4th Grade - Not Necessarily the News

This activity must be completed with a partner (who will be chosen randomly).  You will be given time to work in class on January 22nd and 29th.  It will be due at 1:30 on February 5th.  You will have the first half hour of that day’s class to wrap up anything you need to.  The following rules apply to working with a partner:

1. You must both contribute equally.  One person cannot do all the work while the other does none.
2. You must work together while in class.  You cannot divide the task in half and then work separately.  Note, though, that if you find that you need to do some work outside of class, you may work independently on those parts of the assignment.
3. You must use the class time provided to do work.  Stay on task and use your time wisely.
4. Discuss ideas and be respectful of each others' opinions.
   

Your job is to create a news document.  It can be a script for a newscast that you can either record as a podcast or iMovie.  It can be a newspaper or newsletter.  It can be an informative essay.  It can consist of one long story or multiple shorter stories.  The stories can be fictional and do not have to be realistic.  They must, though, be presented as news.

You must use all 50 Word Masters words in context in your news story/stories.

• Bad Example #1: I bought a schooner.  (I cannot tell what a schooner is by this sentence)
• Bad Example #2: Schooner starts with “S.”   (Uses the word schooner, but does not show that you know what the word means.)
• Good Example: I bought a schooner to go sailing.

This project will be worth 75 points: One point per word used in context, and 25 points for style, word choice, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and following directions (namely writing news stories).

You must turn in something written.  Underline or highlight your Word Masters words in that document.  Even if you do a podcast or iMovie, you must script it and turn in the script.