📖 Introduction
Last Chapter, You Learned to Edit. Now Use Everything.
Last chapter, you learned how to review and correct your article before it reaches any reader.
That was the final skill.
Now here's the thing. You've been building toward this chapter since Chapter 1.
Every chapter gave you one piece. Now all the pieces are on the table.
Today you put them all into one article.
📚 Nine Skills
Everything You've Learned
| Chapter | What You Learned |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | What makes something news — timely + news element |
| Chapter 2 | Accuracy, Brevity, Clarity, and Ethics (ABCs and E) |
| Chapter 3 | The 5Ws and 1H — Who, What, When, Where, Why, How |
| Chapter 4 | The inverted pyramid — most important first |
| Chapter 5 | How to write an effective lead |
| Chapter 6 | How to build the body with quotes, facts, and consequences |
| Chapter 7 | How to write a headline using the SVO pattern |
| Chapter 8 | The news writing style — seven rules every sentence must follow |
| Chapter 9 | How to edit before publishing — structure, style, and ethics |
A Full Article Has Four Parts — Always in This Order
Headline → Lead → Body → Tail. You know all of this. You've practiced each part separately. Now they work together.
📄 Model Article
A Complete News Article — Labeled
Read this complete article. Notice how every part connects to the next — and how the inverted pyramid keeps the most important fact right at the top.
Headline
Grade 5 Team Wins Regional Quiz Bowl Championship
Lead
Grade 5 students from Maliwanag Elementary won the Regional Quiz Bowl Championship last Saturday at Quezon City Science High School, defeating 23 other schools from across the region.
Body 1
The team answered questions in Science, Mathematics, and English over four elimination rounds. Team captain Miles Santos scored the highest individual points in the final round. School principal Mrs. Edel Cruz said, "This is the proudest moment for our school in years. These students worked so hard for this."
Body 2
The championship qualifies the team to represent the region in the national competition in Manila next month. The school plans to hold a send-off ceremony for the team on Friday.
Tail
The Regional Quiz Bowl has been held annually since 2017. This is the first time Maliwanag Elementary has reached the championship round.
| Paragraph | Label | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Headline | Headline | SVO: "Grade 5 Team" + "Wins" + "Regional Quiz Bowl Championship." Present tense. No bias. |
| Paragraph 1 | Lead | Who + What + When + Where immediately. Most important fact first. |
| Paragraph 2 | Body | How the event was done + quote from named, titled principal. |
| Paragraph 3 | Body | Consequences (national competition) + what happens next (send-off ceremony). |
| Paragraph 4 | Tail | Background — history of the competition. Least urgent. Goes last. |
If an editor had to cut this to one paragraph — paragraph 1 still tells the whole story. That's the inverted pyramid doing its job.
📋 Step 1
The Planning Guide
Before you write a single sentence — fill this in. A reporter who skips the planning guide spends twice as long writing. A reporter who fills it in first writes faster and misses fewer facts.
You'll use this guide in the Practice section. For now, study the template so you're ready.
✏️ Practice Time
Label the parts of a real article — then write your own complete news story.
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Label the Parts Read the article and choose the correct label for each paragraph.
The title is already labeled. Choose Lead, Body, or Tail for each paragraph, then click Check My Labels.
✅ Headline — Already done!
Students Collect 500 Books for School Library Drive
"Grade 4, 5, and 6 students from Rizal Central School collected 500 books for the school library through a two-week donation drive that ended last Friday."
"The drive was organized to replace books damaged by flooding last month. Students brought used books from home and placed them in collection boxes outside each classroom. According to librarian Mrs. Alberta Reyes, the 500 books collected more than doubled the library's current shelves."
"Student Council president James Cruz said, 'We didn't want any student to come to the library and find empty shelves.' The school plans to open the refilled library to all students starting Monday."
"The school library was established in 2012. It serves over 700 students across all grade levels."
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Writing Practice — Write Your Own Full Article Choose an event, fill in the planner, then write your complete article using the scaffold.
Three steps: choose your event, fill in the planning guide, then write each part using the scaffold. Run the Pre-Publish Ethics Check when done.
Step 1 — Choose Your Event
Step 2 — Fill in Your Planning Guide
| Question | Your Answer |
|---|---|
| Topic / Event | |
| Who | |
| What | |
| When | |
| Where | |
| Why | |
| How | |
| Quote | |
| Key Fact | |
| Background | |
| What's Next |
Step 3 — Write Each Part
Headline— SVO, present tense, no bias
Lead— Who + What + When + Where
Body Paragraph 1— Why + How + Quote + Key Fact
Body Paragraph 2— Quote + What Happens Next
Tail— Background information
Step 4 — Pre-Publish Ethics Check
Answer honestly before you submit
Ready to publish when Q1, Q2, Q3 = YES and Q4 = NO.
1Is this my own work, written in my own words?
2Did I say where every important fact came from?
3Is my article fair to every person mentioned in it?
4Does my article contain anything harmful, copied, or unproven?
🔍 Self-Check Guide
| What to Check | Done ✅ | Try Again 🔄 |
|---|---|---|
| My headline follows the SVO pattern | ☐ | ☐ |
| My lead answers Who, What, When, and Where | ☐ | ☐ |
| My body has at least one quote with name and title | ☐ | ☐ |
| My body has at least one specific fact or number | ☐ | ☐ |
| My body says what happens next | ☐ | ☐ |
| My tail has background information | ☐ | ☐ |
| I used active voice throughout | ☐ | ☐ |
| I used gender-fair language throughout | ☐ | ☐ |
| All facts are attributed to a source | ☐ | ☐ |
| My Pre-Publish Ethics Check is complete | ☐ | ☐ |
📊 Final Rubric — Aligned With DepEd Standards
| Category | What Is Being Checked | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Headline | Clear, SVO, unbiased, present tense, no double meanings | /10 |
| Lead | Most important detail first, answers key 5Ws | /15 |
| Body | Supporting details, quote with attribution, fact, consequence | /25 |
| Tail | Background information present | /10 |
| Form and Style | Active voice, simple language, short sentences, no opinions | /20 |
| Ethics | Attribution, balance, originality, gender-fair, no libel | /20 |
| Total | /100 |
Answers will differ for each student. Use the rubric to check your work or ask your teacher for help.
🧠 The Final Challenge
Ten questions — one from each chapter. Everything you've learned, all in one game.
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10 / 10
You finished this course like a real journalist. 🗞️
8–9 / 10
Outstanding. Look back at the questions you missed.
6–7 / 10
Strong effort. Review the chapters those questions came from.
4–5 / 10
Good start. Go back to Chapters 1–5 and work forward again.
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No worries at all. The whole course is still there for you. Start from Chapter 1.