Different colored pens for each team member. Rulers, glue sticks, and scissors. Teacher presents students with the idea of doing a newspaper reflecting the life, times, and events in the play Julius Caesar. Teacher instructs students that each student will be individually graded for the two articles that he or she will be writing. Student brainstorm the name for their newspaper.
Students decide on the stories that they wish to include in their paper.
Students divide the stories among the team members. Students color code their individual responses by consistently writing with their assigned ink color. Students design their news page and cut the mock up paper to fit their created news page. Students work individually on their news articles. Set time limits for individual components of the cooperative project.