Assignment+Editorial+Writing

Assignment 3: Writing an Editorial
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New York Times []

Washington Post. []

LAtimes. []

Evaluation:
We will formulate a checklist in class that will be adapted from the rubric to be used to mark this assignment. Click to download the rubric:

**Steps:**

a) Prewriting (10-15 minutes) > [] > >
 * 1) In order to help you to think about possible topics for editorials, go to the following links: []


 * b) Background (30-45 minutes)**

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 * 1) In order to learn more about the structure of an editorial, read the following information together. Link: [|http://www.snn-rdr.ca/snn/nr_reporterstoolbox/writingeditorials.html]and[]
 * 1) Decide on a topic for your editorial. If you are unsure about which topic to pick, consider the one that you already know the most about. You may also look for background information about these topics on the internet in order to help you to decide.
 * 2) Fill in the blanks in the Editorial Prewriting Organizer.[[file:editorial prewriting.docx]]

c) **Drafting** (30-45 minutes)

> === ( ** This means that your first paragraph gives your opinion, your second paragraph gives the opinions of those who disagree with you (from research or from your classmates), your third paragraph gives reasons (from research) that you opponents are wrong, your fourth paragraph gives reasons (from research) to support your opinion and your fifth paragraph restates your opinions and ends strongly.) **===
 * 1) Before you write your draft, visit [] and find and read 3-4 editorials. How is each editorial structured? What kinds of information and facts are in each? Is the author mainly informing, promoting, praising or entertaining? Which of these did you enjoy reading the most? the least? why?.
 * 2) === Next, write your first draft of your editorial using a word document. **Use the five paragraph format outlined on this page.** [] ===
 * 1) Consider the following questions: are you writing to inform? promote? praise? entertain? All of these are possible approaches to an opinion piece. In all cases your goal is to persuade your readers to think as you do about the topic.