Newspapers
in the Classroom
Choose your classroom activities for
National
Newspaper
Week,
Oct
2-8. Journalism is a vital part of the English language arts and composition
curriculum, as confirmed in NCTE's 2004 Resolution
on the Importance of Journalism Courses and Programs in English Curricula.
The following resources provide options for using newspapers in the classroom
at all educational levels.
Elementary students can explore the parts of a newspaper and then create their
own class newspapers or newsletters, using the ReadWriteThink
Printing Press (G). Students might compose a class newsletter for family
members or create a newspaper inspired by a recent class reading.
If you work with middle level
students, try the ReadWriteThink lesson Imagine
That! Playing with Genre through
Newspapers and Short Stories (M), which asks students to condense a short
story into a newspaper article and expand an article into a short story.
The Teaching English in the Two-Year College article "Using
Journalism Writing to Improve College Composition" (C) explores news gathering and
news writing techniques common to feature writing and outlines a
profile writing project.
For activities that use newspapers to teach passive voice, explore research
paper alternatives, discuss audience awareness, check out the chapter
excerpt from the NCTE book Applying
NCTE/IRA Standards in Classroom Journalism Projects: Activities and Scenarios (M-S).
Looking for more? If you're planning on attending NCTE's
Annual Convention in Pittsburgh this November, check out Workshop W.18 Applying
NCTE Standards in Classroom Journalism Projects (M-S-C), which will be
lead by the book's authors.
NOTE: Free access to journal articles mentioned in this Inbox is provided
for 21 days. After this free access period expires, articles are available
to journal subscribers only. This Inbox Idea was published 09-27-2005.
Initials in annotations indicate academic level of the resource (E=Elementary,
M=Middle, S=Secondary, C=College, G=General).
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