1. Making a Newspaper ESL7 Mrs. Nabulsi

2. HEADLINES - LINKSLINKS Vary your headlines: Have at least one of each of the following: one- column headline, two column headline, banner headline, sub-head, and kicker headline,.Make the headlines fit the space and box-in.

3. ○ Use nouns and verbs primarily ○ Avoid a, an, the ○ Use the skeleton of the sentence ○ Sharks Beat Snakes ○ Make verbs interesting; use shift F7 to get synonyms ○ Sharks Defeat/Stomp/Drill/Bite/Devour/Attack/Swamp/ ○ Snakes ○ Williams Wins Oscar ○ Williams Awarded/Tops/Triumphs/Covets/Takes ○ Use alliteration whenever possible: ○ Kennedy Cans Candidates ○ Stewart Slams Southerland Create Headlines for Your Articles

4. GRAPHICS -LINKSLINKS Have at least one graphic on each page (The political cartoon is the graphic for the editorial page).

5. Graphics Make the graphic an action shot Do not have the graphic on the fold Place next to the article Have a caption Have the graphic fit a complete column.

6. THE FRONT PAGE-NEWSNEWS Must have an international, national, and local news story., nameplate, and table of contents. Vary size of headlines. Have by-lines or copied articles.

7. ○ Take index cards and begin taking notes on articles that took place on the day and year you were born. Find ○ 1 international story ○ 2 national stories (the country in which you were born) ○ 1 local (state, province, prefecture) ○ Take notes by putting ideas in your own words. ○ Look for who, what, when, where, how and why. See later slides for details. News Article

8. ○ First or Lead Sentence: Put who, what, when, where, how, why in one sentence. ○ Second sentence: Give more details about the who and what. ○ Third sentence: Give more details about the when and the where. ○ Fourth sentence: Give more details about the why and the how ○ Make a headline and subhead ○ Make a byline and dateline How to Write a News Article

9. EDITORIAL PAGE - EXAMPLEPAGEEXAMPLE You need an editorial written by you, the editor, two letters-to-the-editor (one for and one against a topic), a syndicated editorial that is copied/pasted with credit), a political cartoon, and the mast head.

10. ○ - Editorials or opinion/arguments about the day you were born ○ SEARCH using the words “your date of birth Editorial” ( for example, “September 1, 2001 editorial”), or use the words “dateissues” or “dateproblems”. Read an editorial and summarize it in your own words. Make sure you document at the beginning of your article. Remember there are articles in gaggle about how to summarize. Put in ADB. ○ Political cartoon – Search New York Times. At NYT, click on - OPINION -. Put the year first and then political cartoon. When I just tried searching for a date and political cartoon at google, I got present day cartoons. Don’t go to images, they are present ones. Try this New York Times search engine. For example, search with date first again: “ 1999 political cartoon” got results too. Put in ADB. ○ I also went to with the date first and he had hundreds of political cartoons with exact dates. Ted Rall’s blog… but be careful. You might want to discuss these with your parents and look at these at home. Taro, remember you are searching things in Japan; others are searching issues in Germany, but David you were born in the states. However, any editorial can be about any issue anywhere in the world. You have to translate if you are reading issues in your native language. ○ Letter-to-the-editor – You can write this. Read about some of the issues that you understand or discuss with parents. Get their approval. Then you write your opinion about the issue. See instruction later in this PowerPoint. Put in ADB ○ Syndicated Columnist – any article from the NY times written by one of their editors or columnists would be good to put in your newspaper. Just always check the date. If it isn’t your birthday, the year you were born would be OK. Just know the issues at the time you were born. You can copy and paste this because you need just to have one written by another person. Place in ADB. Reading for Editorials

11. When you read an editorial written by another person, highlight it and copy and paste it to a WORD document. Make sure you have the name of the newspaper, title of the article, author, date, and url. Follow the rules for writing a summary and write a summary of the article. Look at each paragraph and highlight the who, what, when, where, how, and why. Then write a sentence summary for each paragraph. Remember the first sentence mentions the author, title and source of the article and a general sentence summarizing the main thesis of the article. Indicate if this person is for or against the topic. How to Write an Editorial Summary

