Curated OER
What Weather When and Where?
Students learn the difference between hard news and feature writing. They choose one of these news styles to write a compelling weather-related article based on interviews with local sources.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Feature Story?fifteen Minutes (And 500 Words) of Fame!
Contains plans for five lessons that teach students how to write feature news stories and the difference between feature and hard news articles. Students interview each other as prewriting for writing their own human interest stories. In...
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San State Francisco University: Newsworx (1001 Words)
View the media-rich work of teams of student journalists assigned to produce high-interest feature stories using pictures, audio, and words. Learn how to tell a story well by thinking critically about the different choices made by each...