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Come to the Movies

Look in the entertainment section of the newspaper. Use the index on the front page to find it. Be creative and design an original ad for a movie that is currently showing. Try to persuade people to really want to see the movie. Be sure your ad includes quotations from critics (you can make them up) and the times the movie is shown.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Punctuation

Standard:

Students use quotation marks correctly; follow multiple-step directions.

Triangle Types

Use pictures comics or advertisements to find examples of different triangles. Trace the triangles and label them isosceles or right or equilateral.

Subject:

Geometry

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

Skill or Strand:

Triangles

Standard:

Students identify attributes of triangles.

Persuasive Writing

Look at the sports page. Pretend you are a sports promoter. Write an ad that you think would get people to come see a certain sports event. Use drawings if you like.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Applications

Standard:

Students write persuasive compositions that address reader concerns.

Before and After

Find one or more articles that describe a change that has happened or is happening. State the change. What was true before the change? What are the planned and/or unplanned effects of the change?

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Analysis of Text

Standard:

Students identify patterns found in informational text including cause and effect; use of information to make predictions.

Lining Up

Find and label examples of the following lines in your newspaper: vertical line*** horizontal line*** intersecting lines*** parallel lines and perpendicular lines.

Subject:

Geometry

Grade:

4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Lines

Standard:

Students identify lines that are parallel*** perpendicular*** intersecting*** vertical and horizontal.