Story impacts on audience:
-Positively motivates students to pursue a healthier lifestyle beneficial to them and decreasing their risks of diseases later on in life.
-Many students as well, have made New Year’s resolutions to better themselves, and this information will help them stay committed since the ISU rec. center has been busier lately.
-Vigorous exercise has also been linked with better grades and a better attention span to stay focused and more alert while in class.
-Help those struggling with committing to exercise, obtain long-lasting realistic goals.
New angle with exercise:
-Make moderate exercise a habit with new friends. Some articles show that exercising with family members helps them stay fit, but then again this is a college campus far away from home for most people.
-Exercise does not always have to be at the gym. Class schedules are hectic during the semester with few or no breaks at all, so power-walking to class, biking, or rollerblading to class is a great workout! Instead of using an elevator, take the stairs.
Content:
-ISU students want information and ideas about how to stick to their New Years resolutions and where to even begin since getting started is the hardest part.
-Detailed and informative health benefits from getting exercise.
-Stress and anxiety build up from grades and school overall, so learning about how to manage that through exercising could potentially help minimize these effects.
Interviews:
-Students at the rec. center.
-Students in the exercise science program.
Analysis:
-The beginning of each of the stories I looked at, had opening statements about the benefits that people achieve from exercise or a negative from a more sedentary lifestyle.
-The middle of each article, gave background and provided more details on the topic and some even provided a related story as an example.
-Endings all closed with a thought to catch the reader’s attention that they were trying to target.
-All used overall professional language and a good comprehension of words.
-Listed main points as bullet points or separate paragraphs to prevent confusion, with subtitles.
-All contained visuals to demonstrate points. Some humorous as compared to others.
This looks good. My one suggestion, for the final rubric, would be to more specifically consider what kind/types of language is used in newspaper articles in relation to how you plan to write your own article. What types of words are used? what type of tone and why (giving examples)? What type of style and why (giving examples)?
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