Subjects
Arts & Humanities
--Language Arts
Educational Technology
Social Studies
--Civics
--Current Events
--Geography
Grades
Grades 2-up
News Content
Jeff Deck is traveling the U.S. correcting spelling and punctuation errors that he spots on signs.
Anticipation Guide
Before reading, write the word editor on a board or chart. You might read a dictionary definition of the word. Then, ask students to identify the things an editor does. Write student responses on a board or sheet of chart paper so you can refer to them again after reading this weeks news story.
News Words
Next, introduce these words that appear in the News Word Box on the students printable page: misspelled, editor, stationery, punctuation, typo, and apostrophe. Discuss the meanings of any of those words that might be unfamiliar. Then ask students to use one of those words to complete each of these sentences:
Read the News
Click for a printable version of this weeks news story Editor Travels U.S. Fixing Errors on Signs.
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More Facts to Share
You might share these additional facts with students after they have read this weeks news story.
In the Find the Mistakes" section of the students news page, the three errors are 1) a missing apostrophe on the word Owners, 2) a misspelling of the word Strawberries," and 3) a misspelling of the word Accepting."
Comprehension Check
Revisit the Anticipation Guide at the top of this lesson; invite students to add to the list of an editors tasks that they created before they read the article.
You might follow-up that activity by asking some of these questions:
Recalling Detail
Think About the News
Discuss the Think About the News question that appears on the students news page.
Follow-Up Activities
Language arts. Choose one of Education Worlds printable Every-Day Edit activities to share with students. Can they identify all ten errors of capitalization, punctuation, spelling, or grammar in the Edit activity?
Language shortened words. The word typo is short for typographical error. Ask students why they think short words, such as typo, creep into our speaking and writing. Then provide the following list of words and have students tell or write the longer word from which each word has been shortened:
plane (airplane)
photo (photograph)
fax (facsimile)
flu (influenza)
fridge (refrigerator)
burger (hamburger)
bike (bicycle)
math (mathematics)
auto (automobile, automatic)
Then have students identify the short version of each of these longer words:
examination (exam)
advertisement (ad)
zoological garden (zoo)
gymnasium (gym)
newspaper (paper)
gasoline (gas)
limousine (limo)
laboratory (lab)
Geography - read a map. Share with students each pair of cities below. Then have students refer to the map on Jeff Decks Web page and circle the city in each pair that Deck visited first. In the list below, the city in bold type is the one he visited first.
Charlestown, South Carolina Metter, Georgia Somerville, Massachusetts Hoboken, New Jersey Flagstaff, Arizona Albuquerque, New Mexico Bloomington, Minnesota Madison, Wisconsin Bloomington, Indiana Chicago, Illinois Williamston, North Carolina Morehead City, North Carolina New Orleans, Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana Billings, Montana Missoula, Montana
Assessment
Use the Comprehension Check (above) as an assessment. Or have students work on their own (in their journals) or in their small groups to respond to the Think About the News question on the news story page.
Lesson Plan Source
Education WorldNational Standards
LANGUAGE ARTS: English
GRADES K - 12
NL-ENG.K-12.2 Reading for Understanding
NL-ENG.K-12.3 Evaluation Strategies
NL-ENG.K-12.6 Applying Knowledge
NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills
SOCIAL SCIENCES: Civics
GRADES K - 4
NSS-C.K-4.5 Roles of the Citizen
GRADES 5 - 8
NSS-C.5-8.5 Roles of the Citizen
GRADES 9 - 12
NSS-C.9-12.5 Roles of the Citizen
SOCIAL SCIENCES: Geography
GRADES K - 12
NSS-G.K-12.1 The World in Spatial Terms
TECHNOLOGY
GRADES K - 12
NT.K-12.3 Technology Productivity Tools
NT.K-12.4 Technology Communications Tools
See recent news stories in Education Worlds News Story of the Week Archive.
Article by Ellen Delisio and Gary Hopkins
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05/07/2008