watching a man hanging on to the barrier of the highest floor. "The young man was on the outside of the barrier and was holding a knife to his chest but nobody seemed to be trying to talk him round," she said. "I wanted to help him but the police wouldn't let me through so I lied and told them he was my boyfriend and that he wanted to kill himself because of me. "They let me talk to him and he told me he was sad because he was from a broken family. I'm also from a broken family too and understood him perfectly." Liu then surprised everyone - especially the young man - by stepping forward, putting her arms around him and giving him a kiss.

A fireman took advantage of the distraction and dashed forward to grab hold of the man and pull him to safety. "His story touched me, and I felt like I really was his girlfriend and I could help him," said Liu afterwards.

 

Taken from : http://www.wupload.com/file/35726151

Answer the questions based on the text

Latihan Soal : 

Practice Part 1 ( Page 19 - 22 ) 

• NEWS WORTHY EVENT : 

 

Text 1

The boss of a Legoland theme park was stunned when staff swapped his car for one made of Lego. Peter Ronchetti went to drive home in his real Volvo XC60 to find it had been replaced with a life-sized copy made from 201,076 of the toy bricks.

 

• HEADLINES : 

Theme park boss duped by lego car 

• NEWS WORTHY EVENT : 

 

Text 2

A teenager became famous overnight in China when she saved a suicidal stranger - by kissing him on the lips. Liu Wenxiu, 19, was shopping with a friend at a mall in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, when she saw a crowd of people watching a man hanging on to the barrier of the highest floor.

• HEADLINES : 

Girls kiss saves lifr of stranger 

• NEWS WORTHY EVENT : 

 

Text 3

A 14-year old Chinese-crested Chihuahau called Yoda has been named the World's Ugliest Dog title by judges in California. Yoda's owner Terry Schumacher fled when she first encountered the little dog abandoned behind an apartment building in America, convinced it was a rat.

• HEADLINES : 

Yoda named the world ugliest dog

• NEWS WORTHY EVENT : 

 

Text 4.

If you litter in this Thai national park, your rubbish may just come back to haunt you. Well, not exactly haunt, but it'll be shipped to your home as a pointed reminder that when out in nature, you had better clean up after yourself. Authorities in the popular Khao Yai National Park near Bangkok will start sending rubbish back to litterers, Thailand's environment minister said. Offenders will also be registered with the police.

• HEADLINES : 

Thai national park sends rubbish back to tourist

• NEWS WORTHY EVENT : 

 

Text 5

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola fears striker Sergio Aguerocould miss the first two months of the Premier League season. Aguero suffered a knee injury against Burnley on 22 June. It kept the Argentine out of the final 10 games of City's domestic campaign as well their two Champions League matches in August.

• HEADLINES : 

Manchester city : Sergio Aguero could be out for 2 months, says Pep Guardiola

Practice Part 2 ( Page 19 - 22 ) 

News Item part 1

NEWS ITEM 

Definition of News Item

News item text is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important.

It means if there is an important event that should be known by many people, then this event deserves news. Well, the news text is called the news item text. However, if there are events that people do not deserve, then they are not definitely worth to be news.

Generic Structure of News Item

- Main Events / Newsworthy event(s): it recounts the event in summary form.
- Elaboration / Background event(s): they elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstance
- Resource of Information (Source) : it contains comments by participants in, witnesses to and authorities expert on the event

Purpose of News Item

– News Item Text is used to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.
– To inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day
– To present information the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day

News Item Text Characteristics

• Brief, information about the story captured in the title
• Using action verbs
• Using the past tense in explaining news events
• Using saying verbs
• Using adverbs: time, place and manner.

Language Feature of News Item

 

- Focusing on circumstances (using a simple language in writing the text)

- Using saying verbs: “….”, She said, informed, told, reported.

- Sometimes at the beginning of news, the scene is mentioned : Jakarta – … .. / Kuala Lumpur – …

- Using Past tense in explaining news events. But if it is a fact that until now still happen or still in the form of fact, then can use simple present tense.

- Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline

- Using adverbs: time, place and manner.

- Uses of material processes to retell the event

Tips for writing news items

How to arrange News Item text? Check out the steps in detail below:

• Determine the news to be delivered. Preferably the news that is currently hot or current in the community. The warmer the better.
• Write the main story at the beginning of the manuscript you are going to write. This is useful for keeping the reader focused and wanting to read more.
• Write the contents of the news with 5 W + 1 H. That is, the news is about what, when, where, and why this happened. Write down the process in detail.
• Write down news sources. It could also be through eyewitnesses of the incident. For example, there is a fire disaster in a village, write an interview with one of the residents who saw the beginning of the incident.
• After the news draft is ready, start assembling. Since News Item Text is an English script, you can choose one of these two options. Use Indonesian first and then translate into English, or use English directly.

