Science News Activity

Create a newspaper front page – use Microsoft Publisher (Newsletter)

You must include and follow the rules below:

1. Research shared articles and new articles online from any online news source

2. You will have 1 article per topic, For Example, you can only use one article based on Health Care, you then need to choose an article from a different topic like weather, environmental, genetics, etc.

3. You will summarize each article and type it into your Newsletter using Microsoft Publisher Newsletter Format. You will have to delete and add text boxes as needed, but ALL 5 ARTICLES WILL BE ON ONE PAGE!

4. Your summary should be a paragraph in length and must be WRITTEN IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
5. You must include a picture for each article. The picture must directly relate to the topic. Each picture must have a short caption.

6. You must title each article with a different title than the original.

7. Be creative – make sure you have captions, color, good titles, and a catchy newspaper name.

8. Create a newspaper title for your Newsletter.

10. Those that shared 2 articles during the nine weeks start grading at a 100, shared 1 start at a 95, while those that didn’t share start at a 90.

Science News: Newspaper Activity

CATEGORY / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1
Layout - Headlines & Captions / All articles have headlines that capture the reader's attention and accurately describe the content. All graphics that relate to the content. / Missing one. / Missing 2. / Missing more than 2.
Spelling and Proofreading / No spelling or grammar errors remain after one or more people (in addition to the typist) read and correct the newspaper. / No more than a couple of spelling or grammar errors remain after one or more people (in addition to the typist) read and correct the newspaper. / No more than 3 spelling or grammar errors remain after one or more people (in addition to the typist) read and correct the newspaper. / Several spelling or grammar errors remain in the final copy of the newspaper.
Layout – Title and Pictures / The name of the newspaper is centered and is in a font that makes it stand out from other content. Pictures are clear and deal with the article. / The name of the newspaper is in a font that makes it stand out from other content. Pictures are clear but only slightly deal with the article. / The name of the newspaper does not stand out. Pictures aren’t clear and only minimally deal with the article. / The name of the newspaper is missing. Pictures aren’t included and or don’t deal with the topic at all.
Articles / Newspaper contains 5 articles. / Newspaper only contains 4articles. / Newspaper contains 3 articles. / Newspaper contains less than 2 articles.