by Samantha Rabe

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

1032966

2.6.30

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Online Leveled Books

Level: M

DRA: 28

Genre:Informational

Strategy:Visualize

Skill:Compare and Contrast

Word Count: 317

by Samantha Rabe

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ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02851-4ISBN-10: 0-547-02851-2

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Printing a newspaper was

hard work during the 1700s.

Printers needed ink, paper,

and metal letters called type.

They needed a printing press, too.

Printing a newspaper took

a lot of time.

A printer might work 14 hours

a day.

Printing press

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Newspapers had lots of text.

Printers often copied stories

from other newspapers.

Sometimes printers wrote

about their own beliefs.

These writings were called essays.

Newspaper from 1726

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Newspapers had very few cartoons.

They did not have any photos

because there were no cameras!

But newspapers did have ads.

Ads made large amounts of money

because people paid to have

the ads printed.

Newspaper ad

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The stories, essays, and ads

had to be printed on paper.

First, printers took metal letters

from a box.

They put the letters together

to form words and lines of type.

Printers locked the type

into a metal frame.

Metal frame

Type

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Next, printers spread ink

over the type.

Then they put paper across it.

The printing press pressed the paper

against the type.

The result was a printed page

of newspaper.

Printing press

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Workers hung the printed page

up to dry.

Printers could print as many as

240 pages each hour!

After printers finished printing

a page, they took the type apart.

Each letter went back to its place

in the box.

Dry pages

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Today’s newspapers have

lots of text.

There are stories, essays, and ads.

Today’s newspapers have

lots of color, too.

There are color photos, cartoons,

and ads.

Newspapers today

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Printers from the 1700s would be

amazed by today’s tools.

These inventions make newspaper

printing much quicker and easier.

Today, text is typed on computers

because changes can be made

quickly and easily.

Computer

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Today’s printing presses print

thousands of sheets of paper

each hour!

Today, many people even use

computer technology to print

newspapers.

These accomplishments are amazing!

What will people come up with next?

Printing press today

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RespondingTARGET SKILL Compare and Contrast

How are newspapers today like newspapers

from the 1700s? How are they different?

Copy and complete the diagram below.

Text to World Was newspaper printing

hard in the 1700s? Write a few sentences

that tell your opinion. Use phrases such as

I think or I feel to give your opinion.

Write About It

Newspapers in the 1700s

Newspapers todayBoth

Did not have photos

??

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accomplishmentsachieveamountscomposed

designedinventionsremarkableresult

TARGET VOCABULARY

TARGET SKILL Compare and Contrast Tell how two things are alike or not.

TARGET STRATEGY Visualize Picture what is happening as you read.

GENRE Informational text gives facts about a topic.

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by Samantha Rabe

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

1032966

2.6.30

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Online Leveled Books

Level: M

DRA: 28

Genre:Informational

Strategy:Visualize

Skill:Compare and Contrast

Word Count: 317