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The Newspaper Front Page Lesson PlanThe Newspaper Front Page Lesson Plan
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Media Smarts
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Grade
7th - 10th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
5 days
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2012
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The Newspaper Front Page

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Hot off the presses! A perfect instructional activity idea for a journalism class or even a language arts class looking to incorporate some informational texts. Young writers analyze the front pages of various newspapers to determine the standards of the genre, as well as determine audience and purpose. After deconstructing the examples and participating in a class discussion, small groups work to design their own newspaper front page.

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Concepts

Media Literacy, audiences, informational texts, journalism, nonfiction, publication, news media, newspapers, news headlines, target audiences

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audience, informational texts, media, news, newspaper, nonfiction, publish, publishing, journalism, english language arts

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  • Incorporates discussion topics, small group activity, vocabulary, and a project 

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