1. Who? What? Why? Where? When? Finding the 5 W’s
Created by: Melissa Levin

2. Good Readers always identify the
What Good Readers Do!!
Good Readers always identify the
5 W’s as they read…
Who-
Who is the story mostly about?
What-
What did the who do?
Where-
Where does the story take place?
When-
When does the story take place?
Why-
Why did it happen?

3. What
Who
What
Where
When
Why

4. Who? Who is this newspaper article mostly about?
Who are the main characters?
Prove It!!

5. What? What did the who do? What happened in the newspaper article?
Prove It!!

6. What is the setting of this newspaper article?
Where?
Where does this
article take place??
What is the setting of this newspaper article?
Prove It!!

7. When? When does the event in the article take place?
What date? What year? What time?
Prove It!!
Prove It!!

8. Why did the major event in the article take place?
Prove It!!
Why did it happen?
Why did the major event in the article take place?
Prove It!!

9. * You have just found the 5 W’s!
Congratulations!
* You have just found the 5 W’s!
* Now its your turn!
* With your partners find the 5 W’s of the article you will be given. When the class is done, be prepared to share information from your article with the class.