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Where Do I Begin: Writing an Effective Feature Story
High schoolers write an effective feature story. For this journalism lesson plan, students learn through 6 activities to ask open-ended questions, write effective leads, and handle quotes, and write headlines for news stories.
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Creating a Digital Newspaper
Students create a digital newspaper. In this digital newspaper lesson, students review the sections of a newspaper and brainstorm ideas for their paper. Students complete a schools news report, student interview, opinion page, sports...
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Cat Study Article
Young scholars write a letter to the editor of USA Today. In this letter writing lesson plan, students read a newspaper article about cats and consider a dog or cat's view on current events. Young scholars reflect this perspective in...
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Solving Mysteries!
Students solve a mystery. For this lesson on journalism, students learn how writing an article is like solving a mystery by answering the 5 "W" questions. Students solve a mystery provided to them on an attached worksheet.
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Planning for A Letter to the Editor
In this letter to the editor worksheet, students brainstorm and fill in the blanks to a graphic organizer that would help them write a letter to an editor. Students complete 12 spaces in the graphic organizer.
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How the Test Was Won
Students create 'Wanted' posters based around their state testing activities. In this state technology integration lesson, students take pictures of themselves in sepia tone in an Old West pose. Students write captions for the photos...
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News to the Core Reported by Very Special Students
Students create news articles that help them build their knowledge, skills, and academic confidence. In this special education lesson, students use previous knowledge to write a newsletter and demonstrate their understanding of various...
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The Five Ws of Journalism
Students write a mock article. In this journalism instructional activity, students define the word "article" and learn the five W's of article writing. Students complete a worksheet and write a paragraph using what they have learned.
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Inquiring Minds Want To Know
In this news stories worksheet, students read a list of four possible headlines. Students choose one and write a news story that might have gotten that headline.
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Inquiring Minds Want to Know - Number 4
For this news story worksheet, students read the headlines for the four news stories and write the news story for one of the four headlines.
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What's the News?
Students investigate current events. In this current events lesson, students identify current events from newspaper articles and place them on a timeline.
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Technology
Students create podcasts. In this technology instructional activity, students familiarize themselves with podcasts and develop their own podcast about a current event.
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Science TV: Making it Real
Learners explore the ways science is presented in a children's television show. Students conduct internet research, and then create and design a skit that highlights the problem-solving process.
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Comment
In this comment writing worksheet, students read a magazine or newspaper story and answer the 4 questions about the story. Students back up their comments by giving examples from the text.
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Help Wanted
In this factual text worksheet, 6th graders read through several want ads and then answer the detailed questions that follow to check their reading comprehension skills.
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I Spy Worksheet - Webpage and Newspaper Writing Practice
In this job identification worksheet, students examine several pictures from varying webpages to infer the job detailed in the scene. Then students pretend they are a reporter and write a news article about the job making sure to include...
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Newspaper Article
In this newspaper article worksheet, students read the newspaper article, "The Bears Beat the Sharks", answer 10 questions with multiple choice answers and put 8 events from the article in chronological order.
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Which Comic Strip Character is Like You?
For this language arts worksheet, students examine the comic pages of a newspaper. Students find a character like them in some way and answer 4 questions.
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Inquiring Minds Want to Know 2
In this writing worksheet, students read and analyze 4 newspaper headlines which are unusual and intriguing. Students choose one and write the newspaper article which could have matched the headline.
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What's in a Newspaper
In this what's in a newspaper worksheet, students analyze different aspects of a newspaper. Students give the title and reason why ads, news, features, and editorials are in the paper.
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bbc news: school report
For this journalism worksheet, students choose a subject for a news report. They create a list of three people they would like to interview. They write 3 questions to ask, and indicate if the question relates to a fact or opinion.
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Journal Assignment Directions
In this journalism analysis worksheet, students choose and editorial article and analyze the content. Students will write articles with a minimum of 350 words.
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Putin Criticizes Estonia Over War Memorial
Pupils read and discuss the vocabulary related to a news article about diplomatic relations between Estonia and Russia. They read the article, define key vocabulary terms, discuss verbs and prepositions, participate in a role-playing...
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Mars Bars To Remain Vegetarian
Students read, analyze and critique a newspaper article about a chocolate manufacturer that reverses their decision to change ingredients. They assess key vocabulary terms found in the article and explore how to write a recipe.