Factual Writing Unit 52 Outline for December
1/12/14 Prepare and deliver presentation Part 2 – Create a brief pitch for factual production Your pitch needs to reflect and build upon the research that you have conducted, create a Prezi or Powerpoint depicting the category and topic and target audience of your factual article. Focus on Audience Who you are targeting? What are their interests? How you are going to obtain research? What will your article discuss? Research content: Primary sources, contacts, interviews; Secondary sources, eg reviews, internet, archives, previously broadcast or printed material; How can you validate your sources?
8/12/14 Part 3 - Obtain research and images from appropriate sources •Obtain either first hand research (in the form of an interview) or second hand research in the form of using secondary sources (websites, books, reports) •Create a sheet detailing key facts and quotes that you might use, giving the sources for that information. •Obtain original images and choose up to five images to include in your final print production, edit the images in Photoshop to reflect the professional standard that you are aspiring to create.
15/12/14 Part 4 – Production of factual copy Using a standardized format produce a first draft of your factual copy article – 1000 words