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Good reporters organize their thoughts and notes before writing so they can produce an article that follows precise newspaper format. Students will learn how to sort their interview notes and add details and descriptive words to add to their main ideas. Writing a catchy headline will draw the reader’s attention. Rewriting actual newspaper headlines into more detailed sentences provides more practice in comprehension and writing strategies. Internet links help students practice 21st Century computer and research skills while guiding young readers to interesting and intriguing websites.
In this issue students will:
- learn to organize notes from an interview to prepare for writing
- write catchy headlines
- use the newspaper to rephrase headlines into complete sentences with more detail
- identify verbs in a newspaper article
- use the internet to locate information
- conduct a poll and summarize results
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