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Characteristics

Choose a comic strip character and read the comic strip for one week. Look at the situations this character gets into. Think about the way he or she looks acts and talks. Create a list of words that describe the character. After you have a good list of descriptive words write a character sketch (summary) of your comic strip person.

Subject:

Reading*** Writing

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Skill or Strand:

Comprehension*** Summarizing

Standard:

Students identify and describe characters. Students summarize to demonstrate comprehension.

Job Related

Find five pictures in today's newspaper. Cut out the pictures and paste them to a piece of blank paper. List all the jobs related to what you see in the pictures.

Subject:

Economics

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Skill or Strand:

School-to-Career

Standard:

Students identify and interpret multiple causes and effects of events.

You Be the Editor

Space in newspapers is often limited and stories sometimes have to be edited or shortened to make room. Choose a news story from the front page and edit it so it is only half the length. Do not remove any essential information. What would you remove?

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Editing

Standard:

Students edit and revise selected text by deleting*** consolidating and rearranging information.

Lead

The first sentence or paragraph of a news story is the lead. It usually answers who*** what*** when*** where*** why and how. Cut out a lead. Paste it in a scrapbook. Label it and draw lines from the words that answer who*** what*** where and why.

Subject:

Newspaper

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

Skill or Strand:

Analysis of Text

Standard:

Students identify the who****** what****** when*** and where facts in the lead sentence of a news story.

Lead

The first sentence or paragraph of a news story is the lead. It usually answers who what when where why and how. Cut out a lead. Paste it in a scrapbook. Label it and draw lines from the words that answer who what where and why.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Reading Comprehension

Standard:

Students identify the who*** what*** when*** and where facts in the lead sentence of a news story.

Characteristics

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Reading Comprehension

Standard:

Students identify themes through characters.

Index

Find the index of the paper on page A1. How many parts are in the index? Write the number beside it. On what page do the classifieds start? Look up that page number and cut out your favorite item for sale. Paste it in the index beside the spot where it tells on what section/page the classifieds begin.
Index
Books . . . . . . . . . . . C17
Business . . . . . . . . . .E1
Classified . . . . . . . . E14
Comics . . .. . . . . . . . .B4
Horoscope . . . . . . . . A6
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . .D1

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Informational Text

Standard:

Students use indexes to locate information in text.

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:

Reading

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Vocabulary Development

Standard:

Students use knowledge of antonyms and synonyms to determine meaning of words.

URBAN & RURAL

Take two sheets of blank paper. Label one URBAN. Label the other RURAL. Look through the newspaper to find pictures that show things that happen in an URBAN area and things that happen in a RURAL area. Paste them on the appropriate papers.

Subject:

Geography

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Skill or Strand:

Location

Standard:

Students identify human and physical characteristics of a place and explain how these features form the unique character of the place.

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:

Newspaper

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Layout

Standard:

Students identify the role of image selection to convey meaning.