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Many Ways to Say It

How many synonyms can you find for beat? Look through the headlines from the sports section. Cut out ten headlines that use words that mean beat. (For example: trounces*** shuts out*** etc.). Paste these headlines on your piece of construction paper. Underline the words that mean beat.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Vocabulary Development

Standard:

Students use knowledge of synonyms to determine meaning of words.

What's the Point?

Find a cartoon on the editorial page. What point do you think the cartoonist is trying to make? Why would a newspaper include such a cartoon?

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Analysis of Text

Standard:

Students analyze text and illustrations to get meaning.

Pollution Solution

Pollution happens when damaging things are placed in our environment. There are several kinds of pollution in the news each day. Find as many articles as you can that discuss preventive measures being used to fight pollution. Make a list detailing the techniques being used to prevent pollution. Beside each technique list the organization or group of people using it.

Subject:

Life Science

Grade:

7th 9th 10th

Skill or Strand:

Ecosystems

Standard:

Students analyze the affects of pollution on living things.

Facts and Opinions

Read an editorial from the newspaper. On a piece of paper write FACTS on one side and OPINIONS on the other. List the facts from the editorial. List the opinions. Find stories in the paper about a controversial subject. After you read the stories decide what your opinion is on the issue. Write your own editorial.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Skill or Strand:

Analysis of Text

Standard:

Students exact appropriate information from text and distinguish between fact and opinion.

Editorial Topics

Look at the editorials in today's newspaper. Underline the main idea or topic of each. Now make a list of topics you would write editorials about if you were the editor.

Subject:

Newspaper

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Skill or Strand:

Analysis of Text

Standard:

Students identify the main idea of an editorial; understand the use of editorials and gain meaning from text.

Name Power

Look through the advertising section of the newspaper to find as many names of cars as you can. Cut them out. Look in a dictionary or encyclopedia to see what each name means.. Draw or paste a picture beside each car name to show what you have found. Why do you think manufacturers chose those names?

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Following Directions

Standard:

Students follow simple multiple-step directions using a newspaper dictionary and/or encyclopedia to learn the meaning of unknown words*** recognize the origin of foreign words used in English and make reasonable assertions through supportive details.

Name Power

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Following Directions

Standard:

Students follow simple multiple-step directions using a newspaper dictionary and/or encyclopedia to learn the meaning of unknown words recognize the origin of foreign words used in English and make reasonable assertions through supportive details.

Whatever Crops Up

To crop a picture is to cut away or eliminate part of it so it fits a particular size or emphasizes a specific item. Practice cropping pictures from the newspaper. Cut out ten pictures from the paper. Crop the picture until you have an image you think is just right. Does the cutline have to be changed or does it still convey what the picture is about?

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Following Directions

Standard:

Students follow simple multiple-step directions.

Evaluating Advertising

Look through the newspaper to find three ads you think are effective or well designed. For each ad list the reasons you think so. What reasons do they have in common?

Subject:

Newspaper

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Advertising

Standard:

Students identify features of effective advertisements.

Measurement

Choose a page of your newspaper. Count the number of news stories on the page. Count the number of ads. Use a ruler to measure the length of a news column. If a column is one column wide and two inches long it is called 2 column inches. How many column inches are in one news story? Ads can be measured the same way. On one the newspaper how many column inches are ads and how many are editorial? Make bar graphs showing your results.

Subject:

Organizing Data

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

Skill or Strand:

Graphing

Standard:

Students summarize and display data results in a clear and organized way.