Newspaper in the classroom HOW TO USE NEWSPAPER

Newspaper in the classroom HOW TO USE NEWSPAPER AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL

Why newspaper? Newspapers: Ø connect the classroom with the real world Ø build reading habits Ø provide scope for extended activities and discussion Ø can be adapted to all curricular areas and levels Ø make learning fun

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Incidental grammar Ø Students could: Ø - Underline parts of speech Ø - Change tenses Ø - Make plurals Ø - Identify suffix and prefix Ø - Change from direct to indirect Ø speech and vice versa

Sequencing Cut parts of comic strips or text into different strips. Ask students to build up the story by arranging the strips in the right sequence

Styles of writing Precis writing – The students read the story and condense it to 1/3 of its length in their own words. Descriptive writing- Observe pictures of people and describe their physical appearance and disposition

Developing imagination t to Repor ry – to short s e and n i g a Im a create ry to short s from a report Headlines – Provide the articles or news items without the headlines. Ask students to create the headlines Cap tion – The s obse tudents r pictu ve a r of a e and th ink s capt uitable io para n for the grap h

Classifying Ask students to sort and classify news items under the following heads: News Features Editorials Sports Entertainment Advertising Humour

Perspective building Use news clippings from different newspapers to gain different perspectives on the same piece of news.

Historical perspective Select a news item on a controversial event and ask students to: - Relate to events that might have been the cause and discuss the effect that the incident might have on the future - What could be the different ways in which to view it? - How would one recognize bias and prejudice?

Geographical knowledge nto i s t den works u t s the group ry or e d i Div. Each nal sto g tio llowin ps a u n o r r g inte the fo n a on Ask tions: . s new ques - In which city or town did the story take place? - In which country is it ? - What is the capital of the country? - In which continent do you find this country? - What countries or seas borders it? - What is the language spoken there? - Which physical characteristics might have contributed to the story?

Mathematical skill What percentage of the newspaper is devoted to advertisement? What would be the cost of running a 20 word advertisement for a week?

You can think of many more ways in which you can use a newspaper in the classroom! Thank you!