1. Reading a Newspaper Article An Interactive Guide to Understanding

2. Brainstorm a list of what you already know about newspapers: text features, contents, purposes for reading

3. Click on the document below to read Reading a Newspaper Article.

4. What’s News? You will need to select a newspaper article that looks interesting to you using the links below.

5. Once you find an article, you will need to toggle between the article and this presentation.

6. Circle the text features provided to aid the reader: Bold printMapsOther text features PhotosDiagrams CaptionsCharts Create a question about the article using words from the headline.

7. Read the lead paragraph to determine: Who is involved? What happened? Where did it happen? When did it happen? Why did it happen?

8. List details that support the main idea of the article.

9. My thoughts on the topic are:

10. Summarize the information in the newspaper article you selected. Include significant details from the article in your summary.