News Story Paragraph Planner
News story planner that takes students from the main idea and who, where and when of an event to three facts ranked by importance, then onto a lined page for the draft.
- Grades
- Grades 3–6, Elementary, Middle School
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Writing
- Topic
- paragraph planner, news story
- Resource types
- Teacher Tools, Graphic Organizers
- Preparation
- Print ready
About this resource
What's inside this resource
This resource is a News Story Paragraph Planner.
This is a great way for students to organize their ideas prior to writing.
If students are getting ready to write a news story, this paragraph planner will help them get out their thoughts, details and facts they need to include in their story.
After completing the planner, students can use the next page to write their story.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Identify the main idea and key details of a news event
- Order supporting facts from most to least important
Skills covered
- Prewriting — filling in the who, where and when before drafting
- Organizing information — ranking three facts by importance for the body of the story
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
- News writing
- Main idea
- 5 Ws
- Supporting facts
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