Creating A Classroom Newspaper Page 21
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35ON ASSIGNMENT…WRITING FEATURE STORIES
Level I
Develop a story about a picture in the newspaper. Discuss what happened before the
picture was taken and what will happen next. Write an exciting first line for the story you
created. (Social studies, language arts, thinking skills)
Look at the ads in the newspaper. Find examples of ways we prepare for each season.
Discuss with other students things we do to prepare for future events: e.g., getting ready
to go back to school, celebrations, vacations. Write a story about something you look
forward to. Begin your story in an exciting way. (Social studies, science, language arts)
Collect pictures from the newspaper that show examples of the five senses. Paste the
pictures on five different charts depicting the senses. Write a story about this class
activity. Describe each chart and what it depicts. (Science, language arts, thinking skills)
Level II
Select a pet from the classified ad lost and found section. Write a story about the pet as a
Pet of the Week feature. The story should describe the animal, its special characteristics
and why the pet should be adopted. (Science, language arts)
Find a job in the newspaper you might like to have. List information about the job, the
qualifications a person needs in order to be hired and the responsibilities required.
Interview people who have the same or similar jobs. Learn all you can about the job.
Write a feature story to share this information with other people. Find a picture in the
newspaper to accompany your story. (Career education, language arts)
Pretend your class is going to another planet. Have every student select one item from
the newspaper to take along. Write a feature story describing the various items and
explaining why people selected them. (Social studies)
Level III
Write a feature article about the expenses of living in your own apartment. Use classified
and display ads to find the costs of renting an apartment, purchasing furniture and buying
food for a month. (Math)
Select three world leaders who have appeared recently in the newspaper. Pretend that
they are on a world speaking tour. They have stopped in your area. Write an interview
you might have with them. (Social studies, language arts).
Read the comics in your newspaper. If you were from another planet and the comics
page was your only source of information about earth, what ideas might you have about
life here? Write a feature story about how we might appear to outsiders. (Social studies,
thinking skills)
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