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35Reporter’s Notebook – Planning the Newspaper
To the newspaper writer:
You will design a classroom newspaper
Your assignment:
Your job is to decide what your newspaper will look like, what news you will include and
who will do the different jobs to create your newspaper. In teams of no more than four
people, plan the answers to the following questions. Write your answers in the spaces
below.
PLANNING OUR NEWSPAPER
What will we call our newspaper?
Who will we give our newspaper to?
(Your class alone? The entire school? Parents of teachers? School staff?)
Who will decide where to put the stories on the pages?
Who will check our stories for spelling, grammar and punctuation?
HOW WILL OUR NEWSPAPER LOOK?
How big will the pages be?
8 ½ x 11
8 ½ x 14
Other
How many pages will we have?
How many columns will we put on a page?
2
3
Other
How will we get our stories ready for the newspaper?
Write them by hand
Type them on a typewriter
Use a computer and printer
How many pages will contain “news”?
How many pages will contain ads?
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS
Who will write news
Who will write feature
Who will make up ads?
stories?
stories, puzzles or editorials?
Who will do the artwork for stories and ads?
DEADLINE TIME!
Our stories and ads must be finished by:
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