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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scary Stuff

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders interview community members for a newspaper, design a business brochure, write a disappearing ghost story, and try their hands at monoprinting. This series of three lessons combines art, journalism, and creative writing....
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Students Write a Newspaper

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this project-based language development lesson, English Language Learners learn about the newspaper publication and create their own newspaper that covers stories about their school year. The lesson format follows the Sheltered...
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Website
Other

Ron Reason: Design With Reason

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Ron Reason is a very good site devoted to newspaper designs and articles pertaining to them. Offers tips on designs and interesting articles with photos.
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Website
Other

Crayon: Create Your Own Newspaper

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This site offers helpful templates and formatting advice for students to create their own newspaper.
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: In the Newspaper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is In the Newspaper. Other links are included.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Newspaper

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to images, websites, a template, and a video about creating a newspaper.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Features of a Newspaper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[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...
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Lesson Plan
Other

School Journalism: Lesson Plans: An Introduction to Newspaper Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This resource presents a lesson plan that is designed for a block schedule that takes students through the basics of newspaper design and redesign of their school paper.