The Moses Newspaper Story

Moses Newspaper Story The story of Moses is fascinating. Moses struggles with his call to leadership by God. He is called by God when he encounters the Burning Bush. However, Moses does not feel secure enough to lead the people and to be an eloquent speaker. Eventually, Moses finds his strength to confront Pharaoh and to lead the people out of slavery in Egypt. Write a newspaper article detailing Moses’ encounter with the Burning Bush, Moses’ resistance to God, Moses choosing Aaron as his assistant, and Moses returning to Egypt and confronting Pharaoh. Objectives: to demonstrate a comprehension of the story of Moses’ encounter of the Burning
Bush, Moses’ hesitation , and Moses returning to Egypt and confronting the Pharaoh
Skills:
Practice writing concise, informative, and summary sentences.
Practice writing dialogue Gather information: Read Exodus 3:1­5:23 Summarize the main story: on a separate sheet of paper (or google doc) bullet point the main events of the story: (This is merely to help you organize your thoughts. This IS NOT turned in)
● Moses encounters the burning bush
● Moses chooses Aaron as his assistant
● Moses returns to Egypt
● Moses confronts Pharaoh
● Pharaoh’s response Quotes: Find no less than five quotes (verses) to use in your newspaper story.
Type: your story must be typed and turned in (hard copy) on Monday, Nov. 24 (Block 5) and
Tuesday Nov 25 (Block 2) Bold and cite
:
Bold and cite your five quotes in your newspaper article. (For example:
Moses articulated that he doubted his leadership capabilities by asking, “
But suppose they do not believe me or listen to me? For they may say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you .’”” (Ex. 4:1) Underline:
Underline elements in your story that address the five bullet points above (Moses encounters the Burning Bush, Moses chooses Aaron as his assistant, Moses returns to Egypt,
Moses confronts Pharaoh, and Pharaoh’s response.)
For example:
When Pharaoh heard Moses’ request to let the Israelites hold a feast for the
Lord, Pharaoh reportedly increased the labor of the Israelites. Pharaoh no longer supplied

the straw for the brick making and forced the Israelites to find their own straw. However, the
Pharaoh kept the quota of bricks the
same. Elements of a news story
:
● concise sentences
● third person (he, she, it, they)
○ do not use “I” or “you” unless you are using a direct quote
● quotes
● reporting of facts
○ do not editorialize (meaning do not add in your own opinion)
● formatting of quotes: Moses replied, “________.” Grade:
● do you describe the five events? Are they underlined? (10 pts total­ for each event and underlined)
● do you include and bold your five quotes? (10­ pts total points for each event and quote
● are the sentences concise and to the point? (5 pts)
● grammar­­while I will correct basic sentence structure, your grammar grade will be focused solely on spelling and punctuation, particularly with dialogue (5 pts)