Lesson 6 Live
Introduction
Scene description is a writing technique often used by journalists. This lesson is mainly about scene description. After absorbing learning activities, you will be asked to participate in a real-time activity and complete a report, and then a rubric will assist you complete the self-assessment.
The Learning Objectives
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You will learn how to describe scenes by a video.
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You will strengthen your scene description skills by going to a live event and completing a report.
Describing Scenes
Here is a 5-minute video on how to describe a scene in detail. If you want to learn more about description, you can go to the first lesson.
Practice
Choose an event you are interested in attending. It can be concerts, plays, sporting events, public speaking like TED talk, as long as it is a live event.
Some tips for describing the crowd
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Describe the size of the crowd. how many people?
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Describe everyone's actions, behaviors, gestures, and even costumes, rather than their emotions you felt.
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Remember the first lesson about using multi-sensory observation? You can describe the sound of the crowd you hear.
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If possible, you can record the event by recording, taking pictures, etc. to help you recall and verify when you write the article
Requirements & Rubric
Requirements:
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Use inverted pyramid structure, including a title, and a lead.
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1 to 2 pages in total length, double spaced
After finishing, there is a rubric below to assist in your self-evaluation. If you have any questions, you can contact me by email or the Chat tool in the bottom right corner.
Evaluation
Rubric Quality: 6 criteria areas, 4 points possible on each, with 24 points possible.
Do not forget to add 6 points when you finish writing as requested for a total of 30 points possible!
27 points or higher = Well done! You got an A.
24-26 points = Good job! You got a B.
18-23 points = Average! You got a C.
6-17 points =Room for improvement, check the assignment again.
0-6 points = Try to finish the writing.
Summary
Letting you participate in a event then write a report instead of simple propositional writing is to increase your practical experience. This is very valuable for journalists. In the next lesson, you will have the opportunity to learn about interviews which is a very common type of report. Looking forward to seeing you soon!