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Newswriting for Radio: News Judgment: Polls, Surveys, and Studies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
So you want to be a great broadcast journalist? You should take a look at this site! It offers tons of info and pointers on radio journalism.
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Newswriting for Radio: Improving Newsroom Operations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find out the basics of newsroom operation and the expectations of the various parts of a news broadcast.
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Newswriting for Radio: Broadcast Sentence Structure

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A fabulous Newscript.com site for broadcast news writing. You can learn how to craft the perfect sentence for radio listeners.
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Newswriting for Radio: Three Styles of Radio Newswriting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great Newscript site offering links to different styles of broadcast newswriting.
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Meetings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
You will find advice about how to conduct a meeting as well as proper conduct during and after a meeting.
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Other

Nabj: National Association of Black Journalists

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From the largest media organization for people of color, this imaginative site is graphically clever with content to support it. Interesting reading for all journalists, as well as a great teaching tool for anyone interested in effective...
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Lesson Plan
New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: Logging Up Reading Mileage

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Young scholars will select and enjoy their own range of contemporary and historical texts, display a knowledge of different genre and their particular content, and identify literary aspects of chosen texts for sustained silent reading....
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Internet Press Guild: The Care and Feeding of the Press Release

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a guide for journalists who work in the field of press relations. This in-depth look at the profession and perfection of skills required to be a success may be enlightening for students interested in journalism and public relations.
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Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: News Writing: Interviews

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A variety of news writing interviews from professionals in the field. Some examples of the professionals include Andy Rooney, Kurt Loder, and Joyce Davis.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: The Feature Story?fifteen Minutes (And 500 Words) of Fame!

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for five lessons that teach students how to write feature news stories and the difference between feature and hard news articles. Students interview each other as prewriting for writing their own human interest stories. In...
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Other

The American Journalism Review

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an excellent newsletter-style site for the American Journalism Review. Aside from a ton of articles and pertinent information, it offers essential resources, first rate tools, and a huge database for journalists.
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J Learning: Your How to Site for Community Journalism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website is a tutorial in how to make an on-line community newspaper. Check out the hot topics, more learning, and latest updates sections to get more instruction.
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Other

Broadcasting Board of Governors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Promoting reliable and balanced journalism, the Broadcasting Board of Governors provides a comprehensive history, goal-set and ongoing intentions for international public broadcasting. The BBG seeks to provide unbiased and uncensored...
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American Society of Journalists and Authors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is dedicated to freelance writers and independent journalists. It serves both as a homepage for the organization and as a newsletter filled with information.
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Website
Other

National Scholastic Press Association

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
If you are involved in any way with a school newspaper, yearbook or other school publication, you should be familiar with the national Scholastic Press Association. Teachers or students with an interest in design, article ideas, or legal...
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Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: The Noisiest Cat

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a girl and her pet cat and answer questions about comprehension, conflict, supporting details, main idea, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text questions...
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Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Forgetting the Words

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a boy named Andy who has a part in the school play and answer questions about comprehension, conflict, inferencing, main idea, literary devices, and more. Links to a...
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Read Works

Read Works: Passages: The Mountain

For Teachers 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about an unexpected love and answer questions about comprehension, setting, vocabulary, transitions, and more. A paired text and questions are also available.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Express Yourself

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Test your skill at reading the emotion expressed in a face in these two matching games.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Facs: Communication Games

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This lesson engages students in communication games. Students will learn how to play "Cosmic Motions" and "Silent Ball" to practice communication skills.
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Activity
Other

Poets & Writers Magazine: Classifieds

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Found in these classifieds are numerous calls for manuscripts of various kinds (some of a somewhat controversial nature). Contests are also mentioned.
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Professional Doc
University of California

University of California Berkeley: Teaching Discussion [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A guide for instructors on how to engage students actively in discussions. SL.9-10.1 Discussion, SL.9-10.1b Group Rules, SL.9-10.1d Possitive Communication Stratagies, SL.11-12.1 Discussion, SL.11-12.1d Resolve/Synthesize
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Website
Boston University

How to Conduct a Multi Ethnic Team Reporting Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers a phenomenal plan for assembling a culturally diverse journalism team to work on a story (or series of stories) of social significance. This extensive guideline provides step by step instructions. (Note: some links may...
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Other

Public Speaking: Using Supporting Material in Your Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this website is to assist you with finding information about giving speeches and responding to other speeches or information.