A Nose for News
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Social Studies Vocational/Technical | |
| Author | Lisa D. Jefferies
Julia Benincosa-Bumgardner Barbara Brunetti | |
| Description | This unit is to help create a classroom
newspaper. It is thorough in its content of materials regarding writing style, aesthetic presentation, team-work, and technology. Included are activities, resources, informational handouts, worksheets, enrichment, and links. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Computer workstation(s), Office 97 or 2000, Internet access, Microsoft Paint access, scanner,photomanipulation software -- Microsoft Photo Editor or Adobe Photodeluxe. | |
| Grade Level | 6 7 8 | |
| National Standards | Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the writing process
Demonstrates competence in the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions Gathers and uses information for research purposes Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading process Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for reading a variety of literary texts Demonstrates competence in speaking and listening as tools for learning | |
| Career Clusters | Business and Marketing Fine Arts and Humanities | |
| Keywords | Newspaper, journalism, news, publishing, word processing | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Unit Overview - A Nose For News
Lesson 1: News to Use! Lesson 2: Write What's Right! Lesson 3: The Newsroom Lesson 4: Here's the Scoop Lesson 5: Print Shop | |
| English IGO or CSO | 6.52, 6.53, 6.54, 6.554.7,10, 6.564.7,10, 6.574.7,10 6.584.7,10, 6.59, 6.60, 6.614.7,10, 6.624.7,10, 6.634.7,10, 6.64, 6.65, 6.66, 6.67, 7.1, 7.2, 7.7, 7.8, 7.112,3,4,5,6,8, 7.12, 7.13, 7.14, 7.15, 7.161,2,5,6,8, 7.171,2,5,6,8, 7.514.10 7.524.10, 7.534.1 0, 7.544.10, 7.554.10, 7.564.10, 7.574.10, 7.584.10 7.594.10, 7.604.10, 7.614.10, 7.624, 7.644.10, 7.65, 7.172, (7.61), 7.173, (7.62, 7.65 and 7.87), 8.92,4,5,6,7, 8.102,4,5,6,7, 8.112,4,5,6,7 8.122,3,4,5,6,7 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.48, 8.49, 8.50, 8.51, 8.524 ,7,10, 8.534,7,10, 8.544,7,10, 8.554,7,10 8.564,7,10 8.574,7,10 8.584,7,10, 8.59, 8.60, 8.64 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | 6.154(6.60,6.66,6.87,6.131),6.55, 6.65, 6.156, 6.157, (6.60), 6.158, 6.159, 6.160(6.33 and 6.151),6.39.11, 6.7, 6.810, 6.98, 6.105,9, 7.164, 7.165, 7.166, 7.167, 7.168, 7.5, 8.46,9,10, 8.7, 8.83,5,10, 8.9 | |