Language Arts (English), Science

Careers in science, journalism

3-5

Students will be able to:
1. Extract important information from large resources of information.
2. Identify important information while reading an article.
3. Write a cohesive newspaper article based on information that has been identified and extracted from other resources.

You are the ace news reporter and you're on the job. You have been given the job of interviewing and writing a newspaper article about someone involved in getting rockets into space. This is your big chance to write an out-of-this-universe article, which could propel, thrust, and rocket you into writing stardom. A series of interviews were already conducted. These interviews are written up in the included profiles of scientists and engineers. Choose one of these profiles and write your article! Good Luck.

Essential Question
What information is useful when writing a cohesive article from information extracted from a body of information?

Preparation & Management
1. Give students profiles of various scientists, astronauts and engineers.
2. Have students read all of the profiles and then choose one profile on which each will write their newspaper article.
3. Before beginning to write their article, have each student list important information about the person on a separate piece of paper.
4. Have students look at their lists and see if some of the information relates and can be grouped together.

Transfer & Extension
1. Ask students to brainstorm a name for their newspaper and then create a newspaper using all of their articles. Students may pick out different facts that they deem important.
2. Look through the articles and discuss the information that they extracted from the profiles. What information seemed to be important to most students?

Students will work individually.

1 class period. 50 Min. per class.

Profiles of scientists, astronauts, engineers
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