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Name: Date:

Reading a
Newspaper Article
Instructions: Fill out this chart to understand the main parts of the article.
Fill out the chart and then write a summary of the newspaper article on the back.

Vocabulary of a Newspaper Article:


Headline: The catchy boldface words that tell you what the article is about.
Subhead: additional boldface words in smaller type under the headline, which add details about the article.
Byline: the name of the reporter who wrote the article.
Dateline: the location where the article was reported and the date on which the information was reported.

Headline: Subheadline:

Byline: Dateline:

Who is the article about? What happened?

Where did it happen? When did it happen?

Why did it happen? How did it happen?


Use the information you gathered on the other side of this page to write a summary of the newspaper article:

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