Newspaper Scavenger

Hunt

This worksheet introduces all the differentparts of a newspaper and the definitions byasking the students to search and recordinformation from different sections of the

paper.

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Newspaper Scavenger Hunt

Name _________________________

Objective: to learn the different parts of a newspaper and be able to define the parts

Find the following:

1. Headline - the words printed in large type across the top of an article

List headline: _______________________________________________ Pg. ___

2. Dateline - the words at the beginning of an article that list the city where the news originate.

List Dateline: ________________ Pg. ____

Headline of Article: _________________________________________________

3. List the score from a Sports event: _____________ Sport: _______________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

List sports featured in this section: ____________________________________

4. Table of Contents - shows where to find all the news sections

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

5. List the name of a Comic Strip _________________________________Pg. __

Section: _________________________________________________________

6. An Editorial Cartoon Caption: _______________________________________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

What makes this cartoon different than the other cartoons? _________________

________________________________________________________________

7. Classifieds - listings of items for sale and job opportunities

Price of a used car: $_____________ Model: ____________________________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

8. News Article - a story about a current event

Headline: ________________________________________________________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

Summary of the article: _____________________________________________

9. Feature Article - a detailed report on an event or person

Headline: ________________________________________________________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

Summary of the article: _____________________________________________

10. Editor - the name of one of the people responsible for the operation and content of the

newspaper

Editor's Name: ___________________ Section: ___________________ Pg. ___

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11. Byline - tells who wrote the article

Byline: __________________ Headline: ________________________________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

12. Jumpline - tells what page and heading to jump to to continue reading the article

Jumpline: _________________________________________________ Pg. ___

Jumpline: _________________________________________________ Pg. ___

13. Masthead - the name of the newspaper shown on the first page which usually includes day,

date, price, Vol., No., Website, etc.

List the price of the newspaper: $__________

14. List a stock market price:$___________ Name of Stock: __________________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

List a headline from this section: _____________________________________

15. List the weather forecast for today: ___________________________________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

16. Obituaries - a listing of people who have died and the date and place the funeral services

will be held

Name:________________________ Name: ____________________________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

17. Lead - the first sentence in an article that covers the 5 W's: who, what, where, when and why

List a lead sentence: _______________________________________________

Headline: ________________________________________________________

Who ____________________What __________________________________

Where____________________When _________________________________

Why ___________________________________________________________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

18. Caption - a description of a photo

List a caption from a photo _________________________________________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. __

19. Pullquote - a quote pulled out of a story and displayed to attract more attention to an article

List a Pullquote: ___________________________________________________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

20. Sidebar - a column of additional information to an article

Heading: ________________________________________________________

Headline of Article: _________________________________________________

Section: __________________________________________________ Pg. ___

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