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The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com are committed to providing Web-based learning opportunities for students of all ages in an effort to create lifelong readers, informed consumers and involved citizens. We promote literacy and support educational excellence by providing engaging online content, classroom materials, and support for increased access to Web-based learning in Arizona schools.
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Resources for teachers: mie.azcentral.com
Educators may visit mie.azcentral.com to access a variety of resources for teachers, students and parents. The site includes content for young readers, and ready-to-use lessons and activities for classroom use with The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com.
Resources that are updated every Monday include:- Use the News lessons are three sets of lesson plans targeted for specific grade levels: K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. Each set consists of five activities for using the newspaper in the classroom. Each question or activity includes references to the appropriate learning standard being addressed. An archive of lessons going back a full year is also made available.
- News Bytes for e-Editions For grades 2-5, 6-8, and 9-12
- Front Page Talking Points, with a related Video Report, explores the hottest news topic of the week and provides a series of three "Get out Your Newspaper" Action Points.
- e-Edition Plus is a weekly current events story for young readers with discussion questions that can be used as conversation starts or writing prompts and newspaper activities that send students to both Web-based news sites and print newspapers.
- This Week in History is a weekly calendar of historical events around the world.
- Words in the News is a VOCABULARY builder based on words from major news stories. Each week a new word is defined and placed in context using a snippet from a news story. Teachers can generate quizzes based on word lists appropriate for middle school or high school students. Students can take the quiz in the interactive format online with automatic scoring and correction, or the teacher can choose a printer-friendly version to distribute quizzes in class without a computer.
- Interactive Geography in the News is a weekly exploration of a region in the world that is currently in the news. Each lesson starts with a map for students to find the region being discussed. Five questions are presented in an interactive format to test student's knowledge of world geography, with instant scoring as submitted answers are judged and correct answers provided. A printer friendly version of each week's quiz is also provided for use in the classroom without the need to be online. An archive of lessons is also made available, providing dozens of past lessons.
- Interactive News Quiz based on stories in last week's Detroit News
- Cartoons for the Classroom is a joint effort between the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and NIEonline to provide lesson plans based on political cartoons. Every other week a new set of pdf files is posted for teachers to download and print out for their classes. One page is a lesson on a specific topic; the other is a blank cartoon on that topic that students can use to test out their own captions before reading the lesson and answering the questions.
- USA Weekend Teacher Guides
- Daily Science Webcasts - Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound
- News Video with weekly topics for discussion
- Kid Scoop - Educational activity features, pop quizzes, word searches, a Webliography and much more for students in elementary school.
Additional classroom tools include the Educational links library, which is a library of links to resources for teachers classified according to grade level, with descriptions.
Also at mie.azcentral.com, teachers will find regular updates and information about educational programs and opportunities available to Arizona teachers through Media In Education.
A true living textbook for Arizona's education community, azcentral.com is the oldest and most-visited local site in Arizona, bringing together resources and daily news content from the state's largest newspaper, The Arizona Republic; its most-watched television station, KPNX-TV Channel 12; and the Valley's leading Spanish-language publication, La Voz. azcentral.com also features news and information in Spanish from La Voz; this area of the site is updated daily and offers local, national and international news and other features.
As Arizona's largest local site, azcentral.com serves as both a gateway to our other sites and as a destination for Arizona news and information, a perfect resource for young learners. azcentral.com is updated throughout the day with news from The Arizona Republic and 12 News, and is home to the online edition of The Rep entertainment guide. The site also features extensive sports coverage, multimedia, newsletters, community news and information.
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Classroom newspapers-electronic
Electronic copies of The Arizona Republic are available at no charge to all Arizona teachers.
The eEdition is a digital replica of The Arizona Republic. Teachers and students can log onto any computer and flip through pages and skim headlines just as they would with the traditional newspaper. Readers can view all the text, photos and advertisements exactly as they are printed in the daily paper, plus have the option to change the screen layout, move easily through pages and sections, and save and send articles. The eEdition includes a seven-day archive.
The eEdition is ideal for classroom learning and homework assignments. Keyword searches allow students to research any topic, person or event instantly. Electronic newspaper content can be translated into12 languages, and teachers may print out pages as needed for instructional purposes. Republic eEdition subscribers also will have access to 75 additional Gannett newspapers. Lists of available languages and Gannett newspapers are displayed in drop down boxes at the top of the eEdition.
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Electronic copies of The Arizona Republic are available via the Internet early each morning. Access to the eEdition requires an account number and password, which is provided by MIE. A reminder e-mail with link is sent to teachers each day. Please contact Carol at 602-444-8932 with any concerns related to accessing the eEdition.
2008 subscriptions:
Sunday print, M-F print, eEdition: All teachers who received fully-sponsored electronic, M-F print or Sunday print newspapers during the 2008 calendar year (spring semester and/or fall semester) must sign separate Verification Forms for each semester.
