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It's Happening Where: Graphic Organizer #1 for Newspaper Articles OrganizerIt's Happening Where: Graphic Organizer #1 for Newspaper Articles Organizer
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It's Happening Where: Graphic Organizer #1 for Newspaper Articles

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Planning a newspaper or journalism unit? Use these graphic organizer to help your young reporters organizer their articles. The first page instructs users to plan out the structure of their article, while the second page prompts them to brainstorm the who, what, where, when, and why of their writing. You could also use this activity in a social studies class, as the geographic location of the event is emphasized within the graphic organizer.

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6th - 9th
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English Language Arts
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Graphic Organizers
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