2008-2009

Reading Prep Fun 2008-2009

__Newspapers in the Classroom: A Picture is worth a Thousand Words__ Each partner is to use thier newspaper to locate a picture of thier choice. Cut out the picture.

Use this picture to describe what the story is about. Do not write what your newspaper tells you it is - this is a creative writing activity. Write a newspaper article for that picutre from a reporter's perspective.

Switch newspaper articles/pictures with your partner. Have them look at the picture, read your article, and see if they can then guess what the real article is about.

__Connecting the Lyrics!__ Read your favorite song lyrics ask: //what lines speak to you? what are those lines saying? how do those lines connect with the overall mesage from the writer?// //in what ways does the author get his/her message across? does the author use literary devices to make connections with his/her audience? how does the song connect to your// //life? //

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