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You are the Chief Reporter for The Beijing Times.As luck would have it you are visiting Mt Lishan in China in March 1974 . It is at this time that the Terracotta Warriors are discovered. Using information from the internet sites provided above you are to write a front page newspaper story on this remarkable discovery.

This article is to be presented using ICT. You may choose to use either Word or Publisher. The article must include the key elements of a good newspaper story. They are Who? What? When? Where? and Why? A template to assist you with your planning can be downloaded here.

To assist you in setting out the format of your front page story you may wish to view this resource provided by The Age and identify the key aspects of a front page newspaper story.

Another excellent resource is The Herald Sun booklet (page 40 - 41) which provides cleaer outline of how to write a news story.