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Words in the News: England Wins The Ashes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars discuss what they know about the game of cricket. In groups, they match new vocabulary words with their definitions. They read an article about England winning the Ashes and answer questions.
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Words in the News: India EU Trade

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners discuss what they know about world leaders. In groups, they work together to complete an exercise on the board. They practice using new vocabulary words and match them with their definitions.
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Words in the News: Maradona and the 'Hand of God'

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss what they know about the World Cup and Football. In groups, they work together to match the new vocabulary words with their definitions. They read an article about the World Cup and answer questions.
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Words in the News: Venezuela Plane Crash

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars discuss what can go wrong during a plane flight. In groups, they work together to match new vocabulary words to their definition. They read an article about a plane crash in Venezuela and answer questions.
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Words in the News: Climber Resuced From Dangerous Peak

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss information about the world's highest peaks. In groups, they work together to match new vocabulary words with their definitions. They read an article about resucing climbers from peaks and answering questions.
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Words in the News: Ukraine World Cup Excitement

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students brainstorm what they already know about the World Cup. They practice using new vocabulary words. They read an article about the World Cup in Ukraine and answer questions.
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Words in the News: Switzerland's Secret Weaon

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are asked questions about the World Cup and Switzerland. They practice using new vocabulary words. They read an article about marketing campaigns for the event and answer questions.
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Words in the News: EU Telecoms

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in groups, brainstorm different ways to communicate. They practice using new vocabulary. They read an article about communication in Europe and answer questions.
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Words in the News: Bangkok - A City on the Move

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students brainstorm on what they know about Bangkok. They practice using new vocabulary words. They read an article about the World Cup in Bangkok and answer questions to end the lesson.
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eNews@Jefferson Elementry

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write news reports from their school to publish on their website. They use graphic organizers to collect their data in an orderly fashion. The class works as a whole to produce the website.
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Let the Pictures Tell the Story: Presenting a Point of View

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the process of writing a newspaper article that presents a point of view. They read various newspaper articles, analyze methods of persuasive writing, interpret and create editorial cartoons, and write an editorial.
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Newspapers in Cyberspace: Journalism's Digital Future

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders complete a unit of lessons on how the Internet is used as a resource for journalists. They visit a newspaper office, conduct Internet research, conduct an interview, and write a newspaper article using their researched...
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A Day in the Life of a Reporter: Planning, Organizing, Writing

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine how journalists use the writing process to plan, organize, and write news stories. They watch a video, analyze how reporters develop a news story, conduct research, and write a news story.
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Weather

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils create a daily weather forecast including present temperature, high temperature, moon phase, sky watch, and occasional special reports dealing with weather phenomenon.
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A Visit to Vietnam

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete webquest to research Vietnam. They use a map to locate Vietnam. They research the climate, flora, fauna and tourism.
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Play Reporters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars are given an article from a local newspaper. They summarize the article and participate in a broadcast over the articles.
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Ball in Play

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students conduct weekly research on three to five current events. As a ball is tossed around the room, the student holding the ball presents to the class the who, what, where, when, why, and how details of their selected current event.
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Newspapers

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students work together in pairs to classify types of information that can be found in a newspaper and where to find them. They examine the contents of several newspapers and discuss the paper's organization.
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Writing Letters-to-the-Editor

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners read newspaper editorials and apply the techniques to writing about school issues or current events. They submit the writing to the principal or newspaper editor.
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Who To Believe?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners interpret meaning from opposing views on the same topic, and discuss that there is often so much "spin" and "hidden agendas" in the media.
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When You Put It All Together!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars review information from variety of news sources found on the Internet, and compare and contrast the information.
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I've Got News For You!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore their hometown newspaper for ideas. They create their own classroom newspaper.
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Media and War

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars investigate how written media and word of mouth helped foment rebellion during the Revolutionary War. They compare and contrast that with the role of the news media in the war in Iraq focusing on cause and effect...
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World War One- Lesson #1 of 3

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders search an online database for World War I posters, newspapers, magazines and other media. They write an essay about public sentiment of the time based on the research.