PC-1213
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Explore Your Newspaper
Written for middle and high school students with learning
differences, this comprehensive program includes lesson plans and
activity sheets to help students learn about each section of a
newspaper while they practice basic skills. Each lesson requires
students to search through a newspaper to find an article, a
headline, or other specified information. Students then complete a
skills activity using the text or information located.
Lessons
Easy-to-follow lesson plans include objectives, materials needed, a
group skills lesson, an individual or small-group practice activity,
and an optional extension activity. Lessons cover specific sections
of the newspaper and integrate basic skills, such as locating
necessary information, identifying facts and opinions, learning to
read charts and graphs, following a sequence when writing, finding
action verbs in articles, placing information into categories, and
identifying the meanings of abbreviations in classified ads.
Activity Sheets
A reproducible activity sheet accompanies each lesson. Every sheet
requires students to either find or cut out information from a
newspaper and use that text to complete the activity. Visual icons
are included on each page, and directions are short and clear to
help students who struggle with reading. Each activity is a natural
follow-up to its lesson and provides practice in basic skills.
Newspaper Sections
Every major section of a newspaper is covered in the program. Each
of the 9 units includes 5-20 lessons and reproducible activities.
Units
• Getting to Know the Newspaper
• Local, State, and World News
• Sports Articles and Scores
• Editorials and Letters to the Editor
• Cartoons, Television, and Movies
• The Classifieds
• Weather Maps and Charts
• Advertisements
• Special Sections
Assessments
The program includes an assessment checklist and a multiple-choice
test. The assessment checklist provides a record of skills mastered
by students throughout the program. The multiple-choice test reviews
the purpose and content of each major section of the newspaper. It
covers newspaper vocabulary, such as headline, subhead, article,
editorial, classified advertisement, index, political cartoon, and
caption.
Multiple Uses
This flexible program has been designed to use either as a complete
newspaper exploration program or as a fun basic skills supplement to
any unit. The sections and most of the lessons can be completed in
any order. Several lessons are designed to build on each other and
should be taught in the suggested order. An index of skills is
provided so that teachers can easily locate lessons that reinforce
specific skills.
Includes
Teacher's Binder with 100 lesson plans, 100 reproducible activity
pages, an assessment, and an index of skills.
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