Curated OER
Extra, Extra Write All About It!
Students examine photographs from newspapers and write a headline and story for one of the examples. In this news writing lesson, students analyze a photograph as a class and discuss it. Students analyze photographs and example headlines...
Curated OER
Historic Headline
Learners develop a newspaper headline based on factual events obtained from viewing a Florida Archives film clip. They brainstorm ideas and prepare a rough draft of their headline. They post headlines around the room for the entire class...
Curated OER
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...
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.
Education Development Center
Education Development Center: Tv411: Parts of a Newspaper
Students click through a lesson about the parts of a newspaper and answer questions about the types of articles found in each section, headlines, and captions that would go with photographs. Links to related videos are also provided.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Psychology of Listicles
See a catchy headline? BrainCraft's Vanessa Hill helps us to find out the science behind why listicles are so popular.