Fortnite (gaming) newspaper article. Reading and writing non-fiction.

An engaging approach to reading and writing non-fiction. It uses an article on the video game Fortnite to enable students to recognise the features of a newspaper article, what makes them effective and write their own interesting and appropriate newspaper articles. In particular, students learn to identify the features of a newspaper article, discuss their purpose and create their own. There are easily enough resources here for 3 lessons on this topic.

Uses an article on Frotnite as an engaging and interesting topic for students’ discussion.

Over the course of their learning journey, students:

• Understand and categorise the different techniques used by newspapers;
• Identify the features of newspapers in a model example;
• Analyse the effect of techniques in newspapers upon the reader;
• Use techniques effectively in writing their own newspaper articles;
• Peer self assess each other’s newspaper article attempts.

The resources include:
-Clear and engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint;
-A model article on Fortnite, which is an effective topic to engage students in discussion.