Despite the fact that “nobody reads newspapers anymore!” – so said Ada sophomores – students in Melody Veltri’s English classes actually created printed newspapers and read them.

You may thank Shakespeare and Julius Caesar on this sophomore discovery. The newspapers were a product of the sophomore’s reading assignment of Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar.” Students worked in small groups to create their newspapers.

“Students needed to use information from the play and from their own research of Roman lifestyles and of Julius Caesar to create their newspapers,” she told The Icon.

“Each group had an editor and an ad person. There was a lot of creativity and humor that went into the project,” said Veltri.

She added that students also became involved in different types of writing styles. These included news, editorial, family pages and advertising.

Often the student groups made the story of Caesar’s assassination the front page news.

Feature articles ranged from accomplishments of the Roman Empire, past victories of Caesar and similar themes.

Four main characters die in the play, so students wrote obituaries for them. Also, as a requirement from the teacher, students wrote two editorials – one for and one against Caesar’s assassination.

Several photos below show newspaper examples.

• Ivy Fisher, Lyric Jones, Lexus, Lunguy, Melina Woods and Sydney Vanatta (missing from this group is Alex Waugh)

• Jakob Hoschak, Aaron Everhart and Justin Light