School Newspaper Unit Students will research and write articles that will be published in an electronic newspaper. Students will choose their beats and decide what areas of school and community news they will cover. Students assemble and format their stories and layout their electronic newspaper. A variety of styles, from simple single block layouts to more complicated multiple columns are possible. Further Study of Neoclassicism and Romanticism.
Students work in pairs to critique each other's work.
The Web provides an excellent medium for compiling and displaying student portfolios. In this unit students and teachers will create Web portfolios of students' work. Students critically review their work, making selections to be placed in their Web portfolios. Students create their Web portfolios and up-load them onto the server. The following tips and techniques can help teachers think about ways they might incorporate Web publishing into their students' educational experiences.