Introduce your students to the daily drama of newspaper production... Have students improve their reading skills by scanning the classified ads for affordable cars... Illustrate irony, satire, and other literary concepts using the comic strips... Turn to the sports section to teach graphing skills... The newspaper provides an endless supply of fascinating material for teaching a wide range of skills and concepts. And this book presents hundreds of motivating ideas to get you started. Part I, 'The Newspaper Itself,' provides an introduction to the newspaper, its production, and journalism techniques. Part II, 'The Newspaper as a Teaching Tool,' has seven activity-packed chapters on using the newspaper in specific subject areas. The Complete Newspaper Resource Book gives you - 750 learning activities for journalism, English, the arts, social studies, science, math, consumer education, and career education.
- 50 reproducible pages of study sheets, terms, activities, and quizzes.
- guidelines for using the material, handy cross references, an appendix, and a bibliography.
266 pages. Grades 6-12. |
