Newspaper Journalism Unit: Informative Writing and PBL Project

Teach informative writing in an exciting, collaborative way with this project-based learning unit to read, write, and create a class newspaper.

In this EDITABLE unit, students receive direct instruction lessons before proceeding to write their own informative articles and take a unit test. Your unit could stop here, or you can proceed to Phase 3, in which students apply for a job within the class newspaper company and work in small-group departments to create a class newspaper out of all the written articles.

This 52-page/slide download includes:

• Teacher's Guide
• Unit Preview page for students
• PowerPoint lesson about the basics of journalism, the parts of a newspaper, and informative writing of articles, WITH guided notes and answer key
• 3 video lessons of the above PPT, in case you want to flip your classroom (or watch it before you teach it)
• Job application for the newspaper staff
• Article writing directions, topic brainstorm, and outline
• Article rubric
• Newspaper template for students (as a starting point)
• Participation rubric for Phase 3 (PBL)
• Unit test, assessing vocabulary and nonfiction reading

NOTE:

• This unit does not assume prior student knowledge and is an introductory unit.
• This unit was originally made for my mixed-ability class of seventh graders, and since it is EDITABLE, it can be modified to become easier or more challenging for your class.

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