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    This document provides instructions for an activity where students in groups are given newspaper headlines and must work together to imagine and outline the news story that matches the headline. The teacher reads two short headlines aloud without the associated news stories. Students then take turns sharing their imagined stories with their group to decide on the most likely version. Finally, the teacher reads the actual news story to compare with the students' predictions.

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    6.

    1 Your headlines, my stories


    LEVEL Upper-elementary and above

    TIME 15 minutes per story

    MATERIALS Very short, simple newspaper stories

    SKILLS Planning newspaper story outlines

    ACTIVITY Predicting newspaper story content

    PREPARATION Choose two or three simple, very short stories with very distinctive headlines.
    ('Bottom pincher owned up after wrong man held' (see page 75) or 'Skyway
    robber steals half a million' (see page 76) would be perfect examples.)

    PROCEDURE 1 Ask the students to work in groups of three.

    2 Read the headline aloud and write it on the board. Allow three to five
    minutes' absolute silence while each student imagines the story that
    follows. They may make notes if they wish.

    3 Allow up to 10 minutes while the groups compare their imagined versions


    and decide on the likeliest.

    4 Read the original story aloud.

    This procedure can be repeated with a second story.

    VARIATION Let each group choose their own headline and story. You can then use these
    in class. Remember to find an alternative activity for the group whose story
    you are using.

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