People and Parliament

Student Activity: Newswords

1. On which page of today’s paper do you find the index?
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2. Using the index, indicate a section of the newspaper and the page that might be of interest to the following people (do not use the same item for more than one person):
   
   You: ___________________________________________________
   Your father or mother: _____________________________________
   Your sister or brother: _____________________________________
   Your teacher: ___________________________________________
   Your friend: _____________________________________________
   
   
3. From the front page of the newspaper, select a news story and note the following:
   
   Headline: ______________________________________________
   By-line:  _______________________________________________
   
   
4. From the sports section of the newspaper, select a picture and give its cutline:
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5. From the first three pages of the newspaper, select a story and list the following information:
   
   Page number: __________________________________________
   Headline: ______________________________________________
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   Dateline: _______________________________________________
   
   
6. From any page of the newspaper, find a story that has a banner headline and indicate the following:
   
   Page number: __________________________________________
   The banner headline: ____________________________________
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7. Who is the editor of the newspaper?
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8. On what page of the newspaper did you find this information?
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9. On what page is the masthead located in the newspaper?
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10. Who is the publisher of the newspaper?
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11. On what page did you find this information?
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12. On what page of the newspaper would you find an obituary?
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13. What edition of the newspaper are you looking at?
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14. On what page did you find this information?
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15. Following are the names of some of the wire services along with their abbreviations: The Associated Press (AP), United Press International (UPI), the Canadian Press (CP).
    
    Find a wire service photo from any page of the newspaper and indicate the following:
    Page #: ______________________________________________
    Caption: ______________________________________________
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    Wire service: __________________________________________
    
    
16. Find a column that appears regularly in your newspaper and indicate the following:
    
    Page: ________________________________________________
    Name of column: ________________________________________
    Name of columnist: ______________________________________
    Today’s headline: _______________________________________
    
    
17. Find a news story that has a lead that includes most of the five Ws and H. On what page is it? _____________________________________________________
    
    Indicate as many of the following details as you can from the lead:
    Who?
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    Where?
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    What?
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    When?
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    Why?
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    How?
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18. Indicate the section number in the classified ad pages that you would look under if you were interested in buying a:
    
    computer: __________________________
    TV: _______________________________
    
    
19. Find a display ad and indicate the following:
    
    Page: ________________________________________________
    Seller: ________________________________________________
    Article being sold: _______________________________________
    Price: ________________________________________________
    
    
20. On which page of today’s paper would you find an editorial?
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21. What is the subject or topic of this editorial?
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