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- 6th - 12th
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Students learn the difference between hard news and feature writing. They choose one of these news styles to write a compelling weather-related article based on interviews with local sources. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students define a straight news article, and identify characteristics of an editorial news feature. They read a CNN article that examines the 2000 presidential election, and determine what is factual and what is opinion. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain the basic elements of features, editorials, and news stories. Also, students identify and explain the difference of these types of articles in comparison to an essay. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students develop the skills to generate news stories themselves, inspired both by current news and by original ideas unrelated to current news. They critically analyze elements of feature stories and focus on the skills required for feature writing. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students work in small groups to identify the following categories of news articles: hard news, features, announcements, and opinion/personal reflection. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students work in a small group to create news stories, feature stories and editorials/letters to the editor and organize them in a podcast, video-based program, or newspaper/magazine focused on Hurricane Katrina. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students consider the role of multimedia news features. They analyze the New York Times coverage of the president's State of the Union address. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students research an event in history from different perspectives. They discuss the characteristics of a nightly news broadcast and create their own based on the history event they researched. They work together to produce this broadcast to the class. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students investigate dress codes in their school and how they compare to what courts have ruled as well as interview school administrators, students, and teachers on their views of the dress code. Students then write a news feature about dress codes in the school. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore controversial issues related to food production and the treatment of animals and report on the issues in balanced news features. They discuss the definition of humane treatment of animals from different perspectives. Full Review »
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