For this project-based language development lesson, English Language Learners learn about the newspaper publication and create their own newspaper that covers stories about their school year. The lesson format follows the Sheltered...

This lesson plan teaches students that writing a persuasive or argumentative essay for class is the same as writing an opinion article for their local newspaper. The lesson plan includes showing students examples of opinion writings and...

Tutorial on newspapers. Looks at types of newspapers, the language of newspapers, news sources, what has news value, marketing, distribution, circulation, readership, online newspapers, editorial stance, ownership of newspapers, and...

In order to sharpen a student's understanding of the differences between facts and opinions, this lesson incorporates both the close reading of a newspaper and the writing of a factual article and a letter to the editor.

This lesson focuses on the types of reading material and their distinguishing features. It also included two videos including the key features from a newspaper story video and a video that defines scholarly articles.

After studying about the differences between the North and South prior to the Civil War and how Alabama decided to secede from the Union, students will write a newspaper article on this important decision. They will go back in time and...