The final part is editing. Manuscripts that have been made should not be published immediately. Need to re-check. The re-check can focus on spelling, functional sentences, and the 

Example of News Items Text

Example of News Items Text about Death of Didi Peter

Didi Petet Died

Veteran actor Didi Widiatmoko, popularly known as Didi Petet, died at the age of 58 at his residence in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang, on Friday morning.

Didi’s niece Muthia Kautsar said that Didi, who starred in a number of comedy and drama films in the 1980s and 1990s, collapsed and lost consciousness when attending an expo in Milan, Italy, recently.
“He just arrived home on May 10 after attending the exhibition. In that city, he collapsed and lost consciousness and returned home in a wheelchair,” she said.

On Tuesday, Didi was taken to Bandung for treatment. Muthia said no diseases were detected but he died on Friday.

Didi’s body is laid out in his residence on Jl. Bambu Apus in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang. It has yet to be decided when and where he will be buried.

Do the Practice 1, 2 & 3 (page 9-15) and exercise part D & E (page 16-17) from the module above and attach the photo in your blog! 

• Practice 1 and 2

Practice 3 

- Headlines : Gresik residents made to dig graves as punishment for not wearing face masks news desk

- Kinds of news : Education

- Headlines : Indonesia rocked by violent protests against controversial labour law

- Kinds of news : Politics

- Headlines : Tennis : Novak Djokovic to face Rafael Nadal in French Open final blockbuster

- Kinds of news : Sport

- Headlines : Singapore’s Benjamin Kheng up for Best Southeast Asia Act at MTV Europe Music Awards

- Kinds of news : Entertainment

- Headlines : Forum : Schools’ role in youth mental health

- Kinds of news : Health

- Exercise Direct and Indirect Speech

Practice Part D 

Read aloud and practice it

KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. I'm Kate Bolduan. Thanks so much for joining us this hour. It seems crystal clear now that when it comes to the coronavirus, you cannot have your cake and eat it, too. You can't, on one hand, not do the hard work, not dramatically change behavior, not wait until the science-driven guideposts have been met and then still expect to have nice things. And by nice things, I really only mean getting back to something that looks like normal. It's clear you can't just beat this virus by hoping for the best.

Take a look at the process of reopening schools and universities. In multiple places around the country, COVID outbreaks are forcing school officials to reverse course and suspend in-person learning. The latest and most glaring example, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, which announced that it is no longer holding in-person classes for undergrads after about 130 students tested positive for COVID in the first week

- Exercise 

Practice Part E 

Singer Yopie Latul Dies after Confirmed Positive with Covid-19

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Yopie Latul, a singer popular in Indonesia in the 1990s, died today, September 9. He was 65 years old. The day before, the singer was reported to have tested positive for Covid-19.

Yopie, a Maluku native, died in a hospital in Cibinong, West Java. Fellow musicians have taken to social media to express their grief over the loss of the veteran singer.

The day before his death, Yopie's son Carllo Latul posted to his personal Instagram account about his father's condition. The post confirmed reports that Yopie had tested positive for the new coronavirus.

The Instagram story post said that his father showed no symptoms and none of his family members were infected.

Latihan Soal Structure and Language Features 

• Headline :

Singer Yopie Latul Dies after Confirmed Positive with Covid-19

• Newsworthy Event :

Yopie Latul, a singer popular in Indonesia in the 1990s, died today, September 9. He was 65 years old. The day before, the singer was reported to have tested positive for Covid-19.

• Background Event :

The day before his death, Yopie's son Carllo Latul posted to his personal Instagram account about his father's condition. The post confirmed reports that Yopie had tested positive for the new coronavirus.

• Sources :

The Instagram story post said that his father showed no symptoms and none of his family members were infected.

• Verbs Used :

 1. Using simple past (Yopie, a Maluku native, died in a hospital in Cibinong, West Java. Fellow musicians have taken to social media to express their grief over the loss of the veteran singer.

 2. Using saying verbs, namely said that, reprt, told

• Quotation Used :

Use direct and indirect quotes (The post confirmed reports that Yopie had tested positive for the new coronavirus.The Instagram story post said that his father showed no symptoms and none of his family members were infected).