Tulsa Times Newspaper Project includes:
- Obituary (200 words)
- Article about the fire or the rumble (500 words)
- Research- based editorial about topic of choice (600-800 or more words)
Resources:
- Rubric: Outsiders writing project
- How to: Writing an obituary PPT (with examples), Writing a newspaper article PPT (with practice), research-based editorial
- Editorial research topics: list of topics , sample editorials here
- How to write a good headline
- How to write a good lead (first paragraph of article)
When all articles are typed, revised and edited:
- Download this file and "enable editing" OR use this editable Google Doc Newspaper Template
copy and paste your articles where they need to go!
- You can add pictures, advertisements etc, but do not change the fonts or layout of the newspaper
When you're done AND YOU HAVE CHECKED IT OVER TWICE (like Santa) print, and turn in.
Final printed project is due December 15
*bonus*
listen to this song, annotate the lyrics, draw a graffiti journal on the back
During Reading (Nov 1-21)
Daily Checklist:
Outsiders Daily Journal Prompts
Outsiders Mini-Projects
AOW 1 (After 50 Years) AOW 1 (Why Outsiders Lives On)
AOW 2 Teens Turn to Crime
AOW 3 Siblings Raising Siblings
Link to audiobook (on a computer)
Link to audiobook (on your phone) scroll for chapters:
- Obituary (200 words)
- Article about the fire or the rumble (500 words)
- Research- based editorial about topic of choice (600-800 or more words)
Resources:
- Rubric: Outsiders writing project
- How to: Writing an obituary PPT (with examples), Writing a newspaper article PPT (with practice), research-based editorial
- Editorial research topics: list of topics , sample editorials here
- How to write a good headline
- How to write a good lead (first paragraph of article)
When all articles are typed, revised and edited:
- Download this file and "enable editing" OR use this editable Google Doc Newspaper Template
copy and paste your articles where they need to go!
- You can add pictures, advertisements etc, but do not change the fonts or layout of the newspaper
When you're done AND YOU HAVE CHECKED IT OVER TWICE (like Santa) print, and turn in.
Final printed project is due December 15
*bonus*
listen to this song, annotate the lyrics, draw a graffiti journal on the back
During Reading (Nov 1-21)
Daily Checklist:
- Read assigned chapter
- AOW for the week
- mini-project (template for Wanted Poster here)
- update character book
- update quote journal
Outsiders Daily Journal Prompts
Outsiders Mini-Projects
AOW 1 (After 50 Years) AOW 1 (Why Outsiders Lives On)
AOW 2 Teens Turn to Crime
AOW 3 Siblings Raising Siblings
Link to audiobook (on a computer)
Link to audiobook (on your phone) scroll for chapters:
- (3) 1 hour, 3 mins
- (4) 1 hour, 31 mins
- (5) 1 hour, 55 mins
- (6) 2 hours, 24 mins
- (7) 2 hours, 49 mins
- (8) 3 hours, 22 mins
- (9) 3 hours, 43 mins
- (10) 4 hours, 9 mins
- (11) 4 hours, 26 mins
- (12) 4 hours, 35 mins