Title:
STUDENTS' LEVEL OF WRITING SKILLS IN SIXTH GRADE SPECIAL PROGRAM IN JOURNALISM

Authors:
Marjorie Ann F. Deramas and MAED/Felisa D. Marbella ,Philippine

Abstract:
This study ensured the (1) level of skill students had in writing news in Grade 6 of schools that taught the Special Program in Journalism in City Sorsogon.Description-analisis was used by researchers to gather data or information that was relevant to the study. Participants in this study developed 40 students in each class and three (3) teachers from schools that carried out the Special Program in Journalism. Random sampling was used to select students while purposive sampling was used to select teachers. A writing-focused exam was given to the student to measure their level of news writing skills. Through the checklist the teacher's problem with teaching and students' problems with writing news. A personal interview was also conducted to provide enough data. The data collected was analyzed, analyzed and interpreted with the help of frequency count, mean, and ranking. Students are at a level of knowledge in writing news based on the proper use of punctuation, capital, spelling, proper use of words and order of ideas. The problems facing students in writing news and the problem of teacher counselors developing the ability of students in Grade 6 of the Special Program in Journalism are not sufficiently knowledgeable. The strategies used by teachers to teach news writing in interviews conducted include gathering newspaper and magazine news to make students more accountable for different styles of writing news, researching internet news tools and making paperwork and making news writing practices. It became a recommendation that teachers must train students to form sentences with full spirit, properly using large and small letters in sentences and the proper use of pun puny, sentence organizing and paragraphs. Learner can explain its importance to writing.