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Activity for Reading Standard 15,
17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
and Language Standard 22, 23,
24, 25, 27, 29
Benchmark: R 15.2, 15.3, 17.1, 17.4, 18.4, 18.6, 19.3, 19.7, 19.9,
23.3, 24.1, 24.3, 25.1, 25.3, 26.3, 27.1, 27.3, 27.4, 28.3; L 22.1,
22.4, 23.2, 24.4, 25.7, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 29.1
| Title: |
Community Issues in the Newspaper (discussion and letter
writing) |
| Contributor: |
Blueprint 2000 Lesson Activities, developed by Dr. James
Croteau, Leon County Schools and Rhonda Flanagan, FSU Center
for the Study of Teaching and Learning |
| Materials: |
A week's worth of newspapers |
| Activities: |
- Students discuss social issues that are important
to them. Students analyze why some issues are important
to some people and why others do not seem to care.
- Students review the newspaper over a week's time
to identify issues of community concern. The class
selects an issue that there are strong feelings
about. Individuals identify what might be included
in a class letter to the editor and the class composes
a letter to be sent by mail or electronically
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