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35ON ASSIGNMENT…CREATING ADS
Level I
Look in the classified ads and make a list of the services available in your community.
Classify the services. With a classmate, discuss a service you think you could provide.
Write an ad describing your service; draw a picture to illustrate it. (Social studies,
language arts)
Find an interesting advertisement. Change the advertisement by pasting new words over
the key words. Create a new ad. Choose your new words from other ads in the
newspaper. (Language arts)
Create a “favorite meal” ad. Cut out pictures of foods from the four basic food groups
and paste them on an ad. Use foods that you would like to eat. Write a slogan
advertising your favorite meal. (Health, thinking skills)
Level II
Design a new invention that will help someone do a routine job more efficiently. Draw
your invention and write an ad for it. Remember to tell how it can be used, where it can
be purchased and how much it costs. (Science, language arts)
Make a new creature from parts of animals you find in the newspaper, either in ads or in
photos. Use the head of one animal, the body of another, and so on. Write a classified ad
to sell this new “pet.” (Language arts)
Look at the ads in your newspaper. Make a collection of words that mean the same thing.
Paste them together. Draw an ad using the new words. Use familiar ads as your guide.
(Language arts)
Level III
Select your favorite subject in school. Write an ad to “sell” the subject. Describe the
“product.” Write about its positive qualities and make readers want to take the class.
(Creative writing, art)
Select an ad that is written to appeal to adults. Rewrite the ad so that it appeals to
students your age. (Social studies, writing)
Select your favorite comic character in the newspaper. Design an ad to encourage people
to read that comic strip everyday. (Creative writing)
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