12. ○ Select a topic that was controversial at the time of your birth. Look up the year of your birth followed by controversial issues, or “1998 controversial issues” ○ Take a stand – For or against. ○ For example, issue - Should American companies be allowed to build businesses in foreign lands and hire only locals, not Americans. ○ Dear Editor: ○ First sentence: Begin with a question. How will American companies outsourcing jobs to other countries affect America’s long term employment rate? Is outsourcing good for America? Then state your opinion. ○ (cont). How to Write a Letter to the Editor

13. ○ Once you state your thesis (your opinion in the first paragraph), in the next paragraph explain the present situation at the time. ○ In the next paragraph, tell what caused the present situation. There might be more than one cause. ○ In the next paragraph, tell what the argument is for the problem or the argument against your solution. ○ In the next paragraph, give your solution for the situation. ○ In the last paragraph, give a warning. Begin with in conclusion. How to Write a Letter to the Editor

14. FEATURE PAGE - EXAMPLEPAGEEXAMPLE You need three descriptive articles or articles related to entertainment.. You can also have an advice column, classified ad or advertisement.

15. ○ Place four items for the editorial page in the google aps. You have all written your usernames and passwords in your planners. If you don’t finish this work at school, work on it during seminar and at home. ○ Now that you know your google aps information, you need to put the national, international, and local news articles in google aps. ○ Look on Google aps for SMARTBOARD presentations under newspaper and the specific age. Homework – if not finished in class

16. ○ Definition: a feature article is basically descriptive writing. The author describes an object, person, or event to show its importance and timeliness to the community. ○ Students only need to do one of these so they are encouraged to do the one that is most fun or on which they have the most information. This article does not have to be more than two paragraphs long. If the student just gets notes and does not have time to write the articles, then they just have notes. I really just want them to be researching information and getting ideas. List these ideas in a document and place that document in the Assignment Drop Box. I know this is difficult for you. Be strong. ○ Object: Select a building, painting, vase, skateboard, doll, new art equipment, saddle, etc. and describe its appearance, who made it, its function, its location and how it will be displayed or used. This could also be a new CD that might be released or a video game, system or other electronic devise that was going to be released. It could even be about a new discovery or a flower, exercise equipment, new medicine or old that still works, in other words, just about anything of importance at that particular time. How to Write a Feature Article (1)

17. ○ An event: The event could be a movie, movie premiere, art exhibit, opera, workshop, concert, speech, PTO meeting, bizarre, carnival, circus, graduation, riding lesson (Cheyenne, do something on how to ride a horse or groom a horse; Taro, how to write in kanji's; ) A feature article just lets the community know what events are coming up in the near future so people can plan to come. What singers might have been giving a concert near the time you were born. The event might relate to a holiday also or a seasonal activity like picking apples. Sometimes this is just a calendar of events. You could just list things that happened about the time you were born that aren’t considered news. This is the easiest and best thing to do. Place it in a text box. How to Write a Feature Article (2)

18. ○ A person: A feature article about a person is basically a biography of that person. Who was the rock star of that time? Find out information about that person. If you were born in an election year, do a feature article on the people running for office. Who won the Academy Awards or other awards that year? Write an article about that person. ○ A place: Travel information about your place of birth or your cultural background is perfect for the feature page. What was happening at Disney when you were born? Were there other amusement parks? Describe them. Was a new school, art museum, or church being built. What about a riding stable? All of you could give a simple lesson on how to count or something in your own language. David, you could give a Spanish lesson in an article or consider a travel article and talk about Madrid or the Prado Museum. I think your telling about places in Spain would be great even if you were born in California because the feature page includes travel information. Naomi, Vanessa, Cheyenne and Jamal, you too can tell of places to go in Germany or in Wiesbaden. You could also talk about German food and/or give a German lesson, but not over the same information. Communicate to make sure you each are doing something different. You can just give a recipe of your favorite food because this project is about you. Just do some research. How to Write a Feature Article (3)

