Blog #36: January 15, 2021

 

               Hello everyone,  today I will be doing my first practice of writing a                 magazine feature.  This is so when I create both my practice and final double page spread I will be able to actually write content relating to the magazine. I will be writing a narrative feature from information that my teacher has provided me with, you can find the original information in this  link:  https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199846412/student/chapter17/exercise/ex5/   

The Original Text:

"Someone called 18 people in the city last night. The caller identified himself as the president of Rutherford Ford, Inc., 2780 Doss Boulevard. He told each of the people that they had just won a new car from his dealership. Interviewed by reporters today, most of the people who received the calls said that at first they just couldn't believe it. And they were right. They couldn't. The person who called was a prankster, and Allen Rutherford, president of the dealership, says he has no idea who placed he calls, and that he's spending all his time today trying to explain the situation to those 18 people. "Someone apparently has a sick idea of humor," Rutherford said. After convincing people they had won a new car, the caller asked them to drop by the dealership this morning to pick it up. All 18 were there when the dealership opened its doors at 9 a.m. "I told them we never offered to give away a car," Rutherford said. "One woman told me she couldn't believe she'd won, and then she told me she couldn't believe it when I told her she hadn't. Two other women began to cry, and a man is threatening to sue me."

    My Practice Feature Lead, which I decided to make a Narrative Lead: 

              Allen Rutherford was in for a shock when a prankster who “…has a sick idea of humor," decided to call 18 people in the city last night. This unidentified caller decided to introduce himself to 18 people as the president of Rutherford Ford, Inc., 2780 Doss Boulevard and told them that they all won a free car from “his” dealership. He then convinced each individual that they truly won a car and asked them to arrive at the dealership by 9 a.m.