Knowledge/Skill Building
📰 Newspaper Mentor Text Moves
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Content Expertise
Effective Communication
Collaboration
Self Directed Learning
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.6
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4
Submission Required
Using student-friendly newspaper samples and a teacher-made California industry article, students notice headlines, captions, fact boxes, quotes, and summary sentences. The teacher models how factual reporting sounds different from opinion writing and where multiple perspectives can appear in one article. Students annotate a mentor text and collect 4 craft moves to use in the team newspaper draft.
Plan day
Day 18
Duration
45 min
Grouping
Whole Class
Steps
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