Mon Juvil V.

Deloria
Gr. 10-Banneux

Basic Parts of a Newspaper

1.Editorial – an article expressing the stand/opinion of the editors and publishers ona current
issue.
2.News Stories / Current News – give an account of events that have recently happened.- the
story aims to keep the readers up to date on the important political,economic, cultural, and other
events.
3.Feature Story - a type of news story that develops the writing from the angle of human
interest.
4.Columns - these parts express the columnists’ views or stand on any issue of the day.
5.Business News - it reports on the status of different businesses and industries
6.Sports News – This part gives us news on the result of national and international games and
their advance reports on schedules. This also includes news on sports celebrities..
7.Reader’s Opinion – this part publishes the reader’s opinion, reactions, comments,and the like.
Readers send their messages to the newspaper publisher. Most of those publishers allot at
least half on a page for the letters coming from the readers.

Activity Directions:
Here is a column clipped from the Philippine Star (May 8, 2005). Read The column carefully and
answer the following questions.
1.What is the subject of the column?
2.What answers to the boy’s question did not satisfy him?
3.Whom did he asked finally?
4.In the article, what so special about a woman particularly a mother, according toGod?
5.Where does the beauty of a woman lie?
6.What is the aim of the columnist?
7.After reading the column, will you love your mother more? Explain how the column affects
your view about loving one’s mother.