Have students practice the 20 Questions technique (pick a topic, from a headline or some other source and then think of 20 questions you would like answered on that topic) on their own, with a reading partner or with their families. Encourage them to use the technique with other reading they do, such as reading the chapter headings and introduction to a social studies chapter and then listing the questions they think that the chapter will answer. Have students role-play a reporter. You set the scene of a news story and have the students write-up a list of questions they would ask various sources to be able to write a complete story. You can also role-play the various sources and give answers to the questions students ask. Then have students write a "news" story based on the information given. To check the accuracy of the reporting, tape record or video-tape the role-play situations.

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