Creating A Classroom Newspaper Page 11
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Writing News Stories, continued
4. Introduce students to the criteria for selecting a newsworthy story. Write each category name
on the board as you explain it to the class.
Timelines – events that are happening right now, or news that is of interest to readers
right now
Proximity – events or situations that occur near the reader
Uniqueness – very unusual events or situations
Impact – news that will affect a large number of readers
Prominence – well-known people or groups of people
Suspense – events, such as disasters, where the outcome is not known
Conflict – people or groups opposing a situation or other groups of people
Emotions – love, hate, fear, jealousy, horror, pity
Progress – advances in science, medicine, or technology
Importance – important to the reader’s lives, family, education, health, or well-being
5. Assign each category to a group of students; have them locate news stories in the newspaper
that fit the categories they have been assigned. Have students explain their findings.
Putting it all together
1. Have students generate ideas for their own newspaper
2. Let students create their own news stories on the appropriate Reporter’s Notebook page
3. Organize the news stories into categories such as class news, school news, community news.
4. Direct students to write headlines for their news stories.
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