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Kimberly Brubaker BradleyA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.
“Local Newspaper”
In this activity, students will create a local newspaper for Kent informing the public on important events that occur based on novel details.
The War I Finally Won is a historical fiction novel based on real events and places during the time of World War II. Create a newspaper with one or more entries describing important local events and events abroad that are described in the novel.
Present your newspaper to peers and explain the article or articles, pictures, and advertisements you included. Draw parallels between Ada’s experiences and those you learned about in your research.
Teaching Suggestion: Students may find it beneficial to discuss different items in the novel that may contribute to the creation of their newspaper including Spam, blackout curtains, events abroad, and local events that occur. It may be useful to explore templates of newspapers online for students to use for their articles and examples of historical newspapers.
By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
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