Reading the News
Instructions: Find one recent (within the last 2 months) news report that interests you. This news item should be found in a Canadian newspaper.
As you read the article, use the reading strategies you have learned to help you understand what you are reading.
Answer the following questions:
- What online news website is your article from?
- Why did you choose this news article? (Why does it interest you?)
- What is the headline?
- What is the date and author of this news article?
- Identify the 5 Ws (Who, What, Where, When, Why) and H (How)
- Write down two important quotations from the article. Why are these quotations important?
- Was there an interesting picture in this news article that caught your eye?
- Write a summary of the news article.
- List 5 unknown words from your chosen article and their definitions.
Below are some Canadian news sites
- https://www.cbc.ca/news ;
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com
- https://www.thestar.com/?redirect=true
- https://nationalpost.com
- https://globalnews.ca/tag/canadian-newspapers/
- https://www.cp24.com
- https://www.ctvnews.ca/ctv-news-channel
