Lesson Plan
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Developing Story Ideas

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students complete activities to learn how to develop story ideas in journalistic writing. For this story ideas lesson, students learn news value judging criteria, identify language to ask beat sources for story ideas, distinguish story...
Lesson Plan
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Using Best Newspaper Writing in a Journalism Class

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the genre of journalism. In this journalism lesson plan, students examine newspaper articles and identify reporting techniques. High schoolers collaborate to identify excellent pieces of newspaper writing.