Teachers who subscribed to reduced-rate M-F print papers (with school purchase order or personal check) are NOT required to sign Verification Forms.
2009 subscriptions:
Sunday print: Teachers who receive fully-sponsored Sunday print newspapers during the 2009 spring semester must sign Verification Forms, as in past years.
M-F print: Teachers who subscribe to reduced-rate M-F print papers (with school purchase order or personal check) are NOT required to sign Verification Forms, as in past years.
eEdition: Teachers who receive fully-sponsored eEdition subscriptions are NOT required to sign Verification Forms for 2009 subscriptions.
Each semester, NIE publishes a serialized story which appears in the Wednesday community editions of the print newspaper, and also on the drop-down box of the eEdition frame. These stories appeal to readers of all ages but are especially relevant to young readers who grow to anticipate each week's chapter. These gradually developing stories provide students time for additional reflection and speculation. Students will talk about the characters, predict what is to come and enrich the imagined story with their everyday experiences. Educators may download a teacher guide for use with each serial story.
2009-2010 school year serial stories
The 2009-2010 fall and spring semester serial stories will appear in Wednesday's Arizona Republic community section. Teachers subscribing to the Republic's electronic edition will find each week's chapter on a drop down box at the top of the eEdition screen.
Read-With-Me WEDNESDAY sponsored by APS
The 18-chapter fall story, A Long Walk to Water, starts Wednesday, August 19, and ends December 16.
The 16-chapter spring story, The Black Squirrel, starts Wednesday, January 13, and ends April 28.
Fall story, 18 chapters
A Long Walk to Water
A Breakfast Serials Story
written by Linda Sue Park
illustrations by Jim Averbeck
A Long Walk to Water is an original serial novel taken from today's headlines.
Written for the Breakfast Serials audience by Linda Sue Park, author of many novels for young people (including the Newbery Award winner A Single Shard), A Long Walk to Water is based on the true story of Salva, one of some 3,800 Sudanese "Lost Boys" airlifted to the United States beginning in the mid 1990s.
Before leaving Africa, Salva's life is one of harrowing tragedy. Separated from his family by war and forced to travel on foot through hundreds of miles of hostile territory, he survives starvation, animal attacks, and disease and ultimately leads a group of about 150 boys to safety in Kenya. Relocated to upstate New York, Salva resourcefully learns English and continues on to college. Eventually he returns to his home region in southern Sudan to establish a foundation that installs deep-water wells in remote villages in dire need of clean water. This poignant story of Salva's life is told side-by-side with the story of Nya, a young girl who lives today in one of those villages.
Subject: water; "Lost Boys of Sudan"; family; war; unyielding courage in the endurance of adversity
Spring story, 16 chapters
The Black Squirrel
A Breakfast Serials Story
written by Joseph Bruchac
illustrations by David Fadden
Mac is just an ordinary kid. Sure, he's Abenaki Indian and his grandmother Katherine is always telling him traditional stories. Great stories--about monster animals, Chenoo cannibal giants, Little People, and brave deeds done to protect the people. But Mac is no different from any other kid. His biggest worry is that the nearby woods he loves will soon be destroyed and there is nothing he can do--or so he thinks. To his surprise a huge Black Squirrel--a monster out of his grandmother's stories--shows up outside Mac's window followed by Wesu, one of the Little People. "It is your turn to be a hero", Wesu tells him. With the help of Wes, a giant hawk named Keya, and a magic bow named Striker, Mac must defeat the forces of darkness led by a cannibal Chenoo. These creatures are out to destroy the heart of the world and only Mac can stop them. Whether he likes it or not, Mac's adventures are about to begin!
Subject: ecology; empowerment; good and evil; Abenaki Indian Mythology; modernity
Target Date is all about compiling and comparing a collection of newspapers published on the same day. Students and teachers can select the date in advance, at random, or it can be one of special significance because of its expected news. Teachers can tie the newspaper comparison to almost any unit or theme. The Target Date project is now easier than ever. With your classroom subscription to the Arizona Republic electronic edition, you also receive access to 71 additional Gannett newspapers, including the Cincinnati Enquirer, Des Moines Register, Detroit Free Press, Florida Today, Indianapolis Star, Louisville Courier Journal, Nashville Tennessean and more. Additionally, most newspapers participate in the Target Date project and often will mail students a copy of the actual newspaper, if a student writes a formal letter of request that explains the class project. Letters may be sent to the Newspapers In Education, Media In Education or Educational Services Department of the newspaper. Most newspaper Web sites provide a name and address for the individual who handles educational programs for the newspaper.
Click here to download a list of participating newspapers and contact information.
The Arizona Republic recognizes outstanding Arizona high school newspaper and yearbook staff members who are nominated by their student publication advisers. Students receive a certificate and recognition in a prominent newspaper advertisement.
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