19. ○ The feature page can also have any of the following: ○ Recipes about favorite foods of that time – Naomi and Vanessa, consider this one. German food recipes. Taro, tell something about a Japanese tea ceremony or how to make tempura or the value of miso soup. David, give a Spanish food recipe –. Jamal, what were skateboarders doing at this time? Doan article on skateboarding: a skateboarders' dictionary. ○ Arts and craft trends of the time or of the season ○ Comics ○ Crossword puzzles ○ Search-a-word (but have a theme) ○ Classified ads ○ Jumbled words ○ Church or religious services or events ○ Movie ads and theater ads ○ Pictures that have to do with the season ○ Advice column ○ Classified ad Fun Feature Articles

20. ○ First sentence: Gain the attention of the reader. Be creative. Ask a question. ○ Second sentence: Identify the topic and where the object is or event takes place. ○ Give details and the importance of the topic. ○ Want to party with Mickey and Donald? A family summer trip to the Disney World in Orlando, Florida can be the best party week-end your family ever experienced. Not only does Disney World offer rides, parades, laser shows, and comfort food from every nation, but it also offers a behind the scenes party with Mickey himself. (Tell how and what it costs, etc) Template for Writing a Descriptive Paper

21. SPORTS PAGE - EXAMPLEEXAMPLE You need a sports news page, sports feature, and sports editorial, Have a graphic.

22. The sports page is a combination of the sections already written Contents – One sports news article about a game on your birthday. REWRITE IN OWN WORDS – One sports editorial, which you can either copy/paste with documentation or write a letter-to-the –sports editor reacting to a sports rule. – One feature article about a sports figure important the year you were born. REWRITE IN OWN WORDS The Sports Page

23. ○ Click on INSERT. ○ A little more than halfway to the right, click on TEXT BOX. ○ You will have a choice: ○ For a calendar pick the ‘SIDEBAR” which is the third one. ○ For just highlighting an event, select the first one. ○ Click on the one you want and it will appear on your document with the text highlighted ○ Now a new toolbar appears for the textbox. You can ○ Change the color ○ Change the border ○ Create effects ○ As you start to type your information in the box, the information originally there will disappear. ○ Get the information in first ○ Remember to SAVE (featurespecificlast2) How to Make a Text Box

24. The sports page is a mini-paper havint all three types of articles: News – current games played; may include box scores. Features – articles about players, leagues, umpires, recurring events, sports equipment Editorials – opinions about rule changes, controversial calls, hiring/firing of coaches, practices of teams or leagues, anything controversial. You can also write letters-to-the -editor. Ads - generally aimed at a male reader (tires, cars, sports equipment) Pictures- action shots are best. What’s on the Sports Page

25. Tell the teams playing and the outcome of the game, where it was played and an important play in the lead paragraph. who, what, when, where, how, why) Follow with important details of the game; for example, each score, each defensive play that was unique or significant. How to Write a Sports News Article

26. This is a descriptive article. Focus on telling one idea about a person or event. Give details that prove the idea you wish to prove about the person or event. For example, this coach is a winning coach. Tell of his victories. OR A player is an expert at a skill. Then tell how (s)he used this skill to succeed. Conclude with what this person has added to the game. How to write a sports feature article

27. Find s controversial subject (use of steroids, rule change, umpire decision, hiring/firing of coach or player) State your opinion on the situation Tell the present situation What caused the situation What is your solution What is the arguments against your solution Give a warning if your solution is not heeded. How to write a sports editorial

28. Body of an article Box By-line Date line Feature Headline International news story Layout Lead paragraph Letter to the Editor Nameplate National news story News story One-column headline Political cartoon Sports page State/local news Subhead Syndicated editorial Two column headline Word list for retest Friday

