Get Your Students Hooked on Writing
Imagine your students working cooperatively, motivated and staying focused on the task at hand. They're hooked on writing!

They are writing real-world newspaper stories.

With this easy-to-follow course, you will help students write authentic newspaper stories based on training developed during an educational partnership between the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and the Hammond Elementary School in Laurel, Md.

During this lesson students will: Work cooperatively Research and write stories Learn valuable writing tips Write a newspaper story Edit articles Add graphics and captions Write a headline Lay out and produce a newspaper. Kids will love this stimulating and educational lesson in writing and so will you. The course also supports many of the Maryland State Department of Education Performance Standards in writing as well as the Howard County (Md.) Essential Curriculum.

You can download the entire contents of this web site to use as a lesson plan by clicking on the links below. Word documents and printable PDF's are available.

Teacher, get ready!
Your students are about to become REAL REPORTERS!