Chapter Eight
NEWSPAPER ACTIVITIES
1. The sport of fox hunting is mentioned in this chapter. Clip from The News-Journal any articles, editorials and ads that refer to animals used for sport. Create a poster or write a letter, poem or paragraph describing why you think animals should or should not be used this way. Send it to nie@nieworld.com for possible publication on the Web. (Sunshine State Standards: HE.B.3.2)
2. In this chapter Rico thinks about some of the necessities of life such as food, clothing, and shelter. Clip from The News-Journal’s display and classified ads illustrations of items in each of these groups. With family or friends discuss which are really “needs” and which are “wants.” (Sunshine State Standards: SS.B.2.2)