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Let’s Play Headliners!Look at the words on the next slide.

Choose a few words and create a News Headline!

Afterwards, share them with your group.

You may add articles as needed!

• Illegal Guns• Roses• War• Seek/See• Revenge• Destined to Dance• Lovers• Kissing• Get Caught• Nurse

• A Gang of Teen Boys• An Innocent Damsel• Fathers• Moonwalking Cross-Dresser• Takes Drugs• Joy Riding• An Irritating Mom• Coming out of the Bushes• A Distressed Pastor

Now that you’ve finished laughing, discuss what your story might be

about! Write a brief newspaper article to accompany it.

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Was your title appropriate for the play?

Was your title engaging and inviting for readers?

After reading the play, re-write an engaging plot summary that might be printed in your local newspaper or featured as a Top News Story!

Pre-Reading Strategies:• Goal: Getting Students to be engaged with the text before

reading it. • Listening: Listen to your classmates’ headlines and identify

what parts of it caused you to want to read their article.• Reading: Read each other’s newspaper articles.• Writing: Write a News Headline and article that will cause

others to be compelled to read it. • Speaking: Students will share their headlines with the class

and discuss how their headlines related to the actual plot line when the reading is completed.