Headlines
Have the students follow along as you read the headlines
from the front page. Have them repeat the headlines after
they have been read. Can any of the students read any of
the headlines on their own?Get a Job
What jobs in the classroom need to be done? Have the students
look at the help wanted ads to see how they are written.
Have them read some ads aloud. They can create a chart to
show what the abbreviations mean. Then they can write an
ad looking for someone to do a classroom job.
Charades
As a class, play "Headline Charades." Have students
scan the newspaper, paying attention to the action in the
headlines. For example, "Snow Snarls Traffic"
or "Texas Stuns Opponent." Ask students to select
or clip several examples of action headlines. Working individually
or in teams, have students select one headline to act out
for the rest of the class. Using only body language and
other non-verbal communication, challenge students to get
the class to guess the headline as quickly as possible.
Definitions
The students can choose a word they do not know from headlines
or ads. They can use a dictionary to define the word and
then draw a picture to represent that word. Let them make
their own dictionaries with these words and pictures.
Know
and Learn
Select a newspaper story that would be interesting to your
class. Ask the students what they already know about the
topic and write their responses on the board. Read or paraphrase
the story. Then ask the students what they learned from
the reading. Record their responses. You may also want to
ask them what more they would like to learn about the subject
after hearing the story.
Heroes
and Villains
Who is a hero? Who is a villain? Have students find examples
of both in today's newspaper and then write a description
of each. What impact do they have on your students' lives?
Photo
Fun
Cut apart several photos and their captions. Have the students
look at the photos and tell what is happening in each picture.
Then they can read captions aloud and match the photo with
each caption. Did they correctly describe the events in
the photo? Can a photo have more than one description? Ask
several students to describe what is happening in the same
photo to get different perspectives
Emotional
Interpretation
A range of emotions can be found in the newspaper. Invite
your students to find someone in the newspaper who is feeling
the same way they are feeling today. Each person can find
someone and write an explanation of that person's feelings.
What would that person say about their feelings?
Fun
with Words
Can students search the newspaper for words that are synonyms,
antonyms or homonyms? Which words have multiple meanings?
Encourage students to use a variety of word-reference materials
to check their ideas.
Timeline
The students can use the newspaper to find a story with
several significant events that could be placed on a timeline.
They should create a timeline of the events and include
the date and location.
