Sentence examples for sample headlines from inspiring English sources

To test their news ideas, students will practice writing sample headlines and leads for their ideas.

3. Propose article ideas and write sample headlines and leads for possible stories to pursue.

Sample headlines: "Termination notices have been sent to every teacher in the Providence public school system"; "Aid cuts have Texas schools scrambling -- in a frantic effort to raise cash, a rural school superintendent is planning to put advertisements on school buses and to let retailers have space on the school Web site"; and on and on.

A sample headline: "Ferris Mewler and Rolly Demonstrate Ophiolite Tectonics".

Sample headline from the Daily Mail: "Dolls?

(A sample headline from the Daily Kos: "US and British News Corp outlets share similarities in agendas, practices").

(Sample headline: "Curler Likes an S.U.V. With Room for the Brooms").

A sample headline: "There's More To The Duke Of Burgundy Than Lesbians Pissing On Each Other".

It is aimed at young, obsessive fans and is full of hip-hop idiom (sample headline: "HE READY"; sample text: "Holla at a player, yo").

(Sample headline atop one of the many stories about Nunberg's little odyssey: "The 42 craziest quotes from Sam Nunberg's absolutely bonkers CNN interviews").

These elements may be significantly altered once the article is reported, however a sample headline and lead will allow students to pose questions about the idea – Is this interesting?