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Choose 1 of the following video news reports:
Project Details:
- Watch the video news report
- Choose the parts of the news report you would like to focus on You can't report on it all!
- Write a news report that includes:
- informative title
- details about the news you are reporting on - where, when, what, why
- 2 direct quotes (using "quotation marks" - what was said)
- 2 indirect quotes (without quotation marks - reporting on what was said)
*Please type your report in Microsoft Word and then copy it into a Blog comment. READ your report before publishing your Blog comment.
You can read the report I posted for an example of what I am looking for. You may have to watch the video a few times as you type to record the direct and indirect quotes.
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Thousands Flee as Fires Burns Homes in Santa Barbara Area
Santa Barbara, CA - A wildfire that burned at least a dozen homes quieted at dawn today, but it was still out of control, thousands of people remained out of their homes and another round of howling winds was expected later in the day.
More fire crews were called in from around the state to battle the blaze that had swelled to 500 acres and forced the evacuation of more than 13,000 people in this scenic coastal city.
It was reported that eight firefighters were injured, at least three seriously, and the number of evacuees could double later in the day."We really can't do any containment lines. It's too dangerous," Santa Barbara County fire Capt. David Sadecki said. "We're doing some structure protection, but firefighters can be in a safe location one minute and in a dangerous situation the next."
While the morning was cool and breezy, temperatures were expected to top 100 degrees and winds picking up through the day could gust up to 50 mph. Sadecki told us that those were the same conditions that drove the tame blaze into ferocious activity Wednesday afternoon."Today is a concern to us," Sadecki said. "It could be a mirror of yesterday."
At least a dozen homes, some of them mansions, were reduced to rubble but authorities had no precise figure. The flames hopscotched across the canyon homes, burning some while sparing others.
NOTE:
The sentences in Italics are indirect quotations and the sentences in "quotation marks" are direct quotations (exactly what the person said). Make sure to have 2 of each kind of quotation in your news report.
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