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So I'm doing this project on "inherit the wind" and I'm supose to create a paper about the trial like im a reporter but I haveno idea what to put.. i might have some idea but im not completey full i mean do i write something like " as mr.brady was annoucing his speach for everyone to listen he suddenly had a heart ache cause of so much stressed blahb albh " type of thing? i do just write down about things that happen during the trial?

and i have another question, im supose to do a block and write dow 10 major plots , is that where i put somethig like " every person on the jury believed in god and they are closed minded"

i need help, not asking for answers just advice :]

Answer 1

A little background first:

Despite the authors' warnings, nowadays the play is typically seen as a largely true account of the Scopes Trial and thus is taken as a documentary-drama. In reality, the Encyclopedia Britannica had no entry for the Scopes trial until 1957; the entry mentioned the successful Broadway run of Inherit the Wind, giving the impression that the play was historically accurate. American high school and college texts did not mention the Scopes trial until the 1960s, usually as an example of the conflict between science and evangelical Christianity, and often in sections discussing the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. In recent decades, school texts and encyclopedia entries have continued to take the play and film as historically accurate, claiming, for example, that during the trial, Darrow made Bryan look like a fool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherit_the_Wind#The_play

Now for the real thing:

Inherit the Wind: an historical analysis
by David Menton

The film and play of the most publicized creation/evolution trial of all time are seriously biased and inaccurate.
Rarely does a year go by that the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee play and film Inherit the Wind is not produced by a local school, or shown on television somewhere. Inherit the Wind is not a documentary, but it is perceived by many viewers to be a documentary–drama of the famous 1925 Scopes ‘monkey’ trial.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v19/i1/scopes.asp

Answer 2

Put who, what, when, where in the first paragraph. Decide where in the trial your article will occur. It doesn't sound like it has to be at the end; it could be after the first day.

Something like this:
Dayton, Tenn -- The 'monkey trial' of Dayton teacher John Scopes concluded its first day at the historic Rhea County Courthouse on a dramatic note when the prosecutor, former Democratic Presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan, finished interviewing his second witness of the day before an estimated crowd of 1,000 onlookers in the sweltering heat. Presiding Judge John T. Raulston called a recess to the day's activity at 6pm, with defense attorney Clarence Darrow due to cross-examine the witness when the trial resumes .

Answer 3

start with your lede. it is a one sentence paragraph try to answer who, what , where when, and why in that sentence and listen them in order of importance.
e.x.
Next Monday Mr.Brandy will die of a heart attack.

that wasn't in order of importance but you get the picture

to write like a reporter you need to not use any creative information, no cutesy stuff....it's the news, just report it, don't dress it up and make it sound fancy.

use quotes and make sure not to state your opinion