USA TODAY helps me teach a lesson on plagiarism. I teach my students about how to cite sources, paraphrase and use quotes. We study how USA TODAY cites sources and keeps from plagiarizing. The students learn from a reliable source. I also have my students read a USA TODAY editorial. I then teach persuasive writing [...]

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We focus on current events and use USA TODAY’s national and international news coverage along with the local newspaper’s to make comparisons of a story’s style, how it was written, the lead it was given, and the sources that were used by each paper. We talk about the placement of a story, whether leads are [...]

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I use USA TODAY to improve reading comprehension and writing skills. In a speed-reading activity, I give students two minutes to scan the entire paper for an article that interests them. Then I give the students five minutes to read the article they’ve selected and another three minutes to write a summary or interpretation of [...]

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The most beneficial aspect of using USA TODAY in my classroom is that it allows students to have the opportunity to read about current events, especially those that involve government issues. I really enjoy leading discussions about government topics and how these issues affect the USA. I have the students read the NEWS section, or [...]

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First and foremost, I am just trying to get students to read. I am trying to get them to find out that there are interesting things in a newspaper. Because USA TODAY’s articles are relatively short, I want students to be able to pull out the main idea of a story and elaborate on it [...]

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I have two classes – one of 5th-7th graders and one of 8th-12th graders – in which I use USA TODAY to strengthen the speaking and reading skills of my students. We do a shared reading activity where each student chooses an article of interest, summarizes it for the entire class and then shares his [...]

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Because of television news, students are reluctant to open a newspaper, so I use fun activities to stimulate learning and curiosity. I have students search for different photographs, skim the related articles and list three reasons why an editor chose to run a particular photo with the story. The photo may show detail, make the [...]

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I use USA TODAY in my classroom to cover specific topics that we are studying each week. We are studying budgeting right now and have studied ownership in the past. I had my students use an article on franchising in the MONEY section to complete activities. Since they already had background information on this subject, [...]

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I teach a current events class with a different media resource each day. One day per week I use USA TODAY. On that day, I serve my class coffee and donuts, and we read the paper like we are sitting at our breakfast tables. I like for them to do an exercise in which they [...]

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Recently USA TODAY featured an article on monuments in the USA and how Americans have become engrossed in monument building. I had my students design monuments that would be good on our school’s campus. They drew pictures of their monuments and then wrote dedications to the school. They used reading skills to read the article [...]

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