Finally, when you have done everything you can think of with your newspaper, don’t throw it away yet. It still has a use for Art and Technology.

This week’s theme is Economics and Management Sciences.

Economics and Management Sciences focuses on three main elements: consumption (the purchasing of goods to satisfy needs and wants);  production (the production of goods to meet the demand of consumption) and exchange (labour in exchange for an income or salary). The newspaper is a useful tool in extending learners’ knowledge about our economy.

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The latest in the series about using newspapers in classrooms focuses on Life Orientation.

Life Orientation guides and prepares learners for life and its possibilities. It is central to the holistic development of learners. The focus is on the development of self in society. The Life Orientation Learning Area develops skills, knowledge, values and attitudes that empower learners to make informed decisions and take appropriate actions

• regarding:
• health promotion
• social development
• personal development
• physical development and movement
• orientation to the world of work

A newspaper can by no means cover all these elements. It can, however, provide additional support material for some.

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The second part in the series about how teachers can use newspapers in their classroom, is all about numeracy.

Mathematics is everywhere! Your newspaper is full of resources that can be used for maths.

The supplement is full of some ideas on how Maths is used in newspapers.

This is the first in a new series all about how teachers can use newspapers in their classroom.

Newspapers and Literacy

Newspapers are made for a literacy-rich environment – they’re full of letters, words and sentences – all made to enrich the world of literacy. In previous NIE pages we took you through reading and writing using the newspaper, we showed you how to read for information and how to write your own newspaper article. Rather than repeating similar activities, we now want to show you how it’s possible to teach classroom grammar within the pages of a newspaper.

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This edition of NIE is all about fun with newspapers

Newspapers are not only valuable for reading, writing or mathematics. We can also use newspapers to have some fun!

Download this week’s activities and learn how to reuse newspapers in creative ways.

Learn how to make your own newspaper this week.

Newspapers use grids (or templates) that are designed to give each section their own particular look.

Check out examples and a template to help your create your own newspaper.

Take a look at cartoons in this week’s supplement.

So, what is a cartoon?

Cartoons are forms of illustrations that carry different messages and meanings. There are different types of cartoons:

• Editorial cartoons, also called political cartoons, are a visual commentary on current events and politics. They can be humorous but are more satirical (mocking, sarcastic), and may communicate the political viewpoint of the cartoonist or add depth to an editorial opinion article in the newspaper.
• Gag cartoons consist of a single panel – and usually make fun of types or classes of people rather than individuals.
• A comic strip, or comic, is a sequence of cartoons that tells a story. Comics usually recount the lives of regular characters. Each comic strip may be a self-contained episode, or it may be a continuing story.

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The focus in this edition is words and punctuation.

A newspaper can help you brush up on your spelling and enrich your vocabulary. The more words you know, the more you can understand.

Learn about apostrophe’s, commas, hyphens and various different types of punctuation found in newspapers in this edition of NIE. Download this edition below.

Punctuation is a key part of giving meaning to words and sentences. Punctuation symbols or marks are use to organize writing into clauses, phrases and sentences to make meaning clear.

A newspaper is full of pages with stories, photographs and pictures. Often the pictures go with the stories, but sometimes the pictures are advertisements, or ads.

Advertisements make up a big part of a newspaper and pay for the cost of printing and producing newspapers. Ads sell things. The ads scattered throughout the newspaper are called display ads. They usually have pictures, graphics or photographs to go with them, and can be any size.

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