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News Writing

• GIST: A Summarizing Strategy for Use in Any Content Area
  This lesson comprises a series of activities in which students are introduced to the GIST summarizing strategy. They read newspaper articles obtained from newspaper Web sites and identify the "5Ws and H" of journalism.
  http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=290
• Creating a Classroom Newspaper
  This lesson provides students with the opportunity to write authentic newspaper stories.
  http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=249
• "5 W's + 1 H" Lesson
  Students will approach a familiar story (Goldilocks and the Three Bears) from the perspective of a newspaper reporter and apply the 5 W's + 1 H to it.
  http://www.kidzone.ws/plans/view.asp?i=60
• What's in the News? Summarizing a Novel Using the 5 W's
  Students will use important events from a novel to create a 2-page newspaper featuring news articles about each event.
  http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/act/grade8/act8.asp?ID=1092
• PBS: Newspaper Reporting and Writing
  In this PBS lesson students author a newspaper about Hemingway's life, especially his interests and travels. Students identify the many characteristics of a newspaper and create a published document.
  http://www.pbs.org/hemingwayadventure/class2.html
• The Whole Story: Learning to Write Informative and Thorough News Articles
  By focusing on who, what, when, where, why, and how questions, students learn to thoroughly analyze and report on important world events.
  http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20030314friday.html

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