Firstly, welcome back to school!
As you should be aware of by now (and if you are not, which rock were you under?), over the next 3 weeks or so, we will be dealing with feature articles in class.
Before we start, download your performance task sheet here. You can see that for the performance task, you will get the chance to produce your very own online magazine. At the end of this post, I have linked to various online magazines so you can take a look at them for inspiration. Don your creativity caps and I am quite excited to see your masterpieces.
What is a feature article?
A feature article is more than just a straight news story. A typical news story will inform you about what took place. In contrast, a feature article often goes one step further – it wants to entertain, engage and make its reader feel something.
For example, a news article about a car accident will simple give you what happened, who was hurt and so on. A feature article may have a long interview with the victim and the impact of the accident or may analyse how the accident occured and what could be done to prevent it.
As we progress through these lessons, we will be learning how to write engaging and exciting feature articles.
Some Online Magazines
Sports Magazines
Food Magazines
Entertainment Magazines
Animal Magazines
Travel Magazines
Know any more? Let me know.
