Encourage students to describe events and state topics in complete sentences. As a library project, have students follow up on item 8 by looking for maps that give a good view of the area covered by a newspaper story. Sources include atlases, encyclopedias, the Internet, and other books. Have students clip articles from current newspapers. Read the articles as a class, or have students report on them individually.
Students take question answers and rewrite the article from another viewpoint.
Live broadcasts can be recorded for classroom use. Students can write editorials and letters to the editor. Encourage students to write letters to elected officials too.