29. Body of an article noun The second plus paragraphs of a news article that expand on the who, what, when, where, how, and why. Box (boks) noun,verb an outlined text area on the page of a newspaper Synonyms: case, carton, crate, package, camp, parcel, receptacle, caboose, hole, jam, container By-line noun 1. author of the article 2. Tells who wrote the story. Found under the headline of a story. 3. Line identifying the writer of a newspaper or magazine article. Subhead noun 1. smaller print than a headline; appearing under the regular headline and also dividing a larger article into parts 2. a one- or two-line heading used to divide sections of a story. 3. also called a deck - a secondary headline which provides additional information about the story. Syndicated editorial noun 1. an editorial written by a journalist in one city or for one news agency that is published in many newspapers 2. an opinion published in many newspapers Two column headline noun a headline that spans two columns wide Newspaper Vocabulary

30. Date line noun 1. In journalism, no longer a date but the place the article occurred. 2. The location of the article Feature (feechur) noun,verb 1. A special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine. "they ran a feature on retirement planning" 2. a non-news article in a newspaper or magazine that describes, entertains or advertises an idea, person, place or thing. Synonyms: quality, face, property, point, attribute, characteristic, savor, trait on a page (also Dummy) Lead paragraph noun 1. first sentence or paragraph of an article that tells who, what, when, where, how or why 2. introduces a news article by answering who, what, when, where, why, and how Letter to the Editor noun opinion written in a signed letter form sent to the editor of either a newspaper and magazine Nameplate (naymplayt) noun a newspaper's name printed in special type on the front page. National news story noun 1. a news story that takes place within a particular country 2. a story that takes place somewhere in America but not in the state in which the newspaper is published 3. This story takes place in the United States. Newspaper Vocabulary (cont)

31. News story noun 1. an event told objectively that has important in the world(international), country (nationally), or nearby area (state/local). 2. an article that tells who, what, when, where, how and why and is devoid of opinion. 3. an objective article written about an event or situation 4. A story about a news event. One-column headline noun a headline that spans the width of one column Political cartoon noun 1. a comic that uses irony to make fun of a political situation in hopes of changing it 2. An insightful message and caricature of a political person or group. 3. A comic that makes a political statement 4. a drawing that expresses a cartoonist's opinion about something 5. a drawing that deals with political events in a funny way Sports page noun a paper within a paper having news, features, and editorial articles dealing with sports State/local news noun News that happens within the state, county or city in which the newspaper is published Headline (hEHdliin) noun,verb 1. The heading or title of a newspaper article. 2. the summary of the story in larger type that spans the column(s), which usually tells the who and the what of the event. It does not have to be a complete sentence. 3. a line printed in large dark type at the top of a newspaper story that tells the story 4. a large title that tells what the story or article is about International news story noun 1. news story involving more than one nation 2. if a student lives in the Unisted states, any news story taking place outside that country 3. Story that takes place anywhere in the world outside of the United States. Layout noun 1. A plan or design of something that is laid out. 2. how the articles, pictures, and headlines are arranged on the page 3. the position of stories, advertisements, photos and graphics Newspaper Vocabulary (cont)

32. 1. Go to GOOGLE CHROME 2. Use the URL – google.com/a/student.dodea.edu ○ 3. Log in with username: llll####@student.dodea.edu ○ 3. Each day: check the calendar (alert Mrs. N of any new assignments or tests) NOTE: THE DUE DATES FOR ALL FOUR READING LOGS THIS QUARTER ARE ON THE CALENDAR. Find them and place them in your planner. ○ 4. Each day check the drive and ESL7 for help with your projects and PowerPoint for weekly lesson plans. ○ 5. Do not use this time to change the background on your site or to email ESLother students or even chat. This time is for you to work collaboratively on assignments. ○ 6. Go to DRIVE/SHARED WTH ME/ ESL7/ Reading log Q2; Print this and keep it. ○ Work on it every night and have parents sign it. PUT YOUR NAME of it. There are many SMARTBOARD PRESENTATIONS and other sources of help on Google Aps ESL7, Quarter 2/newspaper. Accessing GOOGLE APS