Structure and features of this book
Author's Note

Introduction

·I am so happy and grateful that you were born as my son.
·The news I saw was fake news?
·A kindergarten student who smashed a piece of art
·No Kids Zone: Freedom or Reverse Discrimination?
·900 won, a note from an elementary school student, and the boss's tears
·A world where we live together, Bare Better
·“Mom, I was upset so I bought bread!” What is my MBTI?
·Now is the era of K-classics!
·Christmas in Ukraine is on January 7th?
·A sudden cool breeze, the magic of autumn

Beginner level

·When will the food trucks come back?
·You made a chocolate cake with rice flour instead of wheat flour?
·The story of a silver medalist who missed the gold medal right before his eyes and couldn't smile.
· Grade 9 civil servant's monthly salary is less than the minimum hourly wage
Netflix, which ushered in the era of movie streaming, and Reed Hastings
·We offer our sincere apologies.
·Adamantly oppose animal cruelty! Become a fashionista with vegan fashion.
·Drones go anywhere!
·Microplastics are the cause of autism spectrum disorder!
·Cuckoo's egg swap
·How much allowance should I give and receive for Lunar New Year?
·The toy of the century, Lego
·How much does our family eat per day?
·Kangaroos living in the world's most expensive city
·“Please use the self-checkout machine!” Elderly people who are afraid of kiosks
·Do pets go to school too?
·Daullim Volunteer Group, comprised of multicultural families
·Can't you let Fu Bao and Grandpa Kang Bao stay together forever?

Intermediate level

Seoul National University, which sends the most students to medical school
·What if the winner of the art contest was AI?
·The proliferation of unmanned stores is becoming a blind spot for fire accidents!
·Will the Invisible Man Become a Reality?
Beautiful fireworks, ugly back view
·The Korean language craze is blowing!
·You want me to pay an entry tax to Jeju Island?
· Hawaii, a travel mecca, is erupting! So, will Mount Baekdu erupt too?
·Is radioactive contaminated water safe? VS
Contaminated water is contaminated water!
·Do I have to wear a hijab?
·Elon Musk, making dreams come true
·Please remove the word 'drug'
·Please create a happy classroom for teachers and students!
·The tennis player who broke his racket and refused to shake hands
LG Group's recruitment meeting, which achieved domestic production of home appliances
·Raised in small villages in the countryside and sold on city streets
Patagonia prioritizes the environment over profit
·Scalping tickets is illegal, but reselling Legos is legal?
·Geofat rather than YOLO
·A revolution in eco-friendly delivery methods: Yakult Cart
·Protect the environment by trading second-hand goods!
Warren Buffett, the investment genius
·All the information in the world, Google
·Korea will soon be destroyed!?
·“After school, I have to go to an academy or study room.”
· iPhone over patriotic consumption! China's unwavering love for the iPhone

Advanced

·Is it right to tax cigarettes?
·The dilemma of autonomous cars and trolleys
·Want to sleep over at my house? Airbnb
·If you want to see Neymar play, go to Saudi Arabia, not Paris!
·From now on, you can only age after your birthday.
·Steve Jobs, the icon of innovation
·Capture the "Yold Tribe," the Big Players in the Shopping Industry
·If school violence is discovered, you won't be able to go to college!
·We will disclose the identity of the perpetrator, who is also being kept quiet by the police.
Should the death penalty be reinstated?
·Quiet Taxi, Quiet M
·India became the first country in the world to land on the lunar south pole
·The back side of the moon photographed by Danuri
·The Euclid telescope flies into space.
·BTS is enlisting in the military! Who will be eligible for special military service?
·College students who ghostwrote their assignments using Chat GPT
·It's early spring and it's 39 degrees!
· Species shrink and the Anthropocene begins.

