Title: Newspaper Project
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The thing I love most about summer break is….
I am going to do some important things, they are:
I will go on a vacation to….
My favorite thing to do with my free time is….
The thing I will miss most about school is….
• Be specific and creative in your writing. You
need to make sure that the person who reads it
can understand exactly what you mean to say!
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PAGE #:
46L/46R
Today’s Agenda!
• Clear your desk
• Sit quietly and wait for directions
• Partner Project:
–Create your own Ancient
Civilization Newspaper!
Today’s Agenda 2!!
• Text Features
• Partner Project
–Create your own Roman
Times Newspaper
Text Features
• You have learned about all the different
features of a text that draw attention to
readers
• Different features help the reader understand
more about the text
• Can anyone remember some of the text
features you learned about?
– Title, heading, sub-heading, caption, graphics,
etc.
Text Features
• Can you imagine trying to read a newspaper
with no headlines, pictures, captions, or various
font size??
• Text aids and features organize details in a text
and highlight important information, including
the writer’s main ideas.
• You already know how to identify these, but
I’m going to quickly review each one that you
will need today.
Text Features in a Newspaper
• Title/Heading: name of article; in large, bold
font
Newspaper heading
Article Title
Text Features in a Newspaper
• Sub-Heading: contains information related
to the heading, but is a mini-topic related to
the main title.
Sub-heading
Text Features in a Newspaper
• Graphs and Pictures: help us understand a
text, breaks up the text, and brings attention
to a text
Picture
Graph
Text Features in a Newspaper
• Captions: phrases, sentences, or short
paragraphs describing photos or charts.
Photo captions are usually placed directly
above, below, or to the side of the pictures
they describe
Caption
Text Features in a Newspaper
• Bold and Italicized Font: signal words or lists
that we, as readers, should pay attention to.
Bold Font
Bold Font
Bold Font
Bold Font
Can You Come Up With Your Own?
• Use what you have learned and know about
text features in newspapers
• With a partner you will have an opportunity
to create your own newspaper with articles
(yes, you have to write), pictures, captions,
headings, sub-headings, various font sizes!
Project Requirements
1. Choose one section for Rome
2. Pick the sections you want to include in your
newspaper
3. Design your newspaper with the appropriate
headings, pictures
4. Write your articles as neatly as possible
5. Use pictures or graphics from online websites
from my links to make your newspaper pop!
mrdonn.org is a great one!
Project Requirements
• You will receive a handout with specific
instructions on one side
• On the other is a planning sheet to help you
figure out the articles you will include in
your newspaper
• You have the entire period to finish this!
Newspaper Examples
• I have some articles for you to look at
• You can see how detailed my articles are, the
sections I chose and how there is no white space
• I have included some “want” ads like most
newspapers
• Also, notice how I included ALL the various text
features that were required!
• You can also look at the Los Angeles Times
examples I have 