ELEMENTARY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL Newspaper Activities

1 N E W S P A P E R S I N E D U C A T I O N. ELEMENTARY MIDDLE high SCHOOL . Newspaper Activities Page 1 of 22. Fundamental to the Newspaper in Education concept are the Activities which teachers use in the classroom to teach various skills and ideas. On this and following pages are hundreds of suggested Activities that teachers can use, or can adapt and expand to their own needs. In fact, that is one of the exciting aspects of these NIE Activities these ideas breed additional Activities and they, then, turn on young people to the joys of learning and discovering. Try them, you'll see what we mean. 8. Find as many words as you can in your newspa- LANGUAGE ARTS per that describe size and cut them out. ELEMENTARY Activities 9. Look through the Newspaper and cut out words that describe you.

2 Paste them on a silhouette of yourself cut from your favorite part of the news - 1. Start a notebook in which you paste all your paper. Newspaper assignments, so you can look at it from time to time and continue to learn from it. 10. Select a Newspaper article you like, and then cir- cle all the different kinds of punctuation you find 2. From your Newspaper , cut out the letters you in it. would need to spell your first and last name. Paste them on a piece of paper. 11. In a feature story , underline as many nouns as you can find, and circle the action verbs. 3. Listen to the teacher read the information describing a picture and then tell the who, what, 12. Divide all the headline words on the first page of when, where, why and how. your Newspaper into syllables.

3 4. Find and cut out all the words in headlines you 13. In your Newspaper , find 10 words that have dou- can read. Paste them on a piece of paper and ble vowels, 10 that have double consonants and practice reading them to the class. 10 that have blends. 5. Cut out all the letters in the alphabet and paste 14. Circle all the words on a page of the Newspaper them on a piece of paper. Can you find words that have something to do with the sense of that start with each letter and cut them out of touch. (Could also extend this exercise to the your Newspaper ? Paste them after each letter. other four senses.). 6. Clip examples of a short and a long vowel sound 15. Make three columns on a piece of paper or in for each of the five vowels. Glue them in your your notebook and label them as prefixes, suffix- notebook.

4 Es and root words. Cut words out of the newspa- per, and then cut them apart and paste them in 7. Cut apart the words in three headlines and put their correct columns. them in alphabetical order. Mix and match them to make new headlines. OKLAHOMA Newspaper FOUNDATION. N E W S P A P E R S I N E D U C A T I O N. ELEMENTARY MIDDLE high SCHOOL . Newspaper Activities Page 2 of 22. 16. Find 10 plural words in the Newspaper and cut 27. In the classified ads, find an item for sale. Pretend them out. Paste them down and write the root word you are that item and give a speech telling why you next to each. someone should buy you. 17. Divide all the headline words on the front page of 28. Make a collage form Newspaper pictures and words your Newspaper into syllables.

5 To show what different things happened in a book 18. Find as many synonyms for the word said as you you read for class. can on one page of your Newspaper , and clip them 29. After reading a news article in the Newspaper , draw out. Paste them on one page in your notebook and a picture of what happened. label the top. 30. Make up a poem using only word you have fund 19. Choose five Newspaper headlines and rewrite each and cut out of headlines in the Newspaper . Paste into a complete sentence, making sure to use prop- them on a piece of paper and then illustrate your er punctuation. poem. 20. Have a spelling bee using words from the newspa- 31. Find three examples of facts and three examples of per. opinions in your Newspaper . Discuss how they are 21.

6 Find a personal ad in the classified section of the different and where you would generally find opin- Newspaper and make up a story about the person ions. who put it in the Newspaper and why he or she 32. Have a time race through the Newspaper to clip and bought the ad. paste as many pairs of homonyms as you can find. 22. Look for as many compound words as you can and 33. Imagine that you are the main character in a news divide them into their parts. story . After reading the published account, tell your 23. Underline the main ideas in a feature story in the side of the story . Newspaper and then outline the story . a notebook of new and unfamiliar word that 24. Take a picture from the Newspaper and remove the you find in your Newspaper .

7 Clip them out, paste explanation (catlike) beneath it. Now write a cre- them in your notebook and write the definition next ative story telling what you think could be going on to each word. in the photo. 35. Discuss the beginnings of news and feature stories. 25. Find a job in the classified ads, and conduct a job Have students look for each of the five Ws and interview for it with one of your classmates. the H, noting that they are usually found at the beginning of a news story and that the reader need 26. After listening to your teacher read a news story read only a few sentences to know what the story is from the Newspaper , list as many facts as you can about and what its most important details are. remember. 36. Students can assume that they are going to inter- view someone in the news and write the questions they think should be asked.

8 OKLAHOMA Newspaper FOUNDATION. N E W S P A P E R S I N E D U C A T I O N. ELEMENTARY MIDDLE high SCHOOL . Newspaper Activities Page 3 of 22. 37. Each student should also write stories based on 47. List all the different punctuation marks used in a class and SCHOOL events. Information for the sto- news article. Read the articles aloud and notice ries can be obtained from interviews and from the influence of your voice in determining the first-hand observation. place of the punctuation. 38. After gaining an understanding of news story 48. Circle all the singular nouns and pronouns in a writing style, students should look for other news article in red and all plural nouns and pro- kinds of writing. Discuss the differences. nouns in blue. 39.

9 Make a list of at least 15 descriptive words you 49. Collect pictures from the Newspaper that show find in the advertisements. After compiling your different facial expressions. Label each picture list, write one or two paragraphs describing with descriptive words. something. Use as many of the words as you can. 50. Identify as many sets of antonyms, homonyms 40. Locate 10 different abbreviations. What is an and synonyms as you can by scanning Newspaper abbreviation? Clip these out of the Newspaper and headlines. write out the full word they represent. 51. Use the front page of your Newspaper and draw a 41. Read a page of the Newspaper and underline all circle around every blend. Make a list of all the the words and phrases that refer to time.

10 Make a blends you find. list of all the words and phrases you have found. 52. Choose one story from the front page of today's 42. Clip 10 adjectives from the classified advertising Newspaper . Find the answers to these questions: section of the Newspaper . Paste them onto your Who? What? When? Why? Note the organization of paper and beside each write one synonym and details in this story . Which is the most important? one antonym. Where is it found? Does the headline highlight 43. Find a Newspaper picture of an animal you would the most important fact? If not, where did the like to be. Write a story pretending you are that information for the headline appear in the story ? animal. 53. Clip how-to articles from the Newspaper . Mix 44. Using words clipped from the headlines of the up the steps by cutting the article apart.