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Heads Up for Headlines!
Young scholars write headlines expressing the main idea of a group of de-headed news stories.
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Front Page News
Students compare and contrast front-page stories from two local or state newspapers.
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The Year That Was
Students identify some of the significant events that helped to shape 2007. They play the "The Learning Network's Farewell, 2007" news quiz. Students create their own short quizzes that focus on some of the specific areas or events...
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Bovine Oversteps Boundaries
Students listen to story of Grady, the Silo Cow, review vocabulary in story, look at newspaper headlines and discuss purpose of headlines, determine what makes a good headline, create three headlines of their own for story of Grady, and...
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Spedwards Times
Students research parts of existing newspapers by having a newspaper treasure hunt. Students glue pieces found on poster board with headings. Students meet and interview a newspaper reporter. Students create a name and masthead for...
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The Daily News
Students use headlines to recall and write about important events in the school day. This activity can be done with the whole class at circle time, at the beginning or end of the school day, individually in daily news journals. Students...
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Headlines - Types of Titles
Students evaluate headlines. They discover the characteristics of headlines. They compose and examine headlines for a given story. Students write news reports for headlines.
Other
Nabj: National Association of Black Journalists
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...
Other
Edward Lowe Foundation: Creating Effective Advertisements
Guidelines to the advertising process, including copy length, ad placement, and the like.
Other
Top7 business.com: More Attention Grabbing Headlines
The premise is that brainstorming is effective as is focusing on the message. Discusses the advantages of "discovering" unique advantages of product & service, & what practice produces. Explanations are clear and easy to follow.
Poynter Institute
Poynter Institute: The Elements of Powerful Pages
Very brief article from the Poynter Institute that covers four basic design rules for effective pages.
NBC
Nbc: Breaking News and Top Stories
A 24/7 news feed of the most current, real time news by editors monitoring social media.
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Headline Challenges
Writing good headlines is a never-ending challenge to editors. Try your hand at creating good ones for these stories, and compare your results with the professional editors.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Features of a Newspaper
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart that examines the way in which newspapers and articles are constructed. The end of the flipchart focuses specifically on the battle of Glencoe, but the majority of the flipchart has much...