Newspaper Article Writing Newspaper Article Writing Language is used for several purposes in newspapers.
Articles inform, persuade and entertain readers.
By writing various kinds of newspaper articles, students develop their abilities to use language for these purposes. After reading and examining components of available newspapers, students can be motivated to write articles and compile a class newspaper. Purposes to increase students' awareness of newspapers as sources of information about local, regional, national and global events and issues to increase students' awareness and use of newspapers as means of communicating their ideas and opinions to peers and local readers to increase students' understanding that language is used for various purposes to develop skills of critical reading Procedure Ask students to share newspaper articles of interest to them. Examine available newspapers together to determine the kinds of information included. Examine articles from these categories to identify common structures and components.