Circus Mystery: Newspaper Features Explored

Circus Mystery: Newspaper Features Explored

Year 3 English Lesson 2: Understanding Newspaper Articles Duration: 60 minutes

What Do You Know About Newspapers?

Have you ever read a newspaper? What should a good newspaper article include? How do reporters tell us about exciting events?

Key Newspaper Vocabulary

Headline - catches your attention and tells what the story is about Byline - tells you who wrote the article Paragraph - organises information into small chunks Caption - explains what's in a picture Report - gives facts about what happened

Anatomy of a Newspaper Article

Feature Detective Challenge

Work in pairs with your circus mystery article Use different colored highlighters for each feature Yellow for headlines Green for bylines Blue for paragraph breaks Discuss what each feature does

Headlines vs Paragraphs

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Headline Match-Up Game

Match circus headlines to their story summaries Work in small groups Justify your choices Share your reasoning with the class

What We've Learned Today

Headlines grab our attention and tell us the main story Bylines show who wrote the article Paragraphs organize information clearly Good newspaper articles help us understand what happened