---
title: In the News!
description: Students will create a News Story comic to share information or explain a topic.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/in_the_news_-001.png
---

**Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)**

**Lesson Length: 1 - 2 hours**

**Topic: Writing Informational or Explanatory Text**

**Grade Level: 5**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2.A](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)
- [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2.B](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)

**Brief Description:**  Students will create a "News Story" comic to share information or explain a topic.

**Know Before You Start:** It would be helpful for students to research and learn facts to create a "News Story" comic.

**Hook:**

- Read and discuss the sample comic. 
- Focus on how information is organized in a news story format. 
- Explain that the comic included a clear topic sentence, a beginning, a middle, and a closing thought or conclusion. 
- News stories usually answer the questions, **who**, **what**, **where**, **when**, **why**, and **how**?

**Activity:**

- Have students select a topic or provide a topic for students to research.
- Once students have researched their topics, have them outline their news story comics.
- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create their own "News Story" comics to demonstrate their understanding of the topic researched.

**Closure:**

- Provide an opportunity for students to share their comics with others.

**Differentiation:**

- Print out blank comic frames for planning beginning, middle and end.
- Provide a template for research (**who**, **what**, **where**, **when**, **why**, **how**?)
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

**Resources:**

- [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/qedqkse) to print or display

**Suggested Content:**

- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078531377204125696/thumbnail.png) News Station ](https://content.pixton.com/news-station)

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