Title: Newspaper ProjectDo Now

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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!

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 RomanTimes 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 FontBold 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 Requirements1. Choose one section for Rome2. Pick the sections you want to include

in your newspaper 3. Design your newspaper with the

appropriate headings, pictures4. Write your articles as neatly as

possible5. 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