Example newspaper report based on the events of chapters 9 to 14 of the children’s novel The Twits by Roald Dahl when Mrs Twit is tricked into thinking she has the shrinks and is then stretched by Mr Twit and floats into the air. This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL to examine the features of a newspaper report. The model report comes with a feature find worksheet with answers. After identifying the features, pupils can write their own report based on the example text by either re-writing the model text, choosing a different event from The Twits or inventing their own incident for the Twits to be involved in. These resources are provided: • Example newspaper report • Feature find sheet • Feature find answers • Planning grid sheet • Newspaper report writing templates x2 The text contains the following genre specific, language, grammar and punctuation features: • Headline in the present tense • Alliteration in the headline • Byline • Date • Lead: introductory paragraph containing the 4 Ws (who, what, where, when) • Quotes with inverted commas • Photograph with caption • Passive voice • Past tense • Third person • Relative clauses • Similes • Alliteration • Fronted adverbials followed by commas • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Noun phrases • Present perfect tense • Past perfect tense • Hyphens • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for possession All resources are provided as editable Word documents and PDFs. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More Twits themed resources: ✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Diary Example Text Pack ✦ Instructions Example Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack ✦ Informal Letter Example Text Pack ✦ FAST Character Analysis Activities Pack More resources: ✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text with Features ✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter Pack ✦ Example Non-Chronological Report Pack ✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.