Be a Reporter (The 5 W's and an H)

In this writing and US history worksheet, students act as news reporters to cover the mayor's address during the Great Depression. They use their knowledge of the Great Depression and the 5 W's to write a lead newspaper report about a...

In this 5 W's worksheet, students learn to ask the 5 W questions - who, what, where, when, and why - to help them when reading a passage. Students answer questions for the story using the 5 W's and how questions. Students then complete a...

Extra, extra! Get your young journalists above the fold with a set of lessons about newspapers. Kids focus on writing articles using the 5 Ws before creating a slide show presentation and blog entry to publish their writing.

Take your 4-H teens to the next level! Help them learn how to be an active part of their communities with a teen leadership development unit. Individuals, together with school and community partners, create and execute a service-driven...

In this report writing learning exercise, learners read a passage about digging for fossils then complete 4 short answer questions that answer, where, when, why, and how. Next, students choose a topic and complete a graphic organizer...

Whether you are teaching a newspaper unit in language arts, covering the First Amendment and censorship in social studies, or focusing on writing ethics in journalism, a unit based on the foundations of journalism would be an excellent...

Why can't you answer a wh- question with yes or no? Learn about the ways you can use the five W's to form questions that will give you the most information in an answer.

Help your class explore journalism by participating in a creative writing activity. They will discuss who, what, when, where, why, and how as they help in the writing process. They will examine a story pyramid and create a story that...

Elementary schoolers observe and apply a variety of reading comprehension strategies. They silently read a passage out of their science textbook, and discuss answering the who, what, where, when, and how of the text. In small groups they...

In this 5 W's learning exercise, students identify key elements from a book they have read: who, what, where, why, when. Students write details in the five points of a star and illustrate the book in the center.