Advanced

·What can you buy with just 1,000 won?
·The Emperor of Computers, Bill Gates
·We elect the people's representatives with our own hands.
·Do you know when Constitution Day is, the day the Constitution was promulgated?
·Is Seoul featured in foreign movies and dramas?
·Falcon vs. Pigeon, Which One Will You Choose?
·Why did the kimbap of heaven turn into the kimbap of hell?
·The value of the Japanese currency is fluctuating, so let's go on a trip to Japan!
·Descendants of Yi Sun-sin, the creator of the turtle ship, are on the verge of a shipbuilding super cycle.
·The old-money look is trending, simple yet elegant.
·Does the price of tanghulu rise when there is a drought in India?
·What happens if I receive IMF bailout assistance?
Hey, have you tried it? Hyundai Group founder Chung Ju-yung
·Eyes on the Future: Samsung Group's Lee Kun-hee
·Please be sure to unplug any electrical plugs that are not in use.
If popcorn is more appealing than the movie, remember the "Concorde Fallacy."
·Can anyone ride an electric kickboard that runs on one foot?
·Is the fast track to the amusement park fair?
·Elementary school students are also required to take the test!?!?
From cooking to delivery, where does food tech really go?
· Frozen kimbap is selling like hotcakes in the US?
·India is Bharat, Türkiye is Turkiye. Will the names of the countries also be changed?
The Seoul sky is clear! A drone has flown in from North Korea.
·Global warming is fading away and the era of tropicalization is coming.
·PET bottles with labels that fall off when the cap is opened
·We provide paper straws instead of plastic straws.
·Mysterious bodies continue to be discovered on Everest.
·Republic of Korea, non-permanent member of the UN Security Council

·Appendix 1.
Revised elementary school curriculum by article
·Appendix 2.
Essential Vocabulary for the Revised Elementary Curriculum

Know the vocabulary, understand the sentences, and understand the paragraphs!
The right training for strengthening literacy is 'reading the newspaper.'

Children encounter countless informative texts in their daily lives, from school newsletters distributed in the classroom to notices posted on bulletin boards and academy advertisements handed out at the school gate.
Are children truly absorbing all these informative texts? Are they simply reading the words and sentences in the text, unable to grasp their meaning? Indeed, it's not hard to find children struggling to read complex informational texts, even in the classroom.
There are countless children who have difficulty solving problems or even communicating because they cannot understand textbooks, let alone reading informative texts.
This is the result of the recent 'decline in literacy' that has emerged as a hot topic.


As the seriousness of the decline in literacy skills becomes more apparent, various websites are flooded with must-read books and methodologies for improving literacy.
Meanwhile, the author says that it is best to start with 'newspaper articles' to train students to read the right informative texts to overcome literacy.
Newspaper articles provide children just entering the world with more background information and provide an overview of domestic and international affairs that are not easily accessible in everyday life.
Additionally, to understand newspaper articles, you must accurately acquire the meanings of words, understand sentences composed of words, and grasp sentences and paragraphs connected by sentences.
Only by properly understanding the context of the article can we clearly understand the reporter's intention and grasp the core message he or she is trying to convey.


The author, who has been highly praised for using newspaper reading during class to connect 'words, sentences, and paragraphs', introduces about 500 'essential words for each revised elementary school curriculum' that frequently appear in school classes in this book to help students clearly understand the meaning of the words.
We suggest continuous practice of restructuring articles into clear sentences using the introduced words and extracting the core of paragraphs connected by sentences.
In addition, it provides a comprehensive collection of useful idioms, international organizations, and company introductions to help strengthen literacy when reading newspaper articles.


All grades and all subjects according to the revised elementary school curriculum
Current affairs information carefully analyzed and selected

The author, who has spent a long time researching how to naturally connect school classes and newspaper reading, thoroughly analyzed the 100 newspaper articles featured in this book according to the elementary school revision curriculum.
Stories set in a completely different world are difficult for children to empathize with and are quickly forgotten.
However, children can grow and broaden their perspective on the world through the fun of learning about the outside world based on what they have learned in class.


The appendix of this book provides a curriculum linkage table for each newspaper article so that it can be used practically during school classes.
The article divides the unit into each grade and subject, and adds curriculum content that can be considered based on the article.
This allows you to enjoy the double benefit of going beyond reading newspaper articles and completing your schoolwork at the same time.
This book allows you to simultaneously satisfy both general knowledge and learning needs.


Read the article, think about it,
Build your writing skills by writing your own articles.

Once you have mastered enough words and sentences to strengthen your literacy, you need to develop the power to actually express your thoughts.
Therefore, the ultimate goal of reading newspapers is to understand the text correctly and develop writing skills.
Once you've read a variety of articles and mastered the vocabulary needed to understand the world, you can use them as a foundation to practice expressing and writing your own opinions.

This book approaches children who have difficulty expressing their opinions or who are not accustomed to writing in a question-and-answer format, similar to Twenty Questions.
Share your own experiences based on the article, and provide a 'tip box' to help children who are writing for the first time not feel overwhelmed, showing them that writing is not difficult.
After they become comfortable expressing their opinions, suggest that they write down their thoughts in simple sentences and share their opinions.