8th Grade Newscasts

We are currently reading short stories and reviewing their major elements: setting, plot, characterization, and theme. In our first story, "A Mother in Mannville," we focused on setting. The students picked out descriptive details that helped to make the setting come alive and incorporated them into a newscast. They wrote the script and performed the newscast. Each story or feature had to relate to the literature story in some way. I think the kids did a great job! Check them out!