I display my finished biography book report at the front of my classroom so that students can refer to it as they are completing their own newspaper projects.īelow: Biography Newspaper Color TemplatesĤ printable worksheets that are cut out and then glued together,Ĭlick on the navigation bar above, or on the orange links below, to view the pages and resources on this website. To save you time in coloring your example that you show to your students, I have included color newspaper templates in this teaching resources set.

This is also a wonderful opportunity to share a book that I would like to encourage my students to read. My students also enjoy hearing about the book that I chose to do my book report project on. This visual example immediately grabs my students' attention and they are excited to start working on this project from the very beginning. I always complete an example of this biography book report newspaper before I introduce this assignment to my students.īefore my students begin writing their first drafts, I show them my finished newspaper project. When I am first introducing my students to a new book report project, I believe that it is important for them to have a visual example of what a completed project looks like.

Illustrations: Students draw pictures for their two newspaper articles.

Article #2: Write a newspaper article about the most important events that happened in this person's life and what made this person famous.

Remember to include the following information in your newspaper article: Who, What, Where, When, and Why (The 5 W's). You may not copy sentences from the biography that you read about this person. It is very important that you summarize in your own words what you have learned about this person.

Article #1: Write a newspaper article about this person's early life.

Fill in the rest of the timeline in chronological order with the most important events that happened in this person's life and write a brief description of each event on the lines below each circle. If this person is no longer living, write the date of this person's death in the last circle.

Timeline: In the first circle, write the date that this person was born.

Sketch out a rough draft of your illustrations and decide what this person will be saying in each speech bubble.

Comic Strip: Create a comic strip for your newspaper about an important event that happened in this person's life.

Issue # and Price: Students choose these.

Weather: Using the date (which month you chose and what season that month is in), decide what the temperature and weather will be like in this city.

City of Publication: For the city where this newspaper is published, choose a city that this person has lived in.

Date of Publication: For the date, choose an important date in the person's life.For example, a newspaper about Albert Einstein could be called Einstein's Edition, a newspaper about George Washington could be called Colonial Times, or a newspaper about Queen Elizabeth could be called Royal Review. Title of Newspaper: Think of a creative title for your newspaper.Watch the video below to view examples of these newspaper projects.

By using these extra large biography newspaper templates, your students will become actively engaged in the job of becoming newspaper reporters. Traditionally, requiring students to write a summary about a biography that they have read is a task that most students find quite boring. In addition, this set of reading resources includes 8 reading posters with a newspaper theme that can be used as accent pieces for your classroom bulletin board display. These finished biography newspaper projects will make a colorful and dynamic bulletin board display of your students' work. There are 16 printable worksheets and template pages in this set, as well as a 5 page color bulletin board display banner.

All that you will need is scissors, glue, tape, and coloring pencils. The finished biography book report project measures 12 inches in width and 18 inches in height (see example on the right.)Įverything that you need to complete these biography newspaper projects is included in this set of teaching resources.

Middle school free newspaper template