How do you write a catchy headline that encourages people to read your news article? One of the first steps is creating a headline! We will practise this skill through a fun dice game before you create one for your news article.
You will need:
- Dice
- Pen and paper
Method:
- Fill in the spaces in the ‘subject’ and ‘object’ boxes with the people and items of your choice.
- Roll a dice and discover the subject of your headline using the code - who or what is doing something in the story.
- Roll the dice again to discover the verb of your headline using the code - the action to describe what happened.
- Roll the dice a final time to discover the object of your headline using the code - who or what it is happening to.
- Put your subject, verb and object words together to create your news headline
Subject roll:
1 = A friend
2 = My mum or dad
3 = A teacher
4 = A sports player
5 = The King
6 = A sibling or cousin
Verb roll:
1 = Discovers
2 = Eats
3 = Scares
4 = Sells
5 = Wins
6 = Chases
Object roll:
1 = A doughnut
2 = A pet dog
3 = Fried chicken
4 = A father
5 = An exotic bird
6 = ________
Find this activity and more in our activities booklet page, or download it as a PDF here.
