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A creative Newspaper Story Activity

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Grade Level Grades 6-8
Resource Type Activity
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A creative Newspaper Story Activity

About This Lesson

Take a well-known nursery rhyme and create a newspaper article about it. review the features of a newspaper article. review creative writing; newspaper-style. Step by Step instructions and advice for students in a two sided worksheet. To support students further before writing begins; there is another example of a story with a short Reading Task to complete; which should help students to organize their thoughts. Aligned with Common Core Standards: RL.6.9, RL.7.9, RL.8.9

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Evil_teen_traps_kitten_down_well.doc

February 10, 2020
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A_Detective_At_Work.doc

February 10, 2020
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Piper's_Son_in_Pig_Theft_(1).doc

February 10, 2020
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Standards

Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.
Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.
4.0
2 Reviews
niceangel.lovely_1841117
November 06, 2016
SML Member
July 04, 2016
SML Member
January 30, 2016
Very useful resource.
agatha4life
May 13, 2013
A very useful resource which students will enjoy. There are here a number of learning opportunities, in particular an awareness and appreciation of purpose and audience when writing in a variety of styles.
SML Member
December 09, 2011
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