Newspaper Writing

Sources to Use

History of the Newspaper 

http://www.historicpages.com/nprhist.htm

http://www.tqnyc.org/2006/NYC063068//A%20Sample%20of%20a%20Newspaper.htm

Facts about Newspapers

http://schools.netguide.co.nz/manunuiroom1/facts.htm

Newspaper Information

http://www.newspaper-industry.org/history.html

http://people.howstuffworks.com/newspaper.htm

People in the News

http://schools.netguide.co.nz/manunuiroom1/people.htm

Fun Facts
www.amusingfacts.com
www.funtrivia.com
www.puzzlegrid.com
http://sbt.bhmedia.com
www.yumyum.com
http://www.kidzone.ws/
http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/

School Newspapers on the Web
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/K_12/Newspapers/Individual_School_Papers/
http://www.sjusd.k12.ca.us/sites/elem/Washington/California-Historical-Site/calif.hist.index.html
http://www.hpa.pvt.k12.ca.us/eagle_news/current/en_2000_revised.html
http://www.rjfisher.lgusd.k12.ca.us/newspaper/
http://www.legrand.k12.ca.us/news/

Local Newspapers on the Web
http://www.norfolkdailynews.com/
http://www.omaha.com/
http://www.journalstar.com/

Activities with Newspapers

Nursery Rhyme News Story
Select a nursery rhyme from one of the following websites:
http://www.zelo.com/family/nursery/

http://www.rhymes.org.uk/

Create a news article using that nursery rhyme
Include the news writing questions of who, what, where, when, why & how

Matching Newspaper Parts

http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=2&act=1

Labeling Newspaper Parts

http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/Ins/00-01/7/st_news.htm

http://reniermedia.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/the-parts-of-a-newspaper-parts-of-a-magazine/

How Newspapers are Created

http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/journalismstudies20/print_journalism/parts_newspaper.htm