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Introducing Students to Newspapers- Six introductory activities.
Your students will get much more out of newspaper lessons in the classroom and newspaper reading in general when you take time to teach ABOUT the newspaper BEFORE you begin teaching WITH the newspaper.
Get Ready To Get Involved
Operation Target Date
Gather newspapers published on a specific date and use them in a comparison study. Select a random date or choose a date because of its expected news, such as the day after elections or the Super Bowl. Have students write letters to newspapers to request copies or visit newspapers Web sites.
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FREE NIE Curriculum Guides:
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Connect to the World:
Improving Comprehension:
Ready-to-use lessons help students develop comprehension skills by making connections between the known and the unknown. |  Newspapers Now: Developing Comprehension & Research Skills:
Encourage students to explore the full range of information in the newspaper, while making connections that improve comprehension. Lessons focus on community, government, international news, editorial and news analysis, advertising, sports and leisure. |
Citizens
Together: You and Your Newspaper:Explore freedoms protected by
the Bill of Rights, with emphasis on rights to know, to express one’s
opinion, to assemble, to be secure and to the legal system.
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Your
Newspaper, Your Town Hall:Provides lessons related to the newspaper’s
coverage of town/city government and the local community.
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Freedom:
It Looks Good On You: First amendment teaching and curriculum guide
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Speaking
of a Free Press: 200 years of notable quotations about press freedoms
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Activities
help students develop and extend their ability to comprehend informational
text structures and organization. Includes special section of activity
pages for elementary grades.
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Thoughtful
Literacy: Easy-to-use lessons actively engage and empower students
with effective classroom practices of managed choice, multi-source
curriculum, multi-task learning and meaningful classroom discussion.
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great resource for introducing students to newspapers. Topics include
news gathering, newspaper sections, types of writing, advertising,
production, history, careers and terms.
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Printable NIE Lessons and Activity Sheets:
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Newspaper Circles:
Print one per each group of 5 students. Includes roles for summarizer, vocabulary person, quoter, connector and illustrator.
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Learn and Serve:
Supplemental newspaper-based activities to use with Service–Learning Programs.
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Constitution Scavenger Hunt
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