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This document contains instructions for several writing activities related to headlines. Activity 1 asks students to improve sample headlines. Activity 2 asks students to write headlines for news stories. Activity 3 asks students to provide unit counts for sample headlines. Activity 4 provides directions for typesetting a headline across two columns in a specified font and size. The activities focus on writing concise and accurate headlines.

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Headline

This document contains instructions for several writing activities related to headlines. Activity 1 asks students to improve sample headlines. Activity 2 asks students to write headlines for news stories. Activity 3 asks students to provide unit counts for sample headlines. Activity 4 provides directions for typesetting a headline across two columns in a specified font and size. The activities focus on writing concise and accurate headlines.

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HEADLINE

Writing
Activities

Mr. France John C. Formaran


MC HED Instructor
Activity 1

I. Headline Activity. Improve the following headlines.

● School board discusses items at heated Tuesday meeting

● Hurricane strikes; school swamped; pep rally cancelled

● Escudero will attend Mensa meeting purely as spectator

● Nichols will not appear in court

● Heat wave blisters California and Texas


Activity 1

I. Headline Activity. Improve the following headlines.

● Pocket lasers banned Authorities ban laser pointers

● Internet fraud is cause of worry for administrators

● Mosquitoes are biting into summer fun

● Baseball team ready for playoff game, coach says

● Bardwell named Educator of the Year experts call it sign of


plunging standards
Activity 2

I. Headline Activity. Create a headline for the following news stories

Headline:

Multiple charges await operators of illegal COVID-19 swabbing centers as well as those who issue or use fake
swab test results, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra warned on Thursday.

Guevarra told reporters that those behind the operation of illegal coronavirus testing centers could be charged
with violating local ordinances on business establishments, the Consumer Act and Republic Act No. 4688,
which regulates the operation and maintenance of clinical laboratories in the country.

He also warned that facilities and individuals that use fake swab test results might be charged for violation of
the Medical Act, as well as Articles 174 and 175 of the Revised Penal Code for falsification and/or use of
falsified medical certificates.
Activity 2

I. Headline Activity. Create a headline for the following news stories

Headline:

Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta has ordered all courts in Metro Manila and four neighboring provinces to be
closed until Friday due to rising cases of COVID-19. Hearings are suspended during the period, except on
urgent matters such as motions and pleadings in relation to bail and habeas corpus, promulgation of
judgments of acquittals, and reliefs for those who may be arrested and detained.

Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta has ordered the closure of all courts in areas under the National Capital
Region (NCR) Plus bubble until Friday amid rising cases of COVID-19.

In a statement on Thursday, the Supreme Court’s Public Information Office (PIO) said the high court, Court of
Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals, Sandiganbayan and regional trial courts in NCR and the nearby provinces of
Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal would be physically closed starting 2 p.m. on Thursday until Friday.
Activity 3

Provide unit counts for the following headlines

Motorcycle passenger dead,


driver injured in Batangas City road crash

Pagasa: 10-15 tropical cyclones possible until October as rainy season begins

PH Senate Minority Group: Purpose of Maharlika Wealth Fund unclear


Activity 4 (Online & Modular)

Printer’s Direction

A. Provide a printer’s direction for a headline with this specification:

a one-line flushleft downstyle headline extending across two columns with 27 unit
counts. The font type used is Bodoni bold in 24 points

B. The lead occupies the two columns of the newspaper using 11 points, Times New Bold
HEADLINE
Writing
Activities

Mr. France John C. Formaran


MC HED Instructor

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