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Greeting – Newspapers – Making Sense of Our World

Rationale

Curriculum expectations covered

Getting Started

Glossary of Terms

Links

Lesson 1: Becoming a Reader

Lesson 2: Scavenger Hunt (student handout – Scavenger Hunt)

Lesson 3: You Be the Judge, the Role of an Editor

Lesson 4: The News Story

• Student Handout – What is a “Hard” News Story?
• Student Handout - The “Soft” News Story
• Sample Newspaper Stories

Lesson 5: How a News Story is Organized

• Student Handout – The Inverted Pyramid
• Sample Newspaper Stories
• Cross curriculum connection – News Writing Opportunities with Literature Connections
• Teacher Notes – What a News Story Might Look Like

Lesson 6: Writing a News Story

• Teacher Assessment Tool – Rubric for a News Story
• Sample News Story

Lesson 7: Student Handout Using Quotes in a Story

• Sample Quotes in News Stories

Lesson 8: The Breaking Story

• Teacher Notes – Rock Concert – What the Story Might Look Like
• Student Handout – Rock Concert – The Hard News Story
• Student Handout – Rock Concert Press Conference – Cast of Characters

Lesson 9: Where Does News Come From?

• Sample News Release

Lesson 10: Writing a Review – 3 parts

• Sample Review
• Student Handout – Writing a Review
• Teacher Assessment Tool – Rubric for a Review/ Writing a Review Marking Sheet

Lesson 11: Bugs & Beefs, Editorial Writing – 2 parts

• Sample Editorial
• Student Handout – Writing an Editorial
• Teacher Assessment Tool – Rubric for an Editorial/ Writing a Review Marking Sheet

Culminating Activity

• Teacher Instructions – How to Create a Newspage Using Microsoft Publisher
• Teacher Notes – Sample of Newspage
• Student Handout – Creating a Newspage: Final Assignment Instructions
• Student Handout – Newspaper Assignment Sheet
• Student Handout – Fonts for Newspage Design
• Teacher Assessment Tool – Marking Scheme for Newspaper Production
• Teacher Assessment Tool – Rubric for Newspaper Production