Using A Newspaper Index

Students explore language arts by participating in a newspaper analysis activity. In this journalism lesson plan, students identify how newspapers present stories, who is writing them and how they can obtain information from them....

Students examine the use of a newspaper index. In this newspaper index lesson, students review the use of an index in books before applying the knowledge to finding items in a newspaper. They work with a partner to find the answers to a...

Students explore language arts by completing a newspaper activity with a partner. For this vocabulary identification lesson, students read a news article with a partner and identify the different words they are familiar with. Students...

Discover journalistic techniques by having learners prepare and write their own class newspaper. They discuss the five W's of investigative journalism and conduct interviews with school figures. They utilize video technology, podcast...

Students utilize the Big Bus 'Newspaper Office' to develop skills in writing homophones that are appropriately spelled correctly from the words provided. They participate in a mystery adventure that contains three separate challenges for...

Students create a newspaper layout. In this journalism instructional activity, students view different types of newspaper layouts on various websites. Students use oaktag to construct a new layout for their school newspaper. Each student...

Use Barbara Joosse's heartwarming story I Love You the Purplest (which can be found on YouTube if you don't have it) to practice vocabulary in context with emerging readers. This sensory text is an excellent opportunity to learn new...

Students find 26 words they don't know in the newspaper (one for each letter of the alphabet) and learn more about them. They create index flash cards with definitions and write a sentence using each new word.

Students read about and discuss three important events that led up to the American Revolution. They research and present information on the French and Indian War, the Sugar Act, and the Stamp Act then write a short newspaper article...

Students read the local newspaper and interpret the written information.