Get the scoop with a fun, engaging newspaper project. After analyzing the parts of a newspaper, including the headline, subtitles, and pictures or images, young journalists get to work by writing their own stories in a newspaper article format.

Concepts

newspapers, informational texts, journalism, nonfiction text features, news headlines, the 5 w's

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a cross-curricular project between social studies and language arts for learners to write about current events
• Set your newspaper during a particular time period that corresponds with your class novel unit, and have young writers report on events that come up in the book
• Publish the newspapers to display for an Open House or Parents' Night

Classroom Considerations

• Some of the formatting on the worksheets is a little small and hard to read
• Lesson is divided into seven sessions, but you could organize it differently based on the length of your class periods and needs of your curriculum

Pros

• Versatile for any subject or topic you're covering
• Focuses on nonfiction text features
• Great for both language arts and journalism classes
• Provides all necessary worksheet and auxiliary materials

Cons

• The link in the fourth session is not working

Common Core

W.6.2.a W.7.2.a W.8.2.a