March 15, 2014 by News Writing News values: What makes it news? A lesson on the values of news using the “Rule of Eight” and a few other news considerations Read more
March 15, 2014 by News Writing News defined: What is news? A basic lesson to teach students to recognize that news must be informative, interesting and factual, or it is not news Read more
March 5, 2014 by Opinion Writing Writing Working with a rubric Cover the column rubric, then allow students time to work on their columns. Read more
March 5, 2014 by Writing Counterarguments A debate activity using students’ topics to get an idea of what the other side thinks as a way to strengthen their argument. Read more
March 5, 2014 by Opinion Writing Writing Writing letters to the editor Writing brief opinion stories based on topics they see in a newspaper, students produce opinion stories expressing their thoughts. Read more