I apologize for the lateness of my postings...been dealing with dear ones passing away, children sick, etc. They say they come in threes! The first week I had some difficulty in getting my newspapers, but Debra Debra Waugh Joiner (Newspapers in Education Manager Austin American-Statesman) quickly made sure that my newspapers arrived by that Friday.
Ojeda Middle School/ 6th grade Reading Pre-AP
Week 1 / Week 2 Activities - October 16, 2008 newspaper edition (completed on Friday, Oct. 17th):
When students were given time to free read, most students read the comics or the horoscopes. Mostly boys read the comics. When they discussed in their groups why they made these selections, they responded that they chose comics/horoscopes to read because it wasn't related to school and it made them laugh.
When asked to read an engaging story...4 out of the 5 groups read "In Final Debate, Attacks Overshadow Issues" and "McCain Keeps Obama on Defensive, But Will That Be Enough to Win the Race?" (found on the front page of the first section of newspaper).
The 5 groups discussed what would be the lead story and came up with the following criteria for choosing a lead story:
*Title is the biggest print on the front page of section
*Issue being written about is something readers need to know about immediately
*Lead story has a picture or graphic organizer.
The lead stories were the same as the engaging stories read.
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