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Combine Halloween fun with election time and what do you get? A “boo-tiful” way to interest students in the democratic process! When “Shrieker” party candidate, Howie Jumpalott, challenges the “Lurker” party candidate, Flora Whisp, their debate focuses on scaring curfews, creepy traditions and ghostly problems. Who will win the election? Your young journalist determines the outcome and creates the front page news.
In this issue students will:
- learn simple election concepts
- distinguish between fact and opinion
- write using newspaper format
- complete a “cloze” reading activity
- use the newspaper to calculate sums
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