Article writing - non-fiction writing skills

A series of 5 fully resourced and differentiated lessons focused on reading and writing non-fiction articles.
In the first lesson, students recap persuasive language features.
In the second lesson, students develop understanding of broadsheet and tabloid newspapers and compare the features.
In the third lesson, students analyse a model newspaper article and focus on identifying the structure of a report.
In the fourth lesson, students take part in a crime scene lesson to collate facts and information to prepare them to write their own articles.
In the fifth lesson, students write their newspaper articles. This could easily become a sixth lesson.