The curriculum framework states that students will use, read, and view media/technology and analyze content and concepts accurately. This is a learning gap in the 8th grade Language Arts class. Students will be exposed to all aspects of a newspaper and will be expected to discern between opinion and fact,identify author's point of view, recognize the main idea in an article. The students will learn the different sections of a newspaper and where to locate information. The students will develop an awareness of the newspaper as a resource. They will recognize persuasive text. Students will apply their technology skills as they review and summarize different editorial projects. They will recognize acronyms as used in a newspaper. They will be exposed to job hunting and what qualifications will be needed to seek employment. They will recognize vocabulary words in the paper. The students will finish with a letter to the editor.