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Changing Heads

Sometimes headlines have to be rewritten. An editor may not like the choice of words used by the headline writer. Pretend you are rewriting a headline and use as many synonyms as you can for the words in a newspaper headline. For fun change the meaning entirely by substituting antonyms.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Skill or Strand:

Editing

Standard:

Students edit and revise sentences by adding deleting or replacing words.

Expressing Opinion

Circle all the articles*** pictures etc. where an opinion is expressed. Which section has the most circles? Graph and discuss your results.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Skill or Strand:

Opinion and Fact

Standard:

Students distinguish between opinions and facts in text.

Expressing Opinion

Circle all the articles*** pictures etc. where an opinion is expressed. Which section has the most circles? Graph and discuss your results.

Subject:

Investigations & Methods

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Graphing

Standard:

Students use graphs to explain information.

Vocabulary & Spelling

Develop a word bank. Decorate a vocabulary box. Choose important words from the news and deposit them in the box. Open the box once a week. Discuss the words' meanings and their spelling. Look for interesting origins of words by using the dictionary to see their language of origin.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Skill or Strand:

Vocabulary Development

Standard:

Students use Greek*** Latin*** and Anglo-Saxon roots and prefixes to understand the meaning of words.

Vowels Are Important

Use a marker to circle all of the words in the headlines that begin with vowel sounds. Put a line over the vowels that have long vowel sounds.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd

Skill or Strand:

Decoding

Standard:

Students distinguish long and short vowel sounds.