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Easter Egg Surprise!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students blow up the balloon to look like an egg. In this art lesson, students tear the newpaper into little pieces and dip them into the liquid starch. Students place these strips on the balloon until the balloon is completely covered....
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Newspaper Writing on Flight in History

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars read about important events in history through newspaper articles. In this newspaper lesson plan, students look at different writing styles and author's bias in different articles about the same event. They write their own...
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Earthquake Science Project

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners simulate the Earth's plates moving like an earthquake by using newspaper and soil. For this earthquake lesson plan, students push and pull the newspaper together that has soil on top and observe what happens.
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"The Science Times"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create their own newspaper after gathering information at the Museum of Natural History's Hall of Biodiversity.
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Fragments Wanted (Not)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students rewrite newspaper employment ads using complete sentences.
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Major people and events of WWII

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders research major people from WWII. They interview each person in their group, then create a newspaper which contains articles, advertisements and illustrations from the WWWII period.
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What's in the Classified Section

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, students discover the classified section of the newspaper. Students use a newspaper to find 3 different ads for pets and answer 5 questions.
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Lesson 11: Comprehending the Classified Ads

For Students 7th - 8th
In this language arts worksheet, students receive direct instruction in how to read and comprehend newspaper classified advertisements. They reflect and review after reading the advertisements. They explore different sections of the...
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What's the News?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate current events. In this current events instructional activity, students identify current events from newspaper articles and place them on a timeline.
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Journalistic Scenarios

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students role play as the editor of the student newspaper and make decisions about printing stories. In this newspaper editor instructional activity, students read the given journalism scenarios and determine if they, as editor, would...
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Conducting the "Orchestra": How to Implement the Maestro

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students work as a team member to produce a newspaper.  In this newspaper production lesson plan, students understand the role that each staff member plays in the production of a publication as they demonstrate commitment to...
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Go For the Gold!: Ancient Olympics For Grades 4-8

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create an ancient Greek newspaper with articles about the Olympics. They perform online research on the pentathalon. Students discuss present-day atheletes. They create a map of cities where the olympics were held.
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Stanley's Story

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils create a newspaper story based on the events that occur in the novel Holes. They recall the basic facts of Stanley's story using the 5 W's plus H. Students write a fact based news story based on the information presented in the...
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Buoyancy

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this buoyancy worksheet, learners use clay, water, newspaper, and more to create buoyant objects. Students follow 5 directions, and answer 4 questions.
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Comments

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Pupils evaluate newspaper articles. In this newspaper article lesson students compare newspaper articles. They  comment on headlines, language choices, quality and clarity, and impact on the reader.
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Bringing It All Together

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners create a small, six page newspaper to prepare for a staff position. In this newspaper creation lesson plan, learners fill out story idea sheets, pick timely stories, assign photos, and arrange for editorial art to be drawn for...
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Super Dollar Special

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read the Super Dollar Special. In this advertisement lesson, students read an article consider placing an advertisement in the newspaper. They work on summarizing what they've read and using context clues.
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Which Comic Strip Character is Like You?

For Students 5th - 6th
In 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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Practicing Paleontology

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this paleontology instructional activity, students use newspaper, fossils, a ruler, and more to discover what is inside a fossil. Students then answer 4 questions about their activity.
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What Is a Newspaper?

For Students 7th - 10th
In this journalism activity, students read and analyze an article about newspapers and complete a variety of activities along with answering twenty four comprehension questions.
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Newspaper Poems

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders appreciate the value of words, review the parts of speech, create original poetry, shape the poem, and write an explanation of the images he/she has created.
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Civil War Telecollaborative Newspaper

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders produce Civil War newspapers.
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Newspaper Articles

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders summarize a newspaper article. In this writing lesson students choose a newspaper article about an environmental issue. The students summarize the article and devise a solution to the environmental issue.
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Newspaper Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars cut out nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs from newspapers and create poems using words they have found.

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