 NIE Week 2012 – March 5-9
Give Them the Keys: Promoting Adolescent Literacy through Newspapers
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Our curriculum for NIE Week 2012 celebrates the power of newspapers as a vehicle for engagement as students read nonfiction text and learn about the world around them. Furthermore, in using the newspaper as a primary source, students learn how to navigate varied text features.
Newspapers also help students understand and relate to current events, practice valuable reading and writing skills, and learn how to make informed decisions. Integration of newspapers is an excellent way to introduce students to expository text with the added benefit of teaching a variety of topics. News stories and columns about government, current events, technology, public affairs and international relations can be connected directly to subjects students are learning in their content-area classes while cultivating valuable literacy skills.
This curriculum is organized by units, so teachers can pick and choose what works in conjunction with their curriculum and students. Each unit includes several lessons that can be taught consecutively in two, three, four or five days, or used independently. Each lesson is specifically designed to include instructional objectives, applicable standards, a list of materials, an anticipatory set, instructional procedures, a formative assessment for each lesson within a unit and resources associated with that particular lesson, if applicable. Adaptations and accommodations for ELL students and those with special learning needs are provided, as well as summative assessment tools.
Teachers can adapt these lessons to fit class schedules and/or needs. Each lesson can stand alone or be used within the applicable unit.
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