Sochi Olympics Newspaper Unit
The Olympics are here! It is a time when countries come together to compete at various winter sports in peace (or healthy competition)! What better way to keep up with the events than to do a newspaper project! This project will commence on February 7th and will finish on February 23rd. You will have ample time to complete this in class but you are also welcome to work on it at home.
What to do:
You will be working on your newspaper individually and will choose one of the 80 countries who are participating in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. You will take on that country’s perspective of the Olympics and write from their point of view. There are enough countries participating that each student gets to pick a different one! Not only will you learn more about these awesome games, but you will get to know a country as well! The more obscure the country, the better your newspaper will be (that and there will be bonus points for choosing a country that you know nothing about)!
My country is: ______________________
Parts of a newspaper to be included in this project from the perspective of your chosen country:
- A Feature article
- Editorial
- A Biography of an athlete from your country
- At least one news story related to your country and the Olympics
- Your choice of a Business/Science/Technology article with respect to the Olympics (for ex. new technology for a snowboard to slide 10 times faster etc.)
- A classified Ad or Advertisement
- A cartoon or a game
- Weather Forecast
You also must include (somewhere in your project):
- A sponsor of that country's olympic team
- A sense of patriotism for your country (As editor of this newspaper, your work reflects positively for that country)
- A piece/article on Socchi, Russia
- Where the next Olympics will be held along with an interesting fact pertaining to it
- A highlight of an olympic sport of your choice
- A picture of the olympic uniform
- Facts on the history of the olympics
- Your country’s flag
- Olympic rings
- An interesting newspaper title
- A bibliography in alphabetical order (MLA style)
This project must be colourful and completed with a newspaper template (Pages or Word). All articles will be written and edited in your rough draft notebook and rough drafts will be collected with the final product.
You are encouraged to keep up-to-date with what is going on during these two weeks. This project will be due once the Olympics have completed. The Due date is: March 3rd 2014.
Please also keep in mind that any information that you take from the internet, should be from a reliable source (No Wikipedia). As you take notes, please write them in your own words in order to avoid being caught for Plagiarism. Plagiarism is very serious in high school and beyond so it is important that you learn the skills of taking notes properly.
