Talkin' Turkey Times: Writing A Thanksgiving Newspaper
- Bulk Pricing:
- Buy in bulk and save
- Contributor:
- Beth Hammett
- Grade Level:
- K-4
- Product Type:
- Writing
- File Type:
- PDF and PPT
- Pages:
- 11
- Answer Key:
- N/A
Description
Created by Beth Hammett. Have students use historical facts to write their own expository, fact-based newspaper articles and complete their own entertainment reviews with Talkin' Turkey Times.
Plenty of templates for students to:
Reinforce historical dates
Revisit historical times
Retell the story of Thanksgiving
Focus on point of view
Debate historical information
Uses cross-curriculum writing skills, such as:
grammar skills
spelling/vocabulary
writing themed articles
images (great for lower levels/extensions)
main ideas
headings
titles
topic sentences
paraphrasing/summarizing
paragraphing skills
proofreading/editing
Easy to use, and great for bulletin board displays during Thanksgiving. Send home for students to complete while on holiday break.