You can make your own newspaper. Write newspaper articles on interesting things that have happened in your classroom or school, events that occurred in your town, family milestones (did someone have a birthday recently, or win an award?), a favorite hobby, a sports tournament, extreme weather, or an interesting local person!

You can put the articles of all the students in the classroom together to make your own classroom newspaper! You can even add advertisements for made-up products.

Structure of a Newspaper Article
Each newspaper article should have a title (called the headline and set in large type). The beginning of each newspaper article (one or two sentences) is called the lead; the lead should summarize the main facts of the article, telling the 5 W's (who, what, when, where, and why). The remainder of the article goes into more detail. The reporters opinions should not appear in the article - only the facts. Each illustration should have a caption explaining what the picture depicts.

Structure of a Newspaper

• First section - with major news, world news and the editorials (where the newspaper editors and others offer their opinions on various topics).
• Local news section -with local news and weather,
• Sports section.
• Lifestyle section - often containing feature articles, entertainment and fashion information, cooking, useful household hints, the comics and puzzles.
• Classified ads section in which people and businesses advertise items for sale and post job notices.
• Paid advertisements are scattered throughout the paper except on first pages (the ads generate most of the revenue that keeps a newspaper in business).

Newspaper Worksheets:
Some of these worksheets are for writing newspaper articles, others are for analyzing existing newspaper articles.

Newspaper First Page #1 Room __ News Write an article for the first page of a newspaper.	Newspaper First Page #2 School Tribune Write an article for the first page of a newspaper, including a picture.	Newspaper First Page #3 Classroom News Write articles for the first page of a newspaper, including a picture.	Newspaper First Page #4 School Gazette Write articles for the first page of a newspaper.
Newspaper Sports Page School Gazette Write an article for the sports page of a newspaper.	Newspaper Sports Page #2 Classroom TImes Write an article for the sports page of a newspaper.	Newspaper Local Weather Page Write the local weather page of a newspaper.	Newspaper US Weather Page Write the US weather page of a newspaper.
5 W's World News Article Analysis Worksheet Summarize a world news article using this graphic organizer, noting the 5 W's, who, when, where, what, and why. Map the location of the news event and your location.	World Newspaper Article Page Write a world news article for a newspaper.	5 W's US News Article Analysis Worksheet Summarize a US news article using this graphic organizer, noting the 5 W's: who, when, where, what, and why. Map the location of the news event and your location.	US Newspaper Article Page Write a US news article for a newspaper.
Science Newspaper Article Page Write a science news article for a newspaper.	Medical Newspaper Article Page Write a medical news article for a newspaper.	5 W's Chart Diagram Printout A chart with 2 columns and 5 rows, labeled: Who, When, Where, What, and Why.	Story Star Printout A story star is a type of star diagram that can be used to describe the key points of a news story or event, noting the 5 W's of the story: who, when, where, what, and why.
5 Labeled Circles Printout Use this graphic organizer to summarize the 5 W's of a news story: Who, When, Where, What, and Why. Five labeled circles around a main oval.	5-option Labeled Oval Diagram Printout Use this graphic organizer to summarize the 5 W's of a story: Who, When, Where, What, and Why. Five labeled options around a central oval.	5-petal Labeled Flower Diagram Printout Five labeled petals around a main oval.