Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Pick your Own Story

PICK YOUR OWN STORY

There are hundreds of stories all around you. Every person, every school, every community has a story to tell. Just keep Who, What, Where, When and Why in mind as you start off with a great lead, tell the story — maybe throwing in a quote or two — and finish off with an eye-catching headline. To make a REALLY great story, use a photo or a graphic.
To start you thinking, here are some of the stories recently turned in by 4th grade students for their newspaper:


Be Smart! Don't Start Smoking
Is Pluto Really a Planet?
Construction in Our Community
Help Save Asthma Sufferers
The Best Grandmother
People Like Ice-skating
Horseback Riding Dangers
The Funniest Teacher in School
What is a Twin?
The Secrets of Soccer
What It's Like to Be in Middle School
Don't Do Drugs
Sounds of Wind Instruments
A New Teacher
Dangerous Reptiles
Kids' Right to Vote
Harry Potter
Do Students Have Too Much Homework?
A Hero in Our Midst
Nintendo's Next Game
The Best Book Fair
Halloween Safety Rules
The Vice Principal Talks about School
My New Baby Sister
Online Safety
Homemade Costumes
Kids for President
Taking a Look at Space
Homeless (A True Story)
What It's Like to Be a High Schooler
Being the Oldest
What's Your Favorite Sport?
Why is P.E. a Popular Subject?
Abby Wambach: A Great Soccer Player
Where is Celion Dion Now?
What Boys and Girls Like to Wear
Chorus Concert
Going for the Gold
School Clubs
Department News

Give you an idea? Cool. Let's write a newspaper story!

2 comments:

_Jeri_ said...

1.young hispanics
2.Youtube making stars
3.Nutrition (what Mcdonals, BK, KFC really does to you)
4.Talking on your cellphone when driving
5.Stupid pageant moms
6.The Cracker barrel is racist?
7.Views on fighting
8. What happened to Nickalodeon?
9. Irondiqout mall sucks
10.Todays "slangs"

Amanda said...

Article Ideas:
1. Girls in sports
2. Benefits of taking AP courses
3. History of banning books
4. Music: an anti-drug?
5. Global warming: fact or fiction?
6. Problems caused by fundraising
7. Today's teens: dumb as dirt or secret geniuses?
8. School subjects: when are we going to use them in the real world?
9. The dish about PSATs/SATs
10. Staying organized: the secret to good grades?