Human Interest Article Project: Day 3

This morning, take about 15-20 minutes to read and examine the following Human Interest Articles (models and articles to help you write your own draft):

• NFL Star Brandon Marshall
• Malala: The Girl Who Was Shot for Going to School
• The Power of the Human Interest Story

Continue to write your human interest article. Your human interest article/essay should reveal something about the nature or character of the person you interviewed. Use your notes to help guide your essay. 

• After completing your draft, make sure that you started your expose/human interest essay by adding a short introduction sentence or hook. \
• Note that many of the samples we've looked at hook the audience/reader with an anecdote (or short, short story) concerning the subject.
• Make sure you begin your essay/article with a clever hook or attention-grabber. Write an interesting opening line to introduce your subject matter (your partner).
• The best stories set the scene (setting) by using description. Make sure your article helps set the scene or setting you are writing about. See the models above for examples.
• Human interest stories are generally positive in tone. The ending usually reports how the subject persevered or became stronger or better or wiser, or survived a difficult experience.
• You may need to ask your partner some follow up details as you write. If you need to interview your subject again, you may do so, but remember that your subject may be writing their own article. Don't waste their time in the lab! Keep your follow up questions short and focused to the point.
• Again, if you get stuck or need more guidance check out the following link: How to Write a Human Interest Story.

If you finish your human interest article in the lab today, please proofread your work, print it, and turn it in for credit.

If you finish take a look at some of these human interest speeches:

HOMEWORK: If you didn't finish your draft in class, please complete it and turn it in Tuesday at the beginning of class. If you did not review the human interest speeches, please  complete these as well over the weekend.