First Article

First Article – Olympics

You are going to be writing your first article on either a team or a specific Olympic athlete. This article should be informative as well as reflective. You may choose any athlete or sport. Things that need to be included in your article

1)      A title that captures the reader’s attention and accurately describes the content of the article

2)      The details in the article should be clear and supportive. You should do some research and share your research with the audience. Any information that you take from an outside source, needs to give credit to the source. If you get information from ESPN, give credit to the writer and the news source in the body of your article.

3)      Your article should also correctly and thoroughly identify WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and HOW. Who are your writing about? Give background! What event are they competing in? Who is their biggest competition? When is the event taking place or being aired? Etc. etc.

4)      Make sure you grab the reader’s attention from the beginning. Unlike formal essays, it is okay to start articles with questions to engage your reader!

5)      It should be as free as possible from any and all grammatical errors.