Lesson 15 - They Can Only Hang You Once

lliollnnul-Oq ENG4C-A goo-ono-tno' tools-n...- oto-oop-uco-o EIL Key Question :0 Save your answers to the Key Questions in your Course Journal or e-Journal. 15. Choose the murder case described in either \"The Leopold Locked Room" or \"They Can Only Hang You Once.\" Write an in-depth news report of the crime, suitable to be broadcast on the radio, including the information that the suspect has been arrested. Choose whether you will use formal or informal language. and be consistent in your use of it. Try for a neutral, objective tone when describing the victim and the criminal. Include all details that make the story clear and interesting; you can add your own details, as long as they are consistent with what is in the story. Begin with a fact that will hook the listener. When you have nished writing, read your news report aloud? as a reporter would. Time yourself, and try for at least a minute of news in your report. Send in the written version of your broadcast news report. (50 marks) \"They Can Only Hang You Once\" Marking Guide [50 marks} Style (25 marks) Begins with a fact that gets the listener's attention (3 marks} Uses formal or informal language consistently {5 marks) Uscs language and content appropriate to a diverse radio audience (3 marks) Presents information logically and clearly (5 marks) Maintains a neutral and ohiective tone when describing the victim and the criminal (3 marks) Report sounds as though it could be a radio reporter speaking (3 marks) Uses an appropriate concluding sentence to end the broadcast report (3 marks) Content [25 marks) 0 Details from story are presented accurately (5 marks) All relevant details from story are included (5 marks) Additional details are consistent with those in story [5 marks) Content is clear and interesting (7 marks) There is at least a